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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. 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. | 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. General [[Dai Hanjian]] was a notable drunkard and slozo was his favorite beverage. 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=== | ||
Strictly speaking, slozo is in its own category of alcoholic drinks because it is made neither from fruit nor from grain. Technically, it is closer to wine than to beer because the fermentation process occurs directly from sugars, as in wine, as opposed to from starches converted to sugars by mashing, as in beer. But in terms of experience and traditional manner of consumption, it is much more comparable to beer. | Strictly speaking, slozo is in its own category of alcoholic drinks because it is made neither from fruit nor from grain. Technically, it is closer to wine than to beer because the fermentation process occurs directly from sugars, as in wine, as opposed to from starches converted to sugars by mashing, as in beer. But in terms of experience and traditional manner of consumption, it is much more comparable to beer. | ||