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The production of rice wine has thousands of years of history. In ancient China, rice wine was the primary alcoholic drink. The first known fermented beverage in the world was a wine made from rice and honey about 9,000 years ago in central China. [3] In the Shang Dynasty (1750-1100 BCE), funerary objects routinely featured wine vessels. [4]
Sake barrel offerings at the Shinto shrine Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū in Kamakura. Sake, saké (酒, sake, / ˈsɑːki, ˈsækeɪ / SAH-kee, SAK-ay[4][5]), or saki, [6] also referred to as Japanese rice wine, [7] is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran.
Makgeolli (Korean: 막걸리; lit. raw rice wine; [mak.k͈ʌɭɭi]), sometimes anglicized to makkoli (/ ˈmækəli /, [1] MAK-ə-lee), is a Korean alcoholic drink. It is a milky, off-white, and lightly sparkling rice wine that has a slight viscosity, and tastes slightly sweet, tangy, bitter, and astringent.
Mirin. Mirin (味醂 or みりん, Japanese: [miɾiɴ]) is a type of rice wine and a common ingredient in Japanese cooking. It is similar to sake but with a lower alcohol content and higher sugar content. [1] The sugar content is a complex carbohydrate that forms naturally during the fermentation process; no sugars are added.
Hokkien POJ. siāu-heng-chiú. Shaoxing wine (alternatively spelled Shaohsing, Hsiaohsing, or Shaoshing) is a variety of Chinese Huangjiu ("yellow wine") made by fermenting glutinous rice, water, and wheat-based yeast. It is produced in Shaoxing, in the Zhejiang province of eastern China, and is widely used as both a beverage and a cooking wine ...
Mijiu (Chinese: 米酒; pinyin: mǐjiǔ; Wade–Giles: mi-chiu; lit. 'rice wine'), also spelt michiu, is a Chinese rice wine made from glutinous rice, with the alcohol content ranging between 15% and 20% v/v. [1] It is generally clear in appearance with a balanced taste of sweetness and acidity, similar to its Japanese counterpart sake and ...
Huangjiu (Chinese: 黃酒; lit. 'yellow wine') is a type of Chinese rice wine most popular in the Jiangnan area. Huangjiu is brewed by mixing steamed grains including rice, glutinous rice or millet with qū as starter culture, followed by saccharification and fermentation at around 13–18 °C (55–64 °F) for fortnights.
Rice wine cup. A rice wine cup is a vessel for drinking rice wine. In China, Japan and Korea, the traditional rice wine cups are usually round and shallow, in contrast to the deeper wine glasses of Western culture. Rice wine cups can be made of stone, porcelain, metal or wood. Wooden cups often use lacquerware, and can be floated in water ...