<Li> As with Asian rice - based liquors, it does not involve malting . </Li> <Li> This method is often used with starches derived from sources other than grain, such as yams, taro, or other such root vegetables . </Li> <P> Some Taiwanese tribes have taken the process a step further by distilling the resulting alcoholic beverage, resulting in a clear liquor . However, as none of the Taiwanese tribes are known to have developed systems of writing, there is no way to document how far back this practice goes, or if the technique was brought from Mainland China by Han Chinese immigrants . Judging by the fact that this technique is usually found in tribes using millet (a grain native to northern China) as the ingredient, the latter seems much more likely . </P> <P> Asia's first brewery was incorporated in 1855 (although it was established earlier) by Edward Dyer at Kasauli in the Himalayan Mountains in India under the name Dyer Breweries . The company still exists and is known as Mohan Meakin, today comprising a large group of companies across many industries . </P>

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