Basi (Filipino drink) : The basi is a alcoholic drink fermented made from sugar cane juice in the region ofIlocos in the north of Luzon French Philippines.
Description: Basi is the local drink ofIlocos in the north of Luzon à Saint Ildefonso where she has been consumed before the Spanish conquest. To Philippines, the commercial base is produced in grinding first the sugar cane and extracting le jus. The jus is boiled in tanks and preserved in jars en terracotta (called tapayan). Once the jus cooled, aromas made of sticky rice ground andbark of duhat (java plum) or others fruits ou bark are added. THE you can are then sealed with banana leaves and left ferment for several years. The drink obtained is color Red blade. If he is fermented longer, it turns into suka, a vinaigre spice opportunities, Philippines.
The Basi revolt: The Basi revolt from 1807 to Piddig, Ilocos Norte, took place when the Spanish occupiers of the Philippines effectively banned the private manufacture of this drink. A Basi festival is organized every year at Naguilian, The Union.
Recently, the Sangguniang Bayan of San Ildefonso approved a resolution declaring September 16 as a public holiday and named the old Gongogong Road Ambaristo Street in honor of Pedro Ambaristo, leader of the Basi Revolt.
Mayor Christian Purisima included the basi in his city in the “One Town, One Product” (OTOP) program of Savellano.
Commercial production: The company Basi del Diablo Wines of Salucop Group, Inc. began manufacturing basi in 1906, 99 years after the Basi Revolt. The product of the largest harvester of juice sugar cane lightly fermented is Ambaristo, named after Basi Revolt hero Pedro Ambaristo.
Nagguilian Basi is another basi brand in the northern part of the Philippines. It is produced at Naguilien, La Union.
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