The World's Best Alcholic Libations & Where To Drink Them (PHOTOS)

Drinking the local beverage is a sure way to warm the hearts of the locals.

From Japan to Belgium, here are 10 of the best local alcoholic beverages around the world that make the effort of travel even more rewarding.

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Adapted from Lonely Planet's list of the World's Best Booze. © 2010 Lonely Planet. All rights reserved.

 

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Called nihonshu in Japan, sake is a rice wine with an alcohol content of 15% to 17%. Prior to the first sake brewery being established at Kyoto’s Imperial Palace in the 7th century, sake was consumed in a form that resembled porridge, with the rice primed for production by the chew-in-the-mouth method. There are more than 1,600 brewers of this almost transparent alcohol, with varieties ranging from sweet to crisp and fragrantly fruity. Serving sake slightly chilled generally brings out its best qualities.

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Called nihonshu in Japan, sake is a rice wine with an alcohol content of 15% to 17%. Prior to the first sake brewery being established at Kyoto’s Imperial Palace in the 7th century, sake was consumed in a form that resembled porridge, with the rice primed for production by the chew-in-the-mouth method. There are more than 1,600 brewers of this almost transparent alcohol, with varieties ranging from sweet to crisp and fragrantly fruity. Serving sake slightly chilled generally brings out its best qualities.

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[NewHavenCountyCT]

10:56 AM on 10/28/2010

No Scotch in Scotland, or London Dry Gin in London (there are plenty of micro distilleries popping up there now)?
No Ice wine in Ontario?

[freethinking moderate]

10:17 PM on 10/27/2010

Glad to see Dickel get mentioned over the other overly hyped and undrinkable-unless-mixed Tennessee whiskey. However, the article says that the whisky at Dickel gets aged for 12 years and the tour guides never said that it stayed in the barrels that long. I used to live about 20 minutes away and I've been there many times taking friends and family.

[mrh85]

07:59 PM on 10/27/2010

mexican hot chocolate!!!!!!

[kozmoz4]

04:05 PM on 10/27/2010

Raki, TURKEY!

[tellner]

10:19 AM on 10/27/2010

Another "you lost me there"... Why caipiroska in Brazil? Rum and its sibling cachaca are Brazil's national drinks. Why would you go out of your way to have Russian vodka instead of the native original? Makes no sense.

[tellner]

10:16 AM on 10/27/2010

Rubbish. Twaddle. Horsefeathers. The "absinthe" coming out of the CR is bitter, nasty and chemical. The best absinthes come out of France and Switzerland with credible ones from Spain, Germany and the US.

If you need sugar to drink it, burnt or not, it's bad. If it's bitter, it's bad. At most, add water.
The "opium like" effects are because 140-160 proof booze will knock you on your behind. There isn't enough thujone in decent absinthe to have any effect. That's why it's legal again.

[Ron Gallant]

08:49 AM on 10/27/2010

Completely lost my confidence with the Absinthe. Want the best, France or Switzerland. Heck, even the US is better than the Czech varieties. And NEVER burn the sugar,