2024-07-22

What is Hops?

Many drinkers understand that when shaking the bottle, we often find the liquor bubbling, which is commonly known as "hops". Many people think that more hops are good wine, less is poor quality; the faster the hops disappear, the higher the degree of wine. Is this true? Judging the quality of liquor by hops is unreliable and uncertain, but it is still possible to distinguish the degree of liquor by hops. Xiao Bian will teach you a cold knowledge of how to judge the degree of liquor through hops-"flower-watching measurement", and distinguish the degree of liquor according to different hops. Simply put, due to different alcohol concentrations, the surface tension of the wine is different, so the size and retention time of the hops formed by shaking the wine bottle are also different. Therefore, hops can be used as a reference to identify the degree of liquor. 1. Daqinghua Hops are as big as soybeans, neat and consistent, clear and transparent, disappear very fast, and the alcohol content is 60 ~ 75%(v/v). 2. Xiaoqinghua Hops size such as mung bean, clear and transparent, disappear slower than the big clear flowers, alcohol content of about 50 ~ 60%(v/v). 3. Yunhua Hops, such as rice grains, overlap each other (can overlap two to three layers) for a long time, about 2 minutes, and the alcohol content is between 40 and 50%. 4. two flowers Also known as florets, shaped like cloud flowers, different sizes, large ones such as rice, small ones such as millet, the retention time is similar to that of cloud flowers, and the alcohol content is between 15 and 40%. 5. oil flower Hops, such as 1/4 of millet, are full of liquid surface, mostly oil droplets formed by fatty acids, and the alcohol content is obvious at 5%(v/v). Thus, to sum up: The bigger the hop, the faster it dissipates-the higher the alcohol The smaller the hop, the less it dissipates, the slower it dissipates-the lower the alcohol content Take Luzhou-flavor liquor as an example: 52-degree and 38-degree liquors are common on the market, and 52-degree liquors should present small clear flowers, the size of mung beans, and the dissipation speed is medium and high. On the other hand, 38 degrees should present two flowers, of different sizes, and the dissipation speed is slow. Of course, if you really want to judge the quality of wine, you have to rely on wine tasting and sensory identification. This little skill only allows everyone to have one more gadget when drinking, and to understand a deeper "wine meaning" through the wine bottle ". Next time you drink, don't forget to try it!

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2024-07-19

There are several ways of liquor fermentation

Liquor is a kind of distilled liquor unique to China and one of the eight largest distilled liquors in the world. It is made from starch or sugar raw materials into fermented grains or distilled after fermentation. so what are the ways of fermentation of liquor? 1. Solid-state fermentation Solid fermentation is the traditional production mode of famous liquor in China, that is, solid ingredients, fermentation, steamed grain distillation of liquor production mode. Among them are Daqu, Xiaoqu and Bran Qu liquor. Photo 2, semi-solid fermentation Semi-solid fermentation refers to the use of solid saccharification, liquid fermentation distillation of liquor production methods. China's rice-flavor liquor and soy-flavor liquor are typical semi-solid fermentation wines. 3. Liquid fermentation Liquid fermentation is the use of alcohol production methods, that is, liquid ingredients, liquid saccharification, liquid fermentation and distillation of liquor production methods. At present, this kind of liquor is relatively rare in our country.

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2024-07-12

Six Steps of Liquor Tasting, How to Identify Contemporary Good Liquor

Nowadays, with the development of social economy and the improvement of people's quality of life, more and more people begin to pursue high-end wine tasting experience. Various liquor manufacturers are also developing new marketing channels. Consumers can buy a variety of liquor from the Internet.

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