【HaiChuan Food Chat】In ancient times, rice wine had a low alcohol content; then why was it necessary to boil it? Wouldn’t the alcohol evaporate in that case?
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Ancient rice wine had a low alcohol content; why was it necessary to boil it, since wouldn’t all the alcohol evaporate? Does this make it seem like the person who drinks has a high tolerance for alcohol? ?
So all that heavy drinking was actually just drinking fermented rice wine; no wonder they have such a high tolerance for alcohol
Thinking of the story of “killing Hua Xiong by warming the wine”, where the wine is drunk while it’s warmed up… Is there any connection between this word \"warm\" and the word \"cook\"? P
Heating means it’s not boiled like beer is; I’ve always wondered why those who drink boiled beer consume such large amounts of it – it must have something to do with the evaporation of alcohol
Generally, not much alcohol evaporates when wine is warmed; it’s like in the case of Kong Yiji: warming a bowl of wine along with a plate of fennel seeds – yellow rice wine is usually consumed in winter. Alcohol generally does not need to be warmed in the summer. The liquor produced by yellow rice wine factories is subjected to high temperatures before leaving the factory; this process kills microorganisms, thereby extending the shelf life of the liquor. The temperature used for brewing sake is generally below 80 degrees, also to prevent excessive evaporation of ethanol. The winery collects the alcohol produced during this brewing process using a condenser, and it can be sold as baijiu; this type of liquor is called Hansha, and it is also a quite good quality baijiu. Since the quantity is small, it remains quite precious.
This type of liquor is called Hansha; everyone is familiar with it. Amazing! ! ! !
My first job was at a state-owned winery in a small town, so I know about this. Back then, the price of this kind of fermented liquor was roughly twice that of ordinary bulk liquor, but the workers at our factory were allocated 10 jin of it as a benefit each year. I couldn’t drink alcohol at that time, so I gave all the alcohol I was given to my father’s old comrades.