Baise Glutinous Rice Wine

Baise Glutinous Rice Wine

　　Baise Glutinous Rice Wine is a distinctive snack specialty of Guangxi. Also known as Jiangmi wine, sweet wine, or fermented glutinous rice. It is made by soaking glutinous rice, steaming it, sprinkling with yeast, fermenting, filtering, and aging (very few types of glutinous rice wine undergo an aging process).

　　Quality Characteristics

　　Glutinous rice wine, also known as Jiangmi wine, sweet wine, fermented glutinous rice, or laozao, mainly uses glutinous rice as its primary ingredient. Its brewing process is simple, and it has a sweet and mellow taste with very low alcohol content, making it highly popular among people. In the preparation of certain dishes, glutinous rice wine is often used as an important seasoning.

　　Drinking Benefits

　　Glutinous rice wine is sweet, fragrant, and mellow. It can stimulate the secretion of digestive glands, enhance appetite, and aid digestion. The brewing process makes the nutrients in glutinous rice more easily absorbed by the human body, making it an excellent tonic for middle-aged and elderly people, pregnant women, new mothers, and those who are physically weak to replenish qi and nourish blood. Cooking meat with glutinous rice wine can make the meat more tender and easier to digest. Glutinous rice wine also helps refresh and relieve fatigue, quench thirst and cool down the body, promote blood circulation, and moisturize the skin. It also has certain effects on the following symptoms: dull complexion, spontaneous sweating; or general physical weakness, dizziness, sallow complexion, shortness of breath, fatigue, weak stomach pain, and clear diarrhea.

　　Rice wine is a product of fermenting glutinous rice or regular rice with rhizopus (along with small amounts of mold and yeast), undergoing significant changes in chemical composition and physical state. The starch is converted into small-molecule sugars, proteins are partially broken down into amino acids and peptides, and changes in lipids as well as the binding states of vitamins and minerals all effectively enhance its nutritional functions. Its nutritional benefits are precisely derived from these chemical and physical changes. Moreover, some flavor compounds produced during fermentation greatly improve its taste.

　　Drinking Methods

　　Baise Glutinous Rice Wine is fragrant, mild in alcohol, and rich in nutrition, making it very popular. There are various ways to enjoy it: in winter, it is often served warm—either immersed in hot water or gently heated over a flame; in summer, it is usually consumed cold, meaning it is opened and poured directly into a glass; another method is the chilled version, where ice cubes are placed in a glass, a small amount of glutinous rice wine is added, and then diluted with water; it can also be mixed with an appropriate amount of soda or other beverages to make a sparkling wine.

　　Suitable for all to consume. It warms the middle energizer, benefits qi, and nourishes beauty. It is especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people, pregnant women, new mothers, and those who are physically weak. It has low alcohol content but a strong "aftereffect," so it should not be consumed excessively. Adding an egg or a suitable amount of brown sugar to the wine enhances its nourishing effect. Oral intake: 50–100 ml per dose, 1–2 times per day. Not suitable for those with yin deficiency and excessive internal heat.