Offerings and Drinks to Take Home

If you happen to see the Balinese putting offerings on the ground and sprinkling liquid from bottles on your island trip it must be arrack and brem. Here, brem is used as tabuh, a complement of the offerings presentation. Brem is local drink obtained from fermented rice. Rice that is good for making brem is white (ketan) and black sticky rice (injin).
On celebrating Galungan festivity, the Balinese usually make fermented rice for ingredients of offerings. Then it is furnished a by-product that is called brem. It tastes very sweet and could be more complete when added with an ice cube, this drink will quench the thirst. I had a memorable experience when one day, I, with some other reservation teams carried out a hotel inspection in the heart of Ubud. The hotel provided us with a distinctive brem welcome drink. It seemed like ‘closer’ to the local tradition and the taste.
Nowadays, visitors cannot only taste the drink during the stay in Bali but also can bring it home a souvenir. This brem has been produced in a modern process, attractive packaging and branding.
(BTN/pun)