Two immigrants who couldn’t find a traditional version of this liquor in the United States started the first brewery for it in Kennedale, Texas, which produces varieties named “Old Man” and “Lion 45.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this rice-based, southwestern Vietnamese alcohol whose English name refers to the practice of hiding it in tall plants to conceal it from colonial authorities.
ANSWER: rượu đế (“roo DAY”) [accept kans grass liquor; accept rượu lậu or rượu quốc lủi]
[10e] Rượu đế distillation is concentrated in the delta of this major river of Southeast Asia, which forms the border between Laos and Thailand.
ANSWER: Mekong River [or Sông Mê Kông; or Láncāng Jiāng; or Megaung Myit; or Maenam Khong; or Tônlé Mékôngk; or Sông Cửu Long; accept Nine Dragon River]
[10m] Rượu rắn (“roo RAN”) rice wine and other animal-infused drinks can be purchased in this city’s Snake Alley. Visitors to this city’s night markets, like Shìlín (“shurr-leen”) and Ráohé (“rao-huh”) can purchase xiǎochī (“sh’yao-churr”).
ANSWER: Taipei [or Taipei City, Táiběi Shì, Tai-pak, Taipeh, or Taihoku]
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