Why is rice wine unpopular? What is rice wine?

Yellow rice wine is brewed with grains as raw materials and wheat koji or koji as saccharification and fermentation agents. Yellow rice wine can be divided into four types according to the sugar content: dry yellow rice wine, semi-dry yellow rice wine, semi-sweet yellow rice wine, and sweet yellow rice wine. Yellow rice wine is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages in the world. It originated in China and is known as one of the three ancient wines in the world along with beer and wine. It is brewed with glutinous rice in the south and millet, foxtail millet and glutinous rice (called glutinous rice in the north) in the north.

Contents of this article

1. Why is rice wine unpopular?

2. What is rice wine?

3. What does rice wine taste like?

Why is rice wine unpopular?

The alcohol content of rice wine is relatively low, and its taste is not as good as that of white wine. In cooking, cooking wine can be used as a substitute. The brewing method of rice wine is relatively primitive, and the fermentation time of good rice wine is too long. Moreover, the alcohol content of rice wine is higher than that of white wine, which will cause the blood alcohol in the human body to increase rapidly, making it strong.

Drinking rice wine in moderation has certain benefits to the body, but rice wine is very strong, which makes it difficult for drinkers to control the amount they drink, and as a result, many people experience unbearable symptoms such as dizziness and headaches.

Now there are many kinds of wine that have replaced rice wine. Wine is a fast-moving consumer product. White wine is brewed faster, has fewer impurities and is of better quality.

What is yellow wine?

Brewed wine. Huangjiu is one of the three major brewed wines in the world (Huangjiu, wine and beer). It is brewed from glutinous rice in the south and millet, foxtail millet and glutinous rice (called Jiangmi in the north) in the north. Huangjiu is one of the oldest wines in the world, originated in China, and is known as the world's three major ancient wines along with beer and wine.

About three thousand years ago, during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the Chinese began to use the koji double fermentation method to brew rice wine in large quantities.

Depending on the sugar content, rice wine can be divided into four types: dry rice wine, semi-dry rice wine, semi-sweet rice wine and sweet rice wine.

The birthplace of rice wine is Hengyang, Hunan. Rice wine is generally named according to the place of origin, such as Fangxian rice wine, Daizhou rice wine, Shaoxing wine, Jiujiang Fenggang wine, Shandong Lanling wine, Henan Shuanghuang wine, etc.

What does rice wine taste like?

Dry rice wine tastes mellow, fresh and has no peculiar smell; semi-dry rice wine has a soft taste and is slightly sweeter than dry rice wine; semi-sweet rice wine has a harmonious body and is sweeter than semi-dry rice wine; sweet rice wine is first brewed into sweet rice wine and then white rice wine is added. It is mellow and sweet, and is sweeter than semi-sweet rice wine.

Huangjiu is a brewed wine made from grains as raw materials and malt koji or koji as saccharification and fermentation agents.

"Dry" rice wine means less sugar, while "sweet" rice wine means more sugar. The production processes of the two types of rice wine are also different.

The raw materials for rice wine include glutinous rice wine, black rice wine, corn wine, millet wine, and highland barley wine.