Typical drinks Bali

Besides having good food, Bali also has a special drink that Brem. Brem is a Balinese drink made ​​from glutinous rice and fermented with yeast tape. This drink is a byproduct of the process of making the tape. This drink is deposited in a long time until the alcoholic. Brem has many benefits for the body, including the warm body, blood circulation, and improve bone health because it has high calcium.

Brem said a Balinese philosophical thought in ancient times. Brem history can be attributed to the history of Hinduism in Bali. Brem in ancient times is a liquid that is used as a blood substitute, in tabuhrah ceremony, which aims to preserve the human with the natural world. Brem technology already known before the year 110. Now the drink is widely used in the world of tourism as a welcome drink to tourists, as souvenirs, as a beverage in penjamuan-penjamuan etc. In Japan, this beverage is called sake and philipine called Tapuy.

Brem is a beverage liquid with a sweet taste is a bit sour, red in color, with alcohol content of 3-10 percent. Generally produced from fermented black glutinous rice (sometimes white sticky rice). Alcohol content can berubahubah during storage. The increase is due to the alcohol content of the fermentation process continues during storage, whereas the decline due to the esterification process, oxidation, and evaporation.

Aerobic alcohol oxidation caused by the atmosphere that occurs during the storage time. The atmosphere is usually followed by aerobic bacterial activity acetate, acetic acid forming, which makes sour taste in brem. If the storage time is not closed will cause the alcohol to evaporate. Sour smell caused by the formation of ester ethyl acetate from the reaction of alcohol with acetic acid formed by aerobic atmosphere and acetic bacteria.