What is Laohuangjiu

I don’t know if you have ever drunk old rice wine in your life. If you haven’t, you can go to Shaoxing in our country to try the local old rice wine, because the old rice wine brewed in Shaoxing is particularly famous throughout the country, and this method of brewing has been passed down since ancient times. It is said that it has a history of more than 4,000 years. If you don’t drink rice wine, you can’t go to Shaoxing. So what kind of wine is old rice wine?

Huangjiu is a national specialty of China, also known as rice wine. It is a brewed wine and occupies an important position among the world's three major brewed wines (huangjiu, wine and beer). Its unique brewing technology has made it a typical representative and model in the oriental brewing industry.

Huangjiu is a specialty of my country with a history of more than 4,000 years and is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages in the world. The rich wine-making experience of the working people of all generations has brought the quality of rice wine to a relatively high level. Shaoxing wine is the oldest variety of rice wine among my country's famous wines.

Huangjiu is one of the three oldest types of wine in the world and a national specialty of my country. Its method of using koji to make wine and double fermentation brewing is unique in the world. Originated from Shaoxing, China

, and it is only found in China. It is known as the world's three major ancient wines along with beer and wine.

Huangjiu is made from rice and millet. Its alcohol content is generally 14%-20%, making it a low-alcohol brewed wine. Yellow rice wine is rich in nutrients and contains 21 kinds of amino acids, including several unknown amino acids. The human body cannot synthesize the 8 essential amino acids that must be obtained from food. Yellow rice wine contains all of them, so it is known as "liquid cake".

Huangjiu is a type of brewed wine that uses rice, millet, corn, millet, wheat, etc. as the main raw materials, and is made through steaming, adding koji, saccharification, fermentation, pressing, filtering, frying, storage, and blending. In addition to its rich and mellow taste, it also has great efficacy and functions. The following is an introduction to the effects and functions of rice wine.

1. Yellow wine contains polyphenols, melanoidins, glutathione and other physiologically active ingredients, which have the physiological functions of scavenging free radicals, preventing cardiovascular diseases, anti-cancer, anti-aging, etc.

2. As many as 18 kinds of inorganic salts have been detected in rice wine, including calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, etc. The content of vitamins B and E in rice wine is also very rich, mainly coming from the raw materials and yeast autolysates.

3. The protein content in rice wine is the highest among all wines. The protein content of each liter of Shaoxing Jiafan wine is 16g, which is 4 times that of beer. The proteins in rice wine mostly exist in the form of peptides and amino acids, which are easily absorbed by the human body. Peptides have nutritional, biological and regulatory functions.

4. Rice wine is rich in functional oligosaccharides. For example, the content of isomaltose, panose and isomaltotriose in each liter of Shaoxing Jiafan wine reaches 6g. After entering the human body, functional oligosaccharides are hardly absorbed by the human body and do not generate heat, but they can promote the growth of beneficial microorganisms Bifidobacterium in the intestines.

It can promote the growth and development of the intestines, improve intestinal function, enhance immunity and promote human health.

Yellow wine is an alcoholic beverage consumed in daily life. It is rich in nutritional value and has the taste of liquid cake. The nutritional value of rice wine has far exceeded that of ordinary grape wine. So if you want to make rice wine at home, will it be troublesome? Here is a method of making rice wine, so that you can easily make fine rice wine at home!