Among alcoholic beverages consumed outside meals, first place it is rum, extracted from sugar cane, and then the brandy, which is extracted both maize and sugar cane.

Colombian typical drink is chicha, made from maize, sugar or honey, and boiled, traditional Andean peoples. This drink could not be produced or sold legally in Colombia from 1948 until few years ago, and is was found that its high alcohol content and exciting power, not only favoured an increase in crime, also was detrimental to the health of who had a very continued use of this beverage, besides that he produced with very little personal hygiene systems. Continue Reading