Moonshine Family / Vietnam

In Vietnam most of the isolated families who live at the countrieside know how to prepare their own alcoholic drinks made of fruits or seeds from different plants. The preparation is easy. Just put some seeds in a clay jar and fill it up with water from the nearest river, top it with a banana leaf and wait a while... Insects will immediatly put some eggs inside and this will help starting the fermentation process.  After a couple of weeks you will get tasty Grub Grog. This might sound strange for westerners, but the fermentation leads to purrified water with better quality than just drinking the water directly from the river. Preparing alcohol is a very old tradition which varies between etnic groups. However, today this Grog is mostly and very often consumed only by the men, in the evening or just after waking up in the morning.

Family plantage near Kontum / Central Highlands Vietnam

House of the "Moonshine Family" with the kitchen outside

The head of the family and his pregnant wife. The shack has one room for the whole family.

The grandma

The children

Preparing the grog

Small grubs in the clay jar

Leaving the house for joining the neighbour at night

Nearly arrived at the neighbours house after one hour of walking.

Discussing the news while joining the alcohol. The grog is drunk with straws made of bamboo or in modern times: made of plastic.