Yuzheng Sweet Wine

Yuzheng Sweet Wine

　　Making of Sweet Wine

　　Main ingredients:

　　Glutinous rice (can also be corn, wheat, millet, etc.)

　　Secondary ingredients:

　　Distiller’s yeast (Yuzheng’s yeast is particularly potent)

　　Spring water (preferably from mountain sources)

　　1. Soak the main ingredient, glutinous rice, for over 2 hours.

　　2. Steam for 40–50 minutes.

　　3. Cool the steamed glutinous rice to around 30°C (in a winnowing basket or sieve).

　　4. In the winnowing basket or sieve, mix the main ingredient (glutinous rice) with an appropriate amount of distiller’s yeast and stir well, repeating this process...

　　5. Place the mixed main ingredient in a “heavenly pot” (preferably made of iron), press it down firmly on top, wrap it in plastic bags, and cover it with something that can retain warmth (such as cloth or a straw raincoat). 6

　　6. After three to four days, when the pot is full of fermented wine liquid, it’s ready.

　　7. The finished product (store the finished sweet wine in a jar—it can last for half a year).