What song is used for yellow rice wine?

Yellow rice wine koji, commonly known as Daqu, wheat koji and brick koji, is common in rural areas in northern China and is often used to brew yellow rice wine in winter. Generally, Daqu plays a certain role in the wedding folklore in northern China. On the side of marrying a daughter, there will be a wheat song. First, use the word "fat" in the fermentation of distiller's yeast to win a good name, hoping that there will be more and more wedding dates. At the same time, among rural women in northern China,

For rural friends, Daqu is familiar as an important ingredient for brewing yellow rice wine, but it is still unfamiliar to friends living in cities or areas where there is no traditional brewing of yellow rice wine. Some friends who are interested in brewing yellow rice wine have always wanted to know how to make yellow rice wine koji. Let me briefly introduce it here.

Because the production of yellow rice wine koji has strict seasonal restrictions and it is not easy to find starter yeast, some friends who are eager to brew yellow rice wine can buy our handmade koji first.

Preparation materials: yeast (non-commercially available finished yeast for steaming steamed bread in rural areas), 20kg of wheat, hemp leaves, Aspergillus sojae and fresh hemp rope.

Production steps:

1. Wash the wheat with clean water first, and then lay it on the roof to dry.

2. Pass the dried wheat through a pulverizer, subject to the fact that the wheat is pulverized to half, or pass through an old-fashioned mill to obtain two parts: flour and wheat grains.

3. Soak the starter with clear water for several hours in advance, then add the crushed wheat and stir well. The starter can be squeezed by hand, not too dry or too wet.

4. Spread hemp rope vertically and horizontally at the bottom of the curved die, and then spread hemp leaves evenly, with 6 to 7 layers as appropriate, and choose the larger hemp leaves as the bottom.

5. Fill the raw materials into the mold, and if they are not filled at all, press them hard, so that the stirred wheat raw materials can be squeezed tightly. The thickness of Daqu should be below 10cm, not too thick.

6. After completing the above steps, you can pack. Spread hemp leaves evenly on it, just like the bottom. The internal raw materials shall prevail, and the hemp rope shall be tightened as much as possible.

Precautions:

In the process of Daqu production, hemp leaves and hemp rope should be selected as raw materials, because hemp leaves are hot and can help wheat koji fermentation to provide heat. At the same time, the volume of wheat starter gradually becomes smaller during the fermentation process, and the fresh hemp rope will shrink and bond tightly after drying.

During the whole binding process, be careful not to expose the internal raw materials, because after fermentation, the internal raw materials are diluted first and then hardened to prevent the outflow of raw materials. Daqu should be exposed to the sun after binding to prevent rain. It usually takes about a month.