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Rice wine is an
''Food Science and Technology''
John Wiley & Sons. pp. 86–91.
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Rice wine is an alcoholic beverage
An alcoholic beverage (also called an alcoholic drink, adult beverage, or a drink) is a drink that contains ethanol, a type of alcohol that acts as a drug and is produced by fermentation of grains, fruits, or other sources of sugar. The c ...
fermented and distilled
Distillation, or classical distillation, is the process of separating the components or substances from a liquid mixture by using selective boiling and condensation, usually inside an apparatus known as a still. Dry distillation is the heating ...
from rice, traditionally consumed in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. Rice wine is made by the fermentation of rice starch
Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by most green plants for energy storage. Worldwide, it is the most common carbohydrate in human diets ...
that has been converted to sugars. Microbes are the source of the enzymes that convert the starches to sugar.Huang, H. T. "Science and civilization in China. Volume 6. Biology and biological technology. Part V: fermentations and food science." (2000).
Rice wine typically has an alcohol content of 18–25% ABV. Rice wines are used in East Asian, Southeast Asian and South Asian gastronomy at formal dinners and banquets and in cooking.
List of rice wines
See also
* Beer *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, porce ...
* Japanese rice wine
Sake, also spelled saké ( ; also referred to as Japanese rice wine), is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese cuisine, Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been Polished rice, polished to remove the bran. Despite the name ''Japane ...
* Korean alcoholic beverages
* Chinese alcoholic beverages
References
Further reading
* Campbell-Platt, Geoffrey (2009)''Food Science and Technology''
John Wiley & Sons. pp. 86–91.
External links
Cambodian Rice Wine and Sra Sor Story
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