I had "palm toddy" in Africa, and I couldn't read my watch for like 3 days.
A friend of mine who is an evolutionary psychologist who spends half of his time doing fieldwork in eastern Ecuador reports that the Shuar people are very fond of fermented manioc, where the women sit around in a circle chewing manioc root and letting the enzymes in their saliva kick off the fermentation process before spitting it back up into a big wooden bowl for pooling and storage. Mmmmm, good.
Human beings love to get their drink on.