On a recent trip to Laos, I discovered these bootleg brewers in a small village along the Mekong River. This particular part of the Mekong was lined with sustenance farms as far as the eye could see; greens, corn, tomatoes, herbs and, of course, rice!
Wine generally refers to fermented grape juice; however, any agricultural product with both sugar and yeast can ferment to produce alcohol. With rice it is easy; natural enzymes and acids convert the starches into sugar simultaneously with fermentation, this is called the amylolytic process.
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