What is the name of highland barley wine?

Highland barley wine, called Qiang in Tibetan,

It is made of highland barley, which is a major grain in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is the favorite drink of people in Qinghai-Tibet area, and it is an essential drink for celebrating festivals, getting married, having children and sending friends and relatives.

Brewing method

The brewing method and technology of highland barley wine are as follows: "firstly, wash highland barley, and be careful not to let highland barley wash in water for too long." Then pour into the pot and add more than two-thirds of highland barley in the water. When the moisture in the chaff is absorbed by highland barley, the fire can't burn too brightly. When cooking, turn the highland barley up and down with a wooden stick, let all the highland barley in the pot be cooked thoroughly, and pinch the highland barley with your fingers at any time. If it's still not rotten, add some water to continue cooking. When it's 80% ripe, take off the pot and let it cool for 20-30 minutes. At this time, the water in the pot has been absorbed by highland barley. After the highland barley is warm, spread it on the clean cloth that has been laid, and then sprinkle the distiller's yeast evenly on it. When spreading qu, if highland barley is too hot, it will make highland barley wine bitter; If it is too cold, highland barley will not ferment well. After sprinkling the distiller's yeast, put the highland barley wine into the pot and wrap it with warm things such as quilts. Ferment after two nights in summer and three days in winter. If the temperature is right, it usually takes only one night to smell the wine. If you don't smell alcohol after one day, it means that the temperature is not enough during fermentation. You should put boiling water in a bottle and put it on a pot to let the fermented highland barley cool. Only in this way can highland barley wine be sweeter. And then put into a ceramic container to filter the highland barley wine. If you want to use wine immediately, you need to add water, soak it for four hours and then filter it. If it is not urgent, seal the spout and filter tip, and add water if necessary. The first pot of water should be added to be two inches higher than fermented highland barley, and the second and third pots of water should be added to be as high as fermented highland barley. The wine sealed at the spout is strong, so go to three pots of wine.

Tibetan toast custom

Tibetans also have many rules for toasting and drinking. When drinking on festive days such as holidays, if possible, use silver flagons and wine glasses. In addition, the spout and the edge of the cup should be glued with ghee. This is called "Garjian", which means white decoration. When the host makes a toast to the guest, the guest should pick up the cup, touch a little highland barley wine with the nameless fingertip of his right hand and sprinkle it in the air. After doing the same action for three times, the host will toast you. A cup of three mouthfuls means drinking three mouthfuls in a row. Every time you take a sip, the host will add you a glass of wine, and by the third glass of wine, the guests will drink it dry.

In addition, the host should give each guest a big bowl of wine after serving. Only guests who can drink can't refuse to drink this bowl of wine, otherwise the host will punish you for two bowls. This glass of wine after dinner is called "silver bowl wine after dinner". It stands to reason that when toasting this bowl of wine, you should need a big silver wine bowl, but generally you can also use a beautiful big porcelain bowl instead.

Singing a toast song is also the most meaningful common custom of the people of all ethnic groups in Qinghai-Tibet. There is a joke among Tibetans: "When drinking, you don't sing a toast song, but the donkey drinks water." Who makes a toast and sings. The lyrics that everyone often likes to sing are to the effect: "Today we are gathered together and hope to get together for a long time. United people, I wish you all the best! " The words of the toast song can also be arranged and sung by the toaster. After singing toast song, the drinker must drink it all at once.