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Alcoholic drinks from Myanmar

Corn zu (Chin maize beer)

Corn zu is a maize beer of Chin State in Myanmar. A 2022 review of a book on Myanmar's heritage drinks shows a photo of the last remaining brewer in Zathlir village serving it to visiting friends. Zu, or zozu, is the Zo word for a beer made with maize, rice or other grains mixed with yeast. No source we found describes the corn zu method in detail.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Corn zu itself. Its own sources do not record how it is made, so the steps and scenes below are those of Khaung ye / hsan khaung ye (Myanmar rice beer), the closest documented alcoholic drinks ferment, shown as a guide to the method, not as a record of Corn zu.

Short entryAlcoholic drinks

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedNo source gives amounts.
maize

Total time across the steps of Khaung ye / hsan khaung ye (Myanmar rice beer): 7.1 days

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What changes: Sorghum boils until tender, then rice cooks with it until the water is gone

Step 1 of 4 · steps of Khaung ye / hsan khaung ye (Myanmar rice beer)
Boil the sorghum, add the rice and cook until dry
Time
30 min – 1 h
Reported
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

Output: cooked grain.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Corn zu is a maize beer of Chin State in Myanmar. A 2022 review of a book on Myanmar's heritage drinks shows a photo of the last remaining brewer in Zathlir village serving it to visiting friends. Zu, or zozu, is the Zo word for a beer made with maize, rice or other grains mixed with yeast. No source we found describes the corn zu method in detail.

What makes this one different

Zozu (zu) is the Zo beer of Chin State, usually made with maize, rice or other grains mixed with yeast; "zu" can also mean alcoholic drinks in general. Corn zu is the maize version.

Related ferments

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

  1. [cornell2022] Cornell M. 2022, Traditional brewing in Myanmar: an amazing heritage (review of Corbin 2022, Heritage Drinks of Myanmar), Zythophile (photo caption)web
  2. [wp-zozu] Wikipedia, Zozu, citing Piang 2020, South East Asia Research 28(3):284–300 (outline only)wiki