Fermented red yeast and distiller's yeast cakes

Fermented red yeast and distiller's yeast cakes

　　Fermented red yeast and distiller's yeast cakes

　　Fermented red yeast and distiller's yeast cakes are essential ingredients for brewing. The Qingxi and Xinmin villages in Zhuanshui Town of our county have a long-standing tradition of producing fermented red yeast and distiller's yeast cakes, with a production history spanning several decades. The produced red yeast and yeast cakes are high in yield and quality, and are sold as far as Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, and other provinces. Production is mainly carried out in family workshops. Currently, there are 160 farming households in Qingxi and Xinmin villages engaged in the production of fermented red yeast and distiller's yeast cakes, yielding an average of 20–30 tons per year, with a maximum of over 100 tons, and producing 500–1,000 kilograms of yeast cakes annually.