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What kinds of liquor are there?

1, Maotai-flavor type: Also known as wool type, it has the characteristics of Maotai-flavor, delicacy, mellow and long aftertaste. Represented by Kweichow Moutai and Sichuan Langjiu, it is also called wool type.

2. Fragrant flavor: also known as Fenwei, it has the characteristics of fragrance, sweetness and softness, and is a traditional product in northern China. Take Shanxi Fenjiu as the representative.

3. Special flavor type: Brewster liquor is known as the "special flavor leader", with whole rice as raw material and rich in strange compound aroma. This wine has the characteristics of harmonious fragrance, long aftertaste and no headache after drinking. It is the treasure of wine.

4. Mixiang type: It has the characteristics of honey fragrance, elegance and softness. Represented by Jiangxi Gongjiu, Guangxi Guilin Sanhua Liquor, Yubing Manor Rice Protoplasm Liquor and Lv Xin Manor Rice Protoplasm Liquor.

5. Fengxiang type: represented by xifeng liquor. Mainly ethyl acetate, which has a certain auxiliary effect on aroma. The characteristics of this wine are clear but not light, strong but not bright, colorless, and the entrance has a prominent alcohol smell. Although this wine is strong, it is not violent, and the entrance is clean and refreshing.

6. Sesame flavor type: the fragrance is elegant, the burnt flavor is outstanding, and the entrance is fragrant, mainly with burnt flavor and burnt flavor, colorless, clear and transparent; The taste is mellow and refreshing, with a taste similar to that of old white dry wine, and the aftertaste is slightly bitter. This kind of wine is represented by Yipin Jingzhi in Shandong.

7. Soy sauce flavor: The main raw material is rice, and the saccharified koji is Xiaoqu, which is brewed by solid and liquid saccharification and fermentation. Imperial ice burning is the representative product.

Extended data:

China liquor is a compound flavor with esters as the main body, koji and distiller's yeast as saccharifying and fermenting agents, and starch (sugar) as raw materials, which are cooked, saccharified, fermented, distilled, aged and blended.

Strictly speaking, the blended wine made of edible alcohol and edible spices can't be regarded as liquor. Liquor is mainly concentrated in the triangle of Renhuai in Guizhou, Yibin in Sichuan and Luzhou in Sichuan in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and Chishui River basin. It has the largest and best quality distilled liquor producing areas in the world, namely, Maowulu, the three famous wines in China. Its liquor industry cluster shoulders half of China liquor industry.