Thank you for shedding some light on these beverages! I'm from La Trinidad, Benguet and I've had my fair share of Tapuy growing up. It's, and other local beverages' too, potential to be well-renowned really can be at the scale of culturally relevant beverages like sake. Like you said, we only need the innovation and desire to take it there as a country. I hope the government pays more attention and provide resources for continuity initiatives before the know-how fades from the older generation. I applaud everyone in the video trying their best to keep the culture alive and modernizing the process and the products. This change in optics might be just what we need and thank you FEATR for supporting that change in viewpoint by creating videos like this!

Eto dapat yung minamarket dito sa Pilipinas. Ngayon kasi unti unti ng soju yung hinahanap ng mga tao. Tsaka ako as manginginom Tuba lang yung alam ko. Hahahaha. Gusto ko rin makainom ng Tapuey. Super worth it panuorin👌

"Not interested in by the younger generation" is such a problem everywhere. My family in Germany owned a restaurant for literal centuries. By the time I was a born, only old people were still eating there, and as they slowly died off there was just no one left and it had to shut down. The younger people would rather just get some McDonalds or other quick meals instead of sitting down with friends and family at a locally owned business. Or they just straight up weren't interested in traditional German cuisine. It's very sad. I have some recipes of my great grandmother's that my mom saved and I try to learn them so I can keep it alive.

As a frequent traveler who taste most of the Cordilleras local wines and foods, I can say that these are one of the best things we can offer to the world.

Being a 1st generation ilocano FilAm, I’m always searching for ways I can stay connected to my cultural roots. I wanted to express my gratitude for making this documentary as it inspired me to carry on this tradition and in hopes of bringing awareness to filipino customs and share it with others. Unfortunately I didn’t have access to native Philippine rice or bubod, but there were other comparable rice and yeast options that I used. My first batch is currently bubbling away, awaiting its glory haha. Thanks again!

Featr content is definitely on par with munchies, bon apettit, etc. Thank youu for this!

Gustong gusto ko yang tapuey lalo na yung gawa sa red rice. Sana mas mapromote ang mga local product na ganito dahil parte ng cultura natin

Thanks KZfaq for recommending a cultural wine of the country I lived in

1:06 earliest written documentation of rice wine in the Philippines was most likely the 'pangasi' by Antonio Pigafetta, 1521. That is more than a century before. Tapuy is known all around the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia. It basically means, fermented. Everything can be tapuy/tape/tapay/tapei/tapuey/tapiai: rice, millet, cassava, nira, sago, soy, etc. You nailed it in explaining about the different rice wine making. That in essence is the advantage (and disadvantage) of living in a tropical rainforest weather, the abundant of diverse microorganism. Thats why, a tapuy in Banaue might be so different than the tape from West Sumatra or basi in Ilocos.

I love all of the content... The government must do something about it.. because it's really hard to call us Filipinos nowadays, even our religion is imported, everything is imported, because most crab minded pinoys would think themselves low if they stay local, and feel rich if they buy imported stuff. And the foreign countries who own the businesses are the ones making a huge amount of profits. Imagine those thousands of pinoys who spend thousands of pesos to watch foreign artists, shows, concerts etc. Imagine if those expenses that they spend will be put to support our local farmers and products, then the future if Filipinos will be brighter.

We made fruit wine back in college. Our flavor was Pineapple-ampalaya using lactic acid bacteria isolated from puto. Thanks FEATR for documenting artisan Filo products. Food Technology grad here from UP Mindanao

Tapuey is a very nice sweet wine. I always remember my mother making rice wine during those good old days

I've had Tapuey and Bugnay before, when I went to Sagada & Ilocos. I wish they're easily available as the usual wines we have in the supermarkets. Kudos to the Featr team for this great episode!

Tapuey actually tastes like good bahalina but more potent. My cousin brought me old tapuey which has started to taste sour, but I got a taste of a newer batch in Nueva Vizcaya. I love it

Love watching different cultures of the world it’s very interesting. Would love to try this when I go to the Philippines.

Rice (and adlay) wine used to be much more prevalent throughout the islands, known under many names. And like tuba it had a distilled version (dalisay). They died out during the colonial era because of the rise of sugarcane and coconut plantations, which were easier to ferment and distill (since sugarcane water and coconut sap had higher sugar content). If you can, please record and publish the exact manufacturing method of these disappearing traditional drinks. So that at least, even if we lose them today, our descendants can still remake them someday. There are records in Spanish and American textbooks of drinks that no longer exist. Which we can't replicate because how they were made were never, or only partially, written down.

I'm saddened by the fact that getting tapuy outside of the Philippines is almost impossible for those interested. Even if it has trouble expanding domestically, I'm sure fanning out and exporting this exotic drink to foreign markets would help keep it alive. Like mentioned in the video, so many countries have a universally recognized drink associated with them: tequila for Mexico, scotch for Scotland, soju for Korea, sake for Japan, etc. It's a shame a country so full of culture like the Philippines misses out on this avenue to share it.

Thanks for a great documentary! All Tapuy makers have their own secret formulas; they range from "smooth-and-sweet"(for connoisseurs) to "harsh-with-a-kick" (for tired folks wanting to sleep asap). Me? I prefer it smooth. But Tapuy is hard to FIND in Manila. Sana, FEATR could tell us WHERE to buy Pedronan Tapuey in Manila.

I grew up in Mountain Province, Mainit Bontoc specifically and I can say that eating and drinking Tapuey during harvest seasons is one of my favorites which I always look forward to and watching this video brought a lot of memories. A fun fact is that when you eat or drink tapuey under the scorching heat, in the rice paddies is the best but will also make you lazy. If you want to taste the bitterness and get drunk you can let your tapuey ferment in longer months. But if you want your tapuey to be sweet leave it 2 to 3 days on hot weather.

FEATR has really given us quality content. Thank you guys for this one. Authentic and heart warming

My favorite video as of yet.❤

The narrator/host was really great! 💯

I'm 69 and believe me was blown away with this video. I have heard of tapoy/tapuy before but never knew it was rice wine.. and such exotic yeast! I am no stranger to making spirits and Indonesia where I reside has plenty of plants to experiment on... thanks kabayan.. 🙏🙏

Thank you Jesicca for taking time to advertise locally made product particularly this Tapeuy. I hope you like the taste of it. I love tapeuy too. It kicks!!!

We call it tapuy also in Isabela. Its a common site of old people drinking tapuy in the public market of San Mateo, Isabela

Love it how you added a comparison of tapuey, makgeolli and sake. I've seen a lot of quality locally produced documentaries re makgeolli and sake, but we have very few for tapuey -- or even lambanog (as compared with soju), just to feature another local alcohol, here in the Philippines - Kudos to FEATR for producing one 🙌👏👍. Tapuey can definitely compete in the international market. IF only we can love and promote our local tapuey like Korea and Japan does with makgeolli and sake, tapuey would be as popular and desired - same with other local products.

Just like soju being very visible in a lot of kdramas, I think the PH should do the same with tapuey to showcase it to local beverage consumers

that's my beautiful niece 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

its not only banue who makes tapuy , the whole cordillerans are making it

The color of tapey depends on what kind of rice it is made and it can be red if it is made of what we call "red rice" violet if the malagkit is mixed with "balatinaw" a kind of malagkit rice white if pure white malagkit rice and any kind of rice .

we use to drink tapuy when we graduated in high school in Bangaan Sagada,we visited each house of our batches and drink tapuy..No tapuy here in Spain

I’m from Ifugao thank you for featuring our culture. Happy Cordillera day :)

ate irene, what a great guide and story teller!

Thanks for the video. My wife and I found bugnay when visiting Baguio in 2019. I was surprised at how tasty it was. At the time I couldn’t find any information on the wine. Now I know.

ahh! Ito yung last video about sa Ilocos Norte, or parang ganun. Inaabangan ko ito. Ang galing naman! Dios ti Agngina FEATR! 🙂🙂

Can we appreciate the host? Gaddamn she's pretty. BTW awesome content, keep it up FEATR!

This is a great feature!! I want to try one. I hope the wine makers would use something non plastic when they're fermenting(I saw most of them use the plastic gallons in the video)

Awesome work Jess and FEATR team! Look forward to having cultural tours in the highlands someday focus on tastings of tapuey and more :D

This is the 1st time to learn about filpinos' rice wine. Thanks for this video

I don't know if we have an unspoken rule about the drinking age or maybe it's more modern. But because of this, I have the idea of getting drunk first with real local alcoholic beverages (not san mig beer).

I really love watching your videos its fun, interesting, and eye-opening. I hope more people would invest on this kind of things and with a purpose of improving the community. I also hope this would paveway for locals like Master Tapouy to showcase their skills.

I haven't taste this wine yet.. Never knew we have this Tapuey. I wanted to try this! 😋❤ Very traditional and well preserved product of ours, Filipinos. Worth the watch, nice video FEATR.

GALING NA ITO TALAGA ANG SARAP NA SARAP ITONG PRESENTATION! Sonbrang salamat!

Another great documentary!! Very enlightening especially for the newer generation.

I hope these traditional wine making will not fade away.

31:11 it's good we bought the same hair clip design hehe! mine got destroyed already but i love brown so i bought it... i am eternally grateful to you and your team for featuring this traditional rice wine practice in our country. Most people tend to forget these kinds of traditions we have had because most would be very busy living and surviving in cities and our old folks are left in the countryside and when they die, they bury with them their priced ancient knowledge..

This is really good to see. I love Tuba and Lambanog. But never heard of this beverage. Thank you for sharing.

I love tapuey! I always order a bottle or two whenever I am home.

Oh wow! It has been years since I last met Dra Biel in her store in Adams! Those were the days! I miss Ilocos Norte!

Don't stop making wine contents. Kudos po sa team niyo ☺️ I am also new to wine making and still experimenting. Na inspire ako sa video niyo and I wanted to learn more about our culture in wine beverages also looking forward to taste Tapuy someday 🙏 Cheers 🙂 ❤️

Thank for sharing more information about other local wine here in the phils.

My Lola (Grandmother) from ilagan, isabela knows how to make tapuey, she fermenta it for 4-5days before drinking. She uses Balantinao Rice that gives the tapuey somewhat reddish purple color..

This feature is just in time for the nearing festival here in Banaue, thank you FEATR 🙆🏻‍♀️❤

Adams!!! Love that place😍😍😍😍😍

a great help to us students!!🎉❤

Tapuey/Bayah/ Tapey are widely known in the Cordillera particularly in Ifugao, Province and Kalinga. I hope some would tap the locals on those areas where it originated too.

Oohhh... I miss the taste of delicious rice wine It sparkled in my mouth then after that you know already what will happen next. Makapa ulaw

Salamat po. Can't wait to make a trip up there from Cebu 😊

I'm proud of anything Philippines 🇵🇭 I would like to try our own rice wine 💜 let's be proud of our own and let their names live on and correct our foreign friends how to say it correctly not to lose its identity 🆔 The host turned the bottle Yan tuloy may Na-Tapuy 😮 if they want this to be export material they need to be able to tighten the lid to make it transportable to other Philippine Islands 🇵🇭

thanks for featuring this special product of YCORDILLERAS God bless! stay amazing!

Wow.! GREAT Documentary! Great show.! I love the music accompaniment. .

Thank you for sharing and hope to reach those places once we visit the phil. I like to taste all of the wines and bring some home. Good job Jessica.

Nice for sharing this traditional wine rice

i miss our cordillera mountains! never got to see mountains full of trees here in the city!

In the sea of unoriginal and iterative Pinoy content, I just like to commend your work FEATR. It''s like watching a local version of Vox, DW Documentary or Bussiness Insider :> Keep up the amazing work!

Thanks for sharing. Hopefully, it will be more developed and put into production of Filipino trademark wine. We have lots of potential to put it in production, we had lots of different local wines as our local products.

Thanks for feat. our own tapuy!!!!! intay ag inomen!!!!!!

I am a home brewing enthusiast, how long does Manang Hermana ferment the rice and what is the longest time she age it after bottling?

go lng ate. taste lng ng taste,di mo alam lasing na ikaw. hahhaha.. so nice na may content na ganito.. nakaka proud as cordilleran.

Thank you for creating this documentary.

Interesting, in Sabah Malaysia they also have a rice wine called "Tapai"

i love these episodes

It's good for cooking..some Chinese wine made from rice..maybe our tapuey can promote all over the world too

Thank you very much for lot of infos about rice wine; I'll use it in preparing cayenne tincture.

Sa totoo lang pde sa tv itong featr. Mas babagay kung sa cnn philippines. 🤞😊

Top tier content FEATR!

Ni lolak naimas ti araramiden na nga tapey, makapalagip ti childhood days isu ti pagsasanguan mi nga agkakasinsin. Naimas ngem maulaw ka nga talaga😂😁 Salamat daytoy nga documentary u FEATR PS Taga Ahin, Tinoc, Ifugao ti lolo ken lolak

Mayat mayat ay padli..hehe...taga benguet mi..nice nice po...pigsa sa lang hangover na ngem mayat.

Filipino restaurants are blooming now in 2023 San Francisco . Also there is designated Filipino Cultural District spearheaded by young GenX artists, musicians and more.

I love how the owner honor manang arnani by naming the wine after their family name 💛

You haven't tried the sugar cane wine of Mt. Province yet. It is much more stronger and as the tapuy it is also made with zero artificial flavoring and the yeast is different from tapuy.

Kudos to FEATR team!👏

Drinking Tapuey and Bugnay wine while watching this hahahhaha, thank you FEAT.!

Oh how I love my culture ❤❤❤

Tapat yan itangkilik natin sariling ating gawa mas mabuti ipag mamalaki natin hindi lang ibsng lugar kayang gumawa ng alak kong hindi tayu din

The best pinikpikan is what my grandfather makes. It’s the best because he puts etag and tapuy into the dish.

Lets support this local wine of our country

Yes I like the taste of the video

msrap tlga yan, kumakain din ako ng tapuey

we have to preserve & celebrate our culture.

❤ this rice wine,,from.upland Ilocos sur,Tapuy festival

1:11 older than that was Pigafetta it was what's served to them by the Rajah of Butuan and what the Tagbanwa people of Palawan relished as 'Arak'.

In Mindanao a variety of dark sticky rice we call it Tapuy.

Ifugao is in northern luzon po. Not central luzon 😊

My dad knows how to make tapuy and when there’s birthday parties he would serve them to his older friends.

Gwapaha sa co founder of meryenda uie

...tapey-my favorite beverage😁😂

oohh i wanna learn that

Super like!!!!

This channel is amazing.....so much heart👌❤️