Huangjiu and glutinous rice wine are not the same thing, the specific differences are as follows:

One, different varieties

1, Huangjiu: one of the world's oldest liquors, the quality of the yeast varieties to determine the quality of wine. It originated in China, and only China has it, with beer, wine and called the world's three ancient wine.

About 3,000 years ago, during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the Chinese created a unique method of compound fermentation of wine curds, and began to brew large quantities of yellow wine. Yellow wine has a wide range of origins and many varieties, the famous ones are Shandong Jimo Old Wine, Ganzhou Mr. Huang Yellow Wine, Wuxi Huizuan Wine, Shaoxing Scholar's Red, Shaoxing Daughter's Red, Zhangjiagang's Shazhou Youhuang, Wujiang's Wugong Old Wine, Baihuaying, and other Taoyuan yellow wines.

Shanghai Old Wine, Hebi Yuhe Double Yellow, Fujian Min'an Old Wine, Jiangxi Jiujiang Sealed Jar Wine, Jiangsu Baipu Yellow Wine (Shuiminglou), Sealed Jar Wine of Jiangsu Jintan and Danyang, Hunan Jiahe Pouring Jar Wine, Henan Double Yellow Wine, Guangdong Hakka Niangjiu, Zhangjiakou Beizong Yellow Wine and Shaoxing Gayan Wine (Hua Diao Wine, etc.), Guangdong Pearl Red Wine, and Hubei Old Yellow Wine.

2, glutinous rice wine: also known as rice wine, wine, sweet wine. In the old days, it was called "sweet". Brewed with glutinous rice, is the Chinese Han and most of the ethnic minorities traditional specialty wine.

Second, the color is different

1, yellow wine

Yellow wine, as the name suggests, because the color is yellow, so the title, and white wine is clear and transparent different, yellow wine color brown, yellow, brown, etc., there are also some yellow wine colorless state.

For the cause of the color of yellow wine, there are many friends are more curious, here to do a brief introduction. According to the brewing process, yellow wine is divided into traditional boiling and modern steaming methods.

In the former, the raw materials in the cooking process, due to low moisture and high temperature, after the cooking process, the color deepens, which in the subsequent fermentation process acts as a natural coloring agent, and in the process of cooking the wine by grasping the temperature and time can be adjusted to the depth of the color of the wine.

However, the traditional process of yellow wine has some limitations in industrial production. In recent times, the mass production process of yellow wine has been improved to include steaming followed by fermentation, which is a more efficient, safer and sanitary process than the traditional brewing process, and the quality of the wine is more uniform.

But in the later stages, the color of yellow wine is formed by the addition of caramel color, which is a natural coloring agent that plays an important role in the production of yellow wine.

2, glutinous rice wine

Sticky rice sprinkles due to the brewing process together, there will be different colors of wine, there are white wine and yellow wine.

Three, different raw materials

1, yellow wine: yellow wine to rice, corn, corn as raw materials, the general alcohol content of 14% -20%, belonging to the low brewing wine. Yellow wine is rich in nutrients, containing 21 kinds of amino acids, including several kinds of unknown amino acids, and the human body can not synthesize its own must rely on food intake of eight essential amino acids yellow wine have, so it is known as "liquid cake".

In the latest national standards, the definition of yellow wine is: rice, corn, black rice, corn, wheat and other raw materials, after steaming, mixed with wheat, rice or liquor, saccharification and fermentation of all kinds of yellow wine brewed.

2. Glutinous rice wine: the main raw material is river rice, so it is also called river rice wine. Wine brewing in the north is generally called "rice wine" or "sweet wine". It is a kind of sweet rice wine made by fermenting steamed rice (glutinous rice) with wine yeast (a special kind of microbial yeast).

The brewing process is simple and the flavor is sweet and mellow. The alcohol content is very low, so it is very popular among people. China's use of high-quality brown glutinous rice brewing, has been more than a thousand years of long history. Rice wine has become the daily drinking beverage of farmers. Modern rice wine is mostly produced in factories.

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