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'''Slozo (驴奶)''' is an alcoholic beverage made from a mixture of fermented donkey milk(from special corummese giant donkey breed) and ethanol. Its a popular drink in the countryside | '''Slozo (驴奶)''' is an alcoholic beverage made from a mixture of fermented donkey milk(from special corummese giant donkey breed) and ethanol. Its a very popular drink but especially in the countryside where production is artisanal and limited in scope. [['''Imperial Slozo''']] is the largest national producer and has established a number of large production plants. It commercializes the drink with the name of Olympian Slozo | ||
[[File:Kumys-bottle.jpg|thumb|Olympian Slozo, the best known brand of Slozo|150px|right]] | [[File:Kumys-bottle.jpg|thumb|Olympian Slozo, the best known brand of Slozo|150px|right]] | ||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||
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With the advent of rice and cane based alcohols, which were usually drinks of the middle and upper classes, Slozo was left as a niche weaker drink for the poorer classes, made only in small batches by local farmers. It is during the Shang era when the alcoholic properties of corn based ethanol were discovered and the adding of ethanol to Slozo began. The resulting alcoholic content made it comparable to the other beverages of the time. The recurrence of droughts and the resulting limits on the planting of rice due to its high water consumption led to the greater planting of corn and thus ethanol. Alcoholic Slozo became a much more widely consumed drink around the late 600's. The Thrice Cursed War that caused the downfall of the Shang dynasty and caused decades long devastation and disruption to agricultural production almost marked the death knell of slozo. Production of slozo and other alcoholic drinks only stabilized during the mid Chen dynasty as order was restored and trade routes to [[Rusana]] and [[Duamacia]] which brought alternate sources of corn to the empire. | With the advent of rice and cane based alcohols, which were usually drinks of the middle and upper classes, Slozo was left as a niche weaker drink for the poorer classes, made only in small batches by local farmers. It is during the Shang era when the alcoholic properties of corn based ethanol were discovered and the adding of ethanol to Slozo began. The resulting alcoholic content made it comparable to the other beverages of the time. The recurrence of droughts and the resulting limits on the planting of rice due to its high water consumption led to the greater planting of corn and thus ethanol. Alcoholic Slozo became a much more widely consumed drink around the late 600's. The Thrice Cursed War that caused the downfall of the Shang dynasty and caused decades long devastation and disruption to agricultural production almost marked the death knell of slozo. Production of slozo and other alcoholic drinks only stabilized during the mid Chen dynasty as order was restored and trade routes to [[Rusana]] and [[Duamacia]] which brought alternate sources of corn to the empire. | ||
Slozo production gained a boost with the fall of the last imperial dynasty as the new republican authorities saw slozo as a drink of the masses, egalitarian and revolutionary in nature. The drinking of wine and other foreign drinks was discouraged while slozo production was granted subsidies and lands occupied by vineyards were taken over by donkey grazing grounds and ethanol production. The state even created the Slozo National Company to provide subsidized slozo to the public and mare's milk was given to school pupils as part of a balanced breakfast. | Slozo production gained a boost with the fall of the last imperial dynasty as the new republican authorities saw slozo as a drink of the masses, egalitarian and revolutionary in nature. The drinking of wine and other foreign drinks was discouraged while slozo production was granted subsidies and lands occupied by vineyards were taken over by donkey grazing grounds and ethanol production. The state even created the Slozo National Company to provide subsidized slozo to the public and mare's milk was given to school pupils as part of a balanced breakfast. After 1992 the Slozo National Company was sold off to private capital and changed its name to [[Imperial Slozo]] which ramped up production and advertising of slozo as the national drink. | ||
===Consumption=== | ===Consumption=== | ||
===Notable Producers=== | ===Notable Producers=== | ||
[[Category:Corumm]] | [[Category:Corumm]] | ||
[[Category:IXWB]] | [[Category:IXWB]] | ||