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A small clear glass of finished Buryat darasun, nearly transparent with a faint whitish haze.
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Darasun

A Buryat milk spirit distilled from khurenge, the backslopped sour dairy ferment, in a cauldron still: a distillate that keeps milky and cheese-like aromas from the dairy it came from.

Buryatia · Traditional method
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A tasting glass of amber Mauritian molasses rum with sugarcane stalks and a small dish of molasses.
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Molasses rum

Mauritian molasses rum is a commercial distilled spirit made from fermented sugar-industry molasses. An official ruling describes one 40% ABV Lazy Dodo bottling; the sources do not define a single recipe for the wider product family.

Mauritius · Modern method
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Andong soju in a white ceramic cup and glass decanter, with rice and wheat nuruk beside it.
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Andong soju

Andong soju is a rice spirit from North Gyeongsang, distilled from steamed rice and wheat nuruk. This method makes the starter before fermenting the rice mash in a jar.

Andong · Traditional method
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Clear awamori in a plain glass, with a dish of rice beside it.

Awamori

An Okinawan rice spirit made by turning all the rice into black koji, fermenting it with water and yeast, then pot-distilling and maturing the spirit.

Okinawa Prefecture · Traditional method
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An illustrative bottle and ceramic cup of clear honkaku shochu with a sweet potato and rice koji, following the documented sweet-potato route.

Honkaku shochu

Japanese pot-distilled spirit made by fermenting sweet potatoes, rice or barley with koji and yeast in two stages, then distilling the mash once so the ingredients' aroma survives.

Isa and the former Satsuma region · Traditional method
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Yonaguni awamori

A Yonaguni rice spirit made with two-day koji, a nineteen-day moromi stage and direct-fire pot distillation, followed by filtration and tank maturation.

Yonaguni, Yaeyama Islands · Traditional method
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