Differences between Shaoxing Yellow rice wine and Japanese rice wine (1)

I. Raw Materials

Shaoxing Yellow Rice Wine: the main raw material is fresh first-class white polished glutinous rice. The grains of rice should be white and full, with a good smell and free from impurities. Meanwhile, it has to be the new yield of the year of brewing. In general, the rice has to be polished (of good quality), fresh (new rice) and glutinous (rich in starch content).

Japanese Rice Wine: the main raw material is white polished non-glutinous rice.Usually, the best choice is the non-glutinous rice that is large-grained, soft, with a high occurrence rate of white-core kernels, absorbent, easy to gelatinize and soluble.