LUCENA CITY—With the increase in prices of liquor in the market following the passage of Republic Act No. 10351 or the Sin Tax Law, a “lambanog” producer expects a rise in sales of coconut-based ...

LUCENA CITY—Licensed distillers of “lambanog” (coconut wine) in Quezon province are expecting to lose at least 80 percent of their projected earnings in December, a peak season for the business due to ...

THE Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) recently organized a Lakbay Aral, or exposure and learning trip, for Quezon coconut farmers to lambanog ...

Bottled "lambanog" sits at a distillery in Tayabas, south of the Philippine capital Manila. With their huge copper vats and open fires, little-known backyard liquor makers have toiled for generations ...

At least 21 people had died in several areas in Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon since May after drinking “lambanog” (coconut wine) found to contain high levels of methanol, the Food and Drug ...

The scare didn’t stop two men from buying lambanog from a vendor who himself drank it to prove it’s safe. This ultimately led to their deaths The local liquor industry in Quezon Province is suffering ...

Tayabas, Philippines - With their huge copper vats and open fires, little-known backyard liquor makers have toiled for generations on Philippine coconut farms to distill their equivalent of Russian ...

With their huge copper vats and open fires, little-known backyard liquor makers have toiled for generations on Philippine coconut farms to distill their equivalent of Russian vodka. Once considered a ...

What’s in a drink? To the people at CITEM (Center for International Trade Expositions & Missions) marketing the latest designer lambanog, everything. It could capture in a nutshell, or shall we say a ...

The blend is smoother, the aroma lighter. My head begins to buzz. “Noventa! Ninety proof…” he beams and offers another shot. A portly man grins as he pours a clear white drink into a shot glass.

Mojito and Piña Colada, move over. Here comes the Manila Sunshine. In mid-May, one of the top hotels in Manila unveiled an alcoholic bright yellow cocktail, precisely designed to be the Philippine ...

In this photo taken on November 15, 2012, tapper Eugenio Andaya, pours his harvest of coconut sap to be used in a local wine called ‘tuba’ the raw material for Lambanog in Tayabas, Quezon Province, ...