Rice wine
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Rice wine refers to wine made from rice instead of grapes.
Some types of rice wine include:
- Cheongju - Korean rice wine
- *Beopju - a variety of cheongju
- Mijiu - Chinese rice wine
- Sake - Japanese rice wine
- *Awamori - an alcoholic beverage indigenous to and unique to Okinawa, Japan
- Makkoli - a traditional alcoholic beverage indigenous to Korea
- Sonti - Indian rice wine
- Mirin - Japanese rice wine used for cooking
- Soju - Korean alcoholic beverage, often mistaken as rice wine, but actually almost always in combination with other ingredients such as wheat, barley, or sweet potatoes
- Shochu - Japanese alcoholic beverage, can be made from rice, although it is more commonly made from barley, sweet potato, or sugar cane
- Ruou de - Vietnamese wine, made from sticky rice only.
- Snake Wine
See also
- Chinese wine
- Korean wine
- Cheongju (wine)
- Sake
- Rice vinegar
- Chhaang - a common alcoholic rice beverage in Sikkim, Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan
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