How to drink rice wine in the healthiest way? How to tell if rice wine has gone bad

Usually, rice wine is made in a pottery jar. The pottery jar is thick and light-shielding. After a period of storage, the water in the wine will evaporate through the jar wall. Proper storage will bring surprises. After the wine is successfully brewed, it is the healthiest to warm it up before drinking. This way, it can warm the stomach and drive away the cold, dredge the meridians, and enhance the body's ability to resist the cold.

Contents of this article

1. How to drink rice wine in the healthiest way

2. How to judge whether rice wine has gone bad

3. How to store rice wine

How to drink rice wine in the healthiest way

1. It is healthiest to warm the rice wine before drinking it. This way it can warm the stomach and drive away the cold, dredge the meridians, and enhance the body's ability to resist the cold. The specific method is to put the rice wine into a container and then put it into hot water to heat it directly. You can also heat the rice wine over a fire before drinking. The most suitable drinking temperature should be between 35 and 45 degrees.

2. Drinking rice wine with food is the healthiest way to maintain health. Red wine can be paired with different ingredients, and people can appreciate the different flavors of rice wine. Semi-dry rice wine is suitable for meat and seafood, while semi-sweet rice wine is suitable for meat such as chicken and duck. In addition, when drinking rice wine warm, add appropriate amount of ginger and cook it with wolfberry, and then drink it after a while. It tastes particularly good and has a better health-promoting effect.

How to tell if rice wine has gone bad?

1. Check the viscosity. Shake the rice wine vigorously with your hands. If the rice wine is as thick as water and has no viscosity, it means that the rice wine has gone bad.

2. Take a close look at the color of the rice wine. Good rice wine is brown. If the color of the rice wine is dark red or black, it has already gone bad.

3. Smell the rice wine. Open the bottle cap and smell it carefully for a while. If you smell a sour smell or a pungent smell of alcohol, it means that the rice wine has gone bad.

4. Check whether there are too many suspended solids in the rice wine. If there are obviously too many suspended solids in the rice wine and it is turbid at first glance, this is an obvious sign that the rice wine has gone bad.

5. Pour a little on your hands and rub them. Rub them gently. If your hands don't feel anything and don't feel sticky at all, the rice wine has gone bad.

Note: To verify whether the rice wine has gone bad, please do not taste it, because tasting the rice wine that has gone bad is harmful and bad for human health.

How to store rice wine

1. Although rice wine does not have a shelf life, it still has very high requirements for storage methods, because reasonable and proper storage can extend the shelf life to about 5 years.

2. Pay attention to humidity and temperature. Usually 70% relative humidity is the most suitable. If the humidity is too high, the cork will easily mold, which will easily allow mold to contaminate the wine. The temperature should be kept between 0 and 20 degrees Celsius, preferably constant.

3. Pay attention to the seal. The storage container must be well sealed. If it is not well sealed, the alcohol will evaporate and the alcohol content will decrease.

4. Pay attention to light. Natural light will accelerate the deterioration of wine, so rice wine is best stored in a cool place.

5. Pay attention to the container. The quality of rice wine after storage is closely related to the material of the container. Usually, rice wine is stored in a pottery jar. The pottery jar is thick and light-shielding. After a period of storage, the moisture in the wine will evaporate through the jar wall. Reasonable storage will bring surprises.