[Assam] LAO-PANI / RICE BEER

[kamal deka]

Thank you all.
My brother who visited me last year told me the same story about the
flavor--a little more pungent than poita bhat.
Why is it called lao pani,I wonder ? It is certainly not made from lao.Is it
because of the fact that the process of fermentation is carried out in a
container made out of dehydrated lao ? Dilipda,you are right.The process of
fermentation,I am told,is the most crucial step .
KJD

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:

> I am not a Lao-paani expert. I have seen how it is made, but I  don't think
> I could help anyone with the process.  I can tell you one thing however,
> that it is highly overrated :-). It tastes pretty awful, slightly sour,
> 'poita-bhaat' like, except worse. The flavor isn't anything to write home
> about either. Since it is not a distilled brew, it looks pretty awful too,
> like water from a muddy pond.
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> I haven't tasted Japanese rice-beer.  Actually never have seen it in the
> stores.  But  Lao-paani, is NOTHING like sake', which is a distilled rice
> brew and I am sure you know, comes in a myriad of qualities. But even the
> lowest of the low of sake' is a far better brew than any 'lao-paani'  or
> even the Bodo made 'boraa-saulor' brew , spiked with hot chlli peppers and
> assorted herbs.
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> Asahi makes a 'live-beer' . They call it live, because the yeast continues
> to work in the brew. Leaves an awful after-taste.
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> BTW, the Chinese makes a rice-beer too, as well as a rice wine.
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> At 6:51 PM -0600 2/8/09, kamal deka wrote:
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>>  Does anyone know how to make " Lao-Pani "?
>>  Is there any difference between Japanese alcoholic beverage made out of
>> fermented rice called " Rice Beer "and Assamese " Lao-Pani "?
>> KJD
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