The Alcoholic Drink Travel List

Filipinos are very proud of their culture and heritage.  There are many products that we can produce and even compete with other countries that are originally produced and manufactured. Filipino Food, designer clothes, shoes and even skills are already fast gaining popularity worldwide.  Recently, we had wines and homegrown alcoholic beverages in the Philippines that are slowly invading international market.

The more popular Filipino wine is the lambanog, which is also derived from coconut sap that has undergone a special kind of process. While tuba is reddish, lambanog is colorless.  You can have the best lambanog in Lambarnog Baresto which serves the best lambanog in town. Located in A. Bonifacio, Liliw, Laguna, this place is worth the drive to try their flavored lambanog with some exotic dishes like the Teriyaki Frog. Hobbit House in Arquiza St. Manila does not just bring you the unique ambiance, it also offers great tasting and carefully fermented lambanog. The authentic Lambanog has an alcohol content of 80 percent proof, and is now produced on large scales penetrating the world market.  It is also available in a variety of flavors such as pineapple, mango and blackberry.  This is a unique alcoholic beverage of the Philippines that can stir up your spirits.

Tuba, the native liquor of Filipinos is mostly found in rural areas where lots of coconut trees abide.  It was popularized in the year 1950’s but was not really commercially produced.  Tuba has a reddish cloudy color taken from fresh coconut sap and has a real sweet taste with alcohol content and naturally carbonated. It is considered a fresh wine since you have to consume it barely 24 hours because it ferments easily and turns into a native vinegar gradually.

Basi is another Filipino wine that is taken from sugarcane.  This is a traditional native alcoholic beverage from the Philippines that is also popular among tourists.  The extracted juice from the sugarcane is boiled, combined and mixed with different fruits and barks of trees and undergo fermentation process for around three months and a year to age in an earthen jar. The product result is light brown in color and has a sweet, sour flavor. It can be mixed with other cocktail drinks to enhance the taste.

Other native and original wines are Duhat wine, an exotic alcoholic beverage in the Philippines which is famous in Ilocos Region and had become a part of its customs and traditions to date. Tapuey, is a form of rice wine, which is fermented by adding yeast to half-cooked sticky rice. Bugnay, a form of wild blackberries are also one of the patronized Filipino wines, with all the alcohol content that can lift up the moods of alcohol drinkers. Filipinos had also discovered Santol wine, which is a good alternative for imported white wines.  Truly, Filipino wines are original and interesting, and can even compete in foreign market.

Check out these blogs on getting a drink in the Philippines, Bar Fly and Anothermug.