Whisky and liquor in the brewing process how different

Brandy and whisky are foreign liquors that differ from Chinese ones in their brewing methods.

Brandy The world-famous brandy, originally from the Netherlands. Now, the general grape as raw materials, through the distillation of wine are known as "brandy", with other fruits as raw materials made into the title of the fruit name, such as "cherry brandy", "strawberry brandy "apple brandy" and so on. Brandy is generally 40-45 degrees of alcohol precision, golden and transparent color, mellow and rich. The longer the storage period of brandy in the brewing process, the better its quality, generally using five-pointed stars to indicate the degree of maturity, each representing 5 years. Today is known as the king of foreign wine in France "Remy Martin Louis XIII" in the brandy wine in the most prestigious.

Whisky When it comes to whisky, people will think of Scotland, because the whisky made there is the most famous. In fact, whiskey originated in Ireland. The word "whiskey" comes from the Irish dialect, meaning "water of life". It was initially conceived by some Irish monks, brewed, and then to Scotland when the missionary, brought the brewing recipe, and has been used since then. Whisky to grain as the main raw material, with barley malt as saccharification fermentation agent, the use of liquid fermentation method by distillation to obtain the original wine, and then in oak barrels stored for several years and become (ordinary products storage period of about 3 years, the top grade storage period of more than 7 years). Its varieties according to the flavor characteristics to distinguish between Scotch whiskey, Irish whiskey and American bourbon whiskey, etc.; according to the choice of raw materials to be divided into barley whiskey, rye whiskey and so on. In addition to drinking whiskey alone, you can also mix it with lemonade and soda.

These are brewed by cooking, saccharification, fermentation, distillation, aging and blending of starchy (sugary) raw materials, with the use of sugar as the saccharification and fermentation agent.

A distilled spirit unique to China. Made from starch or sugary raw materials into wine spirits or fermentation mash by distillation. Also known as shochu, Laobaijian, burnt knife and so on. It is colorless (or yellowish) and transparent, with an aromatic and pure odor, sweet and refreshing in the mouth, high alcohol content, and a complex aroma with esters as the main body after storage and aging.

High-quality must have the appropriate storage period. The storage period, Lu-type wine storage at least 3 to 6 months, more than a year; Fen-type wine storage period for about a year, that type of wine requires storage for more than three years.

It is a traditional Chinese distilled spirit. It is also known as "Shaojiu" and "Bai Gan". According to the "Materia Medica" record: "Shaojiu is not an ancient method, since the Yuan Dynasty, its method of thick wine and bad into the cauldron, steaming gas, with a device? Drip dew." It can be concluded that the production in China has a long history. China uses grains and starch-rich crops such as potatoes as raw materials, which are fermented and distilled. The strength of the spirit is usually above 40 degrees, but there are now low strength spirits below 40 degrees.

Chinese liquor is clear and transparent, with a pure texture, no turbidity, and a rich, aromatic, mellow, soft, stimulating flavor that lingers after drinking and has a long aftertaste. It is produced in all regions of China and is most famous in Shanxi, Sichuan and Guizhou. Famous wines from different regions each have their own distinctive styles.

China's evolution of yellow wine, although China has long been the use of wine and wine brewing, but before the emergence of distillation equipment can only be brewed to lower degrees of yellow wine. After the emergence of distillation equipment, the wine made from the brewing process and the wine was then distilled to produce a distilled spirit with a higher degree of alcoholic strength, i.e., China.