Rice-flavored and soy-scented liquor originated from Guangxi Autonomous Region and Guangdong Province respectively, and are famous small koji liquors in China, and in South China, which is dominated by the two Guangzhous, rice aromatic liquor is very popular. Let's get to know rice wine and soy sauce wine, and talk about what famous rice wine and soy sauce wine they have in China.
The raw materials of soy sauce type liquor are rice (glutinous rice) and fatty pork, and it is necessary to make rice wine according to the traditional process, and then add aged fat pork for brewing. The specific production process is based on rice as raw material for steaming, using large wine cake as the main saccharification fermentation agent, using the process of fermentation while saccharification, kettle distillation, aged meat soaking, blending.
Liquor with no added edible alcohol and non-liquor fermentation produced by the aromatic flavor of the substance, with the characteristics of soy sauce. The most characteristic is the aging with fatty meat. Distilled new wine into the aged wine urn, 20kg of wine per urn, add 2kg of fatty meat, soak for about 3 months, so that the fat slowly dissolves in the wine, will present a called "meat aroma", this aroma is also known as "soy sauce".
Characteristics of soy sauce wine:
Soy sauce type liquor is a semi-solid fermented low-grade liquor, and its ester content is much lower than that of solid fermented concentrated liquor. The soy sauce type liquor is slightly yellowish and has an oily taste, which may be difficult for unfamiliar people to drink. However, it is mainly low-grade wine, and the entrance is more mellow.
Soy sauce type liquor is the most special kind of liquor in China, which belongs to a kind of small koji liquor, and most of it is distributed in Guangdong Province. It is said that there are also a small number of soy sauce wine in Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangxi, but there is no specific representative brand at present.
The brewing technique of soy fragrant wine is listed as the intangible cultural heritage of Guangdong Province, and its typical representatives are Shiwan Yubing Roast and Jiujiang Double Steamed Wine, both of which are one of the top ten famous wines in Guangdong Province. Shiwan Yubing is also one of the 53 excellent, and the sub-standard committee of the soy sauce type is also in Shiwan Distillery; and Jiujiang Double Steamed Wine is the best developed among Guangdong rice wines, with annual sales of more than 1 billion. In addition, Guangdong's famous soy sauce wine also includes Shunde red rice wine, hongli brand Guangdong rice wine and so on.
Rice wine is made entirely of rice as raw material, saccharified fermentation with koji, and brewed by a semi-solid fermentation process. The production process of rice wine is relatively simple, first using whole grains of rice, soaking in water at more than 50 degrees Celsius for 1 hour and starting to steam, steaming and then drying to 30 degrees and adding sake koji.
Koji is made by using raw rice flour plus Chinese herbal medicine and inoculating some bacteria, mixing the koji with steamed rice, and then putting it in the tank, digging a hole in the middle of the cylinder to cover the lid and starting fermentation, fermenting for 1 day to about 40 degrees. After fermentation, it will be mixed with water, and after mixing with water, it will be fermented again, and the wine will be steamed on the pot for the second time, and the steamed wine will also be cut off and left in the middle.
Characteristics of rice wine:
Rice-flavored liquor is one of the earliest four aromatic types in the liquor industry, and the above-mentioned soy sauce liquor is separated from rice liquor. Rice wine has the aroma of rice, which is soft and mellow when drunk, slightly sweet when aftertaste, no bitterness and burnt paste, and the taste is refreshing and pure.
In the third edition of the famous wine selection in 1979, for the first time, the aroma type was used as the criterion for the selection of famous wines, which were divided into fragrant, fragrant, sauce, rice and other aromas. Rice-flavored liquor is mainly distributed in the Liangguang region, and there are also a small number of distributions in other southern regions, and very little distribution in the north.
There are four national-level high-quality wines in total, of which three are from the two Guangzhou regions. They are Guilin Sanhua Wine in Guangxi, Xiangshan Wine in Jeonju and Wuhua Changle Liquor in Guangdong. Among them, Guilin Sanhua Wine is one of the "Three Treasures of Guilin", which is four consecutive national-level high-quality wines, and is also known as the king of rice wine; the Xiangshan wine in jeonju is clear and transparent, the taste is honey, elegant and fragrant, and it is also a national-level high-quality wine for four consecutive years, which is now under the umbrella of Jin Liufu. Guilin Sanhua and Jeonju Xiangshan are both produced in Guilin, so Guilin is an important base for rice wine.
Wuhua Changle Yaki is produced in Qiling Town, Guangdong Province, and unlike other rice wines, Changle Yaki is made by a special shochu process, and the taste is sweet and soft, very delicious. Although sorghum is not used as a raw material, it is closer to the ancient sorghum shochu.
Rice wine is mainly distributed in the Liangguang area, in addition to the above two Guangzhou areas also have Rongjiang Sanhua, Lingnan rice wine, Nantai wine, Shiwan rice wine and so on.
After all, the rice flavor type is one of the four major aroma types in China, second only to the three major aroma types of thick, clear and sauce in the development process, and the later soy sauce type and special fragrance type have the characteristics of some rice flavor type. In addition to the liangguang region, Fujian Province has the largest distribution of rice wine, and there are also a small number of rice wine in southern provinces such as Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi, and even in the north of Shandong, Northeast and other places, there are also a very small number of rice wine distribution.
Jinfeng Wine:
Jinfeng Wine is produced in Longyan City, Fujian Province, the predecessor of the distillery is the state-owned Yongding County Distillery founded in 1956, which has a glorious history of more than 60 years. Jinfeng Wine brewing is a long-established brand in Fujian Province, and in recent years, it will invest in the construction of China's only "Fujian Jinfeng Wine Culture and Creative Industrial Park" that integrates ecological winemaking, tourism experience, wine channel dissemination and leisure and health care with Hakka culture as the carrier.
Jinfeng Distillery mainly produces rice wine and rice wine, and is almost the largest rice wine production enterprise in Fujian Province. The elegant, soft and low-grade characteristics of the rice-flavored Jinfeng brewery just meet the needs of the new generation of consumers, and are currently developing well.
Taibai Rice Wine:
Taibai rice wine, also known as Hangchuan rice wine, is a liquor brand from Fujian luster, which is the local rice flavor type of Fujian luster, the price is very cheap, generally only a few dollars, a dozen dollars or so, but deeply loved by the local people. And too white rice wine is deeply rooted in people's hearts, so many wines can't be sold in Gloss County.
Liuyang River Song:
Liuyang river koji is produced in Liuyanghe Distillery, Hunan, and in the last century, Liuyanghe was still dominated by rice-flavored liquor. As a carefully blended rice-flavored Xiaoqu liquor, Liuyanghe Xiaoqu adopts the clear water of Liuyang River, uses the special herbal koji as a sugar fermentation agent, and forms a unique xiaoqu liquor production system based on the traditional shochu process. It is widely praised for its clear liquid, sweet and mellow entrance, mellow rice aroma and smooth body, and has twice won the title of national quality wine.
Zhijiang Xiaoqu:
Produced in Hubei Zhijiang Distillery, Zhijiang Xiaoqu was brewed in the 1970s in combination with Guizhou rice wine, which is a typical rice flavor type, which is different from guangxi's rice wine with sweet and refreshing, clean aftertaste, and Zhijiang Xiaoqu even has the mellowness of strong fragrant wine. Zhijiang Xiaoqu is also a sample wine of the national Xiaoqu, and is also a high-quality wine in Hubei Province, commonly known as Qing sample, with a rich aroma and a long aftertaste.
Although the distribution of rice wine is obvious regional, it is still distributed in other places. In addition to the above, danfeng rice wine (Danfeng pure rice wine and Danfeng brand ginseng dew rice wine) in Fujian is also very famous in the local area; in Jiangxi, Ganzhou rice wine is also more famous in the local area, Jiangxi Lepinggu wine is also rice wine; Fish Rice Terrace wine is a famous rice wine in Shandong; northeast rice is rich in rice, and Xijiang tribute wine is also a famous local rice wine in Jilin Province.