How Chinese brewers refined their booze 5,000 years ago
Microscopic residue on 16 vessels and five filters points to fermentation and textile filtration in a brewing system tied to ritual use, researchers said.
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How Chinese brewers refined their booze 5,000 years ago
More than 5,000 years ago, brewers in eastern China appear to have used red mold to make rice alcohol, then strained the drink through cloth. Microscopic residues on ancient pottery show evidence of both the fermentation method and the filtering process to separate the liquid from leftover grain.
Stone Age drinking pleasure: About 5,000 years ago, people in eastern China may have filtered fermented rice drinks through tissue. Residues of rice, molds and fine plant fibres from special clay vessels suggest this. The findings make a previously only suspected function of this ceramic tangible and give insight into the possible significance of alcohol for burial rituals at that time. Tucson [...] The article So Chinese have refined their alco…
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