Fishermen warm up with a swig before setting out to sea, and the local women also drink it while recuperating from childbirth, as it has medicinal properties that rice wine cannot match.
過去馬祖人家家釀老酒，漁夫出海捕魚前用來溫熱身體，有補酒的功效。當地女人也用老酒坐月子，舒筋活血，非米酒可比。