Arak Bali

Arak is a local drink in Bali. Made from the sap of palm trees can drink clear liquids neat, or mixed with sweet additives. One liter of wine will cost around 20,000 rp-30, 000rp in the shops in Bali. The name 'wine' is sometimes given the confusion about the origin and taste the drink. Countries such as Lebanon Middle Eastern drink called arak, made from anise. Origin of name Wine or araq (Arabic: IPA عرق [ʕaraq]) is a clear, colorless, unsweetened aniseed-distilled alcohol taste, produced in the eastern Mediterranean, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Israel and Iraq. The word comes from Arabic araq عرق, which means "sweat" or "juice". Wine should not be confused with the same name liquor, wine. It is believed that the wine was developed by Christian and Jewish minorities of Islamic Middle East. Jabir ibn Hayyan, a Muslim alchemist of the early Islamic era, found the alembic, which facilitated the distillation of alcohol spirits, the name used in Lebanon is al karkeh or a little more formally al kattara. However, Muslims do not use the invention to produce alcoholic beverages since, in Islam, alcohol consumption is prohibited. Therefore, the invention is used to filter the perfume of flowers and to produce kohl, eye makeup woman where liquid black powder, then converted to steam and allowed to strengthen the back. The Arabs brought the art of distilling kohl to Spain from where the rest spread to Europe. In this Christian land, it takes a much different use: the production of alcoholic beverages. With the use of this method of producing hard spirits, the Arabic name "al-kohl", which became alcohol, was adopted because a similar method the Arabs used in manufacturing this cosmetic. The words in the English language arts-related refinery, in addition to alcohol, such as "alchemy", "alchemist", and "alembic" prove Arab origin was found in a lot of land west of intoxicants. Traditionally, wine is generally a local village or manufacturing, but in recent decades has been more and more produced in large factories. This has become the choice of people who enjoy alcoholic beverages in the Middle East, in competition with the many drinks imported from the West. SE Asia's wine connection Wine refers to spirits distilled particularly strong in the South and Southeast Asia from fermented fruits, grains, sugarcane, or the sap of coconut or palm trees other. The word itself comes from the Arabic word 'araq ", which means" juice ". The name is said to signify, in the East, each drink alcohol, but it is usually the name of this is wine. Generally fermented from coconut sap these days, and then distilled to produce alcoholic drinks that taste a bit like something between whiskey and rum. Originally from India, where he distilled from Kallu, Wine mainly produced in Sri Lanka. Generally distilled between 37% to 50% alcohol by volume (70-100 proof). Arak is traditionally taken directly or with water. Contemporarily was also frequently taken with ginger ale or club soda, or as a component of various cocktails. How wine enjoyed by tourists in Bali Here in Bali is spelled the word 'wine', the local population has no idea drinking again with the same name in other places. Two popular drink enjoyed by the west is the Arak Attack (wine and orange juice) and honey wine (wine, water, honey, with a wedge of lime). Honey wine that tastes like the 'poor man margarita', with a sour / sharp aspect. Arak is not one of the world's soft drink and when compared with the tequila, or distilled spirits other has a slightly raw characters. A honey wine may cost 8000 rp in Kuta shop, or 20,000 rp in a beach cafe. Nightclubs and lounge bars generally do not serve liquor because it is cheap booze. How wine is used by the Balinese Local Bali neat man will drink wine at a cockfight and ceremonies. In The Joy of Arak Madu, said "Usually it was poured from bottle to Tapan, a spoon made from banana leaves. The devotee or priest Tapan holds in his left hand and blew the heart of wine with his right hand, often use the flowers were held between the finger - finger for this purpose at the gods in a movement called ngayabang. Then, shifting to the right Tapan parties, wine poured on the ground as an offering to the spirits. The second act is called matabuh, which refers to the spilling of liquid on the ground as an offering to the spirits spirit-less. Arak used for this purpose is a very low quality. It is well kept for a drink. " Accidentally spilled wine on the ground in honor of Dewi Sri, the Goddess of rice. During the show averse averse in Denpasar and Kuta, the bearers will have some wine before starting out, the chance that floated over the audience. Wine will never win a prize, but part of Balinese culture and has helped many aong with adventure tourists.