Palek

{{Short description|Traditional Filipino alcoholic drink}}

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| type = Sugarcane wine

| origin = Philippines

| region =Batanes

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Palek, also known as paleg or mineovaheng, is a traditional Filipino alcoholic drink from the Batanes Islands made from fermented sugarcane juice.{{cite book |last1=Sanchez |first1=Priscilla C. |title=Philippine Fermented Foods: Principles and Technology |date=2008 |publisher=UP Press |isbn=9789715425544 |page=124 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=smfr-KYgtWkC}}{{cite news |last1=Llanto |first1=Jesus F. |title=Zero poverty in Batanes but... |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/special-report/10/15/08/zero-poverty-batanes |access-date=5 May 2019 |work=ABS-CBN News}} It is flavored with ebony bark (Diospyros ferrea), which turns the drink black.{{cite web |title=Batanes delicacies |url=http://glossaryoffilipinofood.blogspot.com/2015/08/batanes-specialties.html |website=Glossary of Filipino Food |access-date=5 May 2019}} It is traditionally served in a halved coconut shell and passed from one person to the next.{{cite book |last1=Mata |first1=Elvira |title=Batanes, Philippines |date=2008 |publisher=Office of Northern Cultural Communities}}