Red yeast wine is one of China’s traditional famous wines. It is brewed from glutinous rice, red yeast rice and other raw materials. It is mostly produced in Fujian, Zhejiang, Taiwan and other places. Drinking red yeast wine in moderation is good for your health. Certain benefits. How to brew red yeast wine? Let’s take a look at how to make red yeast wine!

How to brew red yeast wine

1. Wash the glutinous rice, add water and soak for about 12 hours.

2. While cooking the rice, boil the water, pour it into the prepared wine bottles and jars and let it cool naturally. When the temperature drops to about 35 degrees, add the red yeast soaked rice, and keep a small handful of red yeast for later use. . Crush the white koji into powder and set aside.

3. When the rice grains are soaked and can be easily crushed by hand, wash and drain, add hot water such as glutinous rice, and put it into a steamer to steam until the glutinous rice is cooked.

4. Spread the steamed glutinous rice out and let it cool. While waiting for the glutinous rice to cool down, add the white koji to the soaked red koji and stir evenly.

5. The cooling temperature of the glutinous rice should be judged according to the room temperature at that time. For example, when the room temperature is 20 degrees, it can be cooled to 35 degrees. At this time, the glutinous rice can be moved into the wine bottle and then stirred. Evenly.

6. Sprinkle the remaining red yeast rice on the top of the glutinous rice, cover the mouth of the jar but do not seal it to prevent dust from falling into the jar.

7. At this time, the temperature in the altar should be about 30 degrees, which is the optimal temperature for fermentation. To maintain this temperature for a long time, it needs to be covered with insulation materials such as quilts or blankets. When the room temperature is low, a hot water bottle should be placed underneath. If you have an electric blanket at home, you can use an electric blanket to wrap the jar.

8. When the indoor temperature is about 20 degrees and the fermentation temperature in the tank is normal, the fermentation peak will enter in about 2 days. At this time, you will see foam emerging from the tank, just like water boiling. Now open, these insulation materials can be removed, because the temperature generated by fermentation can already maintain the temperature required for normal fermentation.

9. During the subsequent fermentation period, use clean chopsticks or spoons to press the rice grains floating under the water into the water every day until there are no more rice grains floating in the tank, and the fermentation process of red yeast wine will also stop. It's over. At this time, the red yeast wine is initially brewed, and the filtered wine juice can be drank directly.