Arkhi

Distilled Mongolian kefir spirit

Arkhi
Type	Milk brandy, distilled from kefir^[1]
Country of origin	Mongolia^{[citation needed]}
Alcohol by volume	Up 10%, depending on distillation cycle^[1]
Colour	Clear-white
Ingredients	Fermented milk
Variants	Airag, kefir

Arkhi (Mongolian: Архи,

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It is often reserved for the family and never sold in Mongolia, slowly being replaced by vodka, also referred to as arkhi.^[4]

In and around Inner Mongolia, it is more regularly produced and sold. Industrial production and bottling occurs in locations such as Chifeng.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mongol Arkhi - Монгол Архи. mongolfood.info.
^ Klein-Lecat & Le Jaquen 1979, p. 181.
^ "Le koumys, koumis ou aïrag". cfaitmaison.com. Archived from the original on Nov 14, 2023.
^ Ruhlmann 2006, pp. 111–113, 217.

Klein-Lecat, Mme; Le Jaquen, M. (1979). "Quelques laits autres que de vache". Le Lait. 59 (583, 584): 179–189. doi:10.1051/lait:1979583-58410.
Ruhlmann, Sandrine (2006). Le partage des prémices et du fond de la marmite - Essai d'anthropologie des pratiques alimentaires chez les Mongols Xalx (PDF). EHESS.