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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. | 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. | ||
===Production Process=== | |||
Slozo is made by fermenting raw unpasteurized donkey mare’s milk for several days, often while stirring or churning. During the fermentation process, lactobacilli bacteria acidify the milk and yeasts turn it into an alcoholic drink. In the traditional village process this fermentation took place in horsehide containers which might be left on the top of a tent or hanging from poles; in modern production large plastic or metal vats are used instead. The ethanol is added after fermentation of the milk is completed. | |||
===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. | ||