13 - Alcoholic Beverage Production in Indochina: Local Wisdom, Safety, Quality, and Legal Control

Abstract

The alcoholic beverage is well-known worldwide. The production of alcoholic production passes a very long history. In Asia, the local production of alcoholic beverage has been done for many hundred years. The local wisdom on the local alcoholic beverage production is very interesting and it is an interesting issue for studying in oenology. There are several interesting aspects on the local alcoholic beverage production. Apart from the hidden wisdom of local technology, the great considerations are on the quality control of the local production. The safety becomes a very big issue and this is also a legal issue in quality control. In this chapter, the author summarizes and discusses on the local alcoholic beverage production in Indochina, a tropical region in Southeast Asia where alcoholic beverage has been locally produced for more than 1000years. The local technology, quality control, safety consideration, and legal control of the local wisdom in alcoholic beverage production in Indochina is specially focused. In addition, the reports on clinical oenology regarding local alcoholic beverage production are also summarized in this chapter.