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Baijiu or shaojiu is a Chinese liquor. It is usually sorghum -based, but some varieties are distilled from huangjiu or other rice -based drinks. All typically have an alcohol content greater than 30% and are so similar in color and feel to vodka that baijiu is sometimes known as "Chinese vodka".
Maotai or Moutai (simplified Chinese: 茅台; traditional Chinese: 茅臺; pinyin: máotái) is a style of baijiu made in the town of Maotai, Guizhou Province, China.Maotai is made from sorghum, a wheat based qū, and water from the Chishui River, and it uses traditional Chinese techniques of fermentation, distillation, and aging, to produce a spirit with a nutty, grain forward and savory ...
Chajiu (茶酒, chájiǔ, lit. "the tea baijiu") is a product of fairly recent origin. It consists of baijiu flavored with tea leaves and hawthorn berries. It is usually a light reddish-brown in color (similar to oolong tea) and varieties made with oolong, green, and black tea are available.
Standard Mandarin. Hanyu Pinyin. Zhōngguó píjiǔ. Beer in China was the dominant alcoholic beverage through the Han dynasty, after which it was eclipsed by rice wine. Modern brewing appeared in the late 1800s, brought to China by Europeans who brewed pale lagers, such as Tsingtao. Both beer production and consumption of local and imported ...
Erguotou (Chinese: 二锅头; pinyin: èrguōtóu; lit. 'second pot head', ' i.e. second distillation') is a style of qingxiang baijiu originating in Beijing and primarily made in the region surrounding. [1][2] The process of erguotou production is what sets it apart from other qingxiang baijiu' s like Fenjiu. Three ingredients, sorghum, fuqu ...
Wine (Chinese: 葡萄酒 pútáojiǔlit. "grape alcohol") has a long history in China. Although long overshadowed by huangjiu (sometimes translated as "yellow wine") and the much stronger distilled spirit baijiu, wine consumption has grown dramatically since the economic reforms of the 1980s. China is now numbered among the top ten global ...
Kaoliang liquor, Gaoliang liquor or Sorghum liquor is a strong distilled liquor of Chinese origin made from fermented sorghum.It is a type of light-aroma Baijiu.The liquor originates from Dazhigu (大直沽, located east of Tianjin), first appearing in the Ming Dynasty and is widely consumed across northern China in provinces such as Hebei, Shaanxi, and Shandong.
Huangjiu in Chinese society had perhaps the same level of influence as beer in the European societies throughout history. Archaeology has established that ancient Chinese people once brewed some form of alcohol similar to beer in China, however with the invention of the brewing method utilising qu, huangjiu rapidly replaced the prototypic beer in ancient China and beer-like beverages fell out ...