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Geoff Childs

Cheers! Welcome to the Nepalese village where everybody knows how to distill

Imagine a place where every home has paraphernalia for distilling spirits, where there is a toast for nearly any occasion, and where your taxes – paid in grain, not cash – are deposited straight into a communal still. Welcome to Nubri. A valley in northern Nepal, Nubri is home to roughly 3,
Geoff Childs, Washington University in St. Louis 01 May 2026

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