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At this time, it was 11:00 p.m. on December 31, 2021, and my background BGM was Luo Zhenyu's New Year's Eve speech, and I said goodnight to my friends, opened the computer, and began to write down the short stay of less than 24 hours in Liuyang, Hunan Province, 36 hours ago.
This was not a visit that I and Hunan Gaolang planned, it only took two hours from the decision to the booking of tickets, but the itinerary did not go as smoothly as I planned;
Because there was no 48-hour nucleic acid report, I could not board the plane on time, so I had to rush from Pudong Airport to Hongqiao High-speed Railway Station temporarily, which was originally possible at five o'clock in the afternoon, but it was forced to arrive at the distillery at ten o'clock in the evening.
I was greeted by a room full of people, and we sat together to try out all kinds of high-spirited whisky products, until I blindly tried one, which was enough to comfort and soothe the anxious souls who were running all the way.
At that moment, I seemed to stand in front of me as if a soft, sticky, white, and well-behaved little girl looked at me with a small braid and a black and slippery eye;
At that moment, the world is worth it!
(23:00 on December 29, 2021)
Hunan, Liuyang
A treasure land by the Liuyang River, our Gaolang Spirit Distillery is located here.
Gao Lang's name is derived from their founder: Mr. Gao Kailang;
The first time I added his WeChat, when I saw his avatar, my first thought was, how young is he?
Yes, he is our post-80s peer, but his pattern, business strategy, vision, determination and affinity make you think he must be a pretty good entrepreneur.
His employees are proud of him, his employees are more like brothers and sisters with him, and he leads his team in creating the history of Chinese whisky;
He said: "I have long wanted to make whisky, but unfortunately I have no money; now I have invested all my profits in it." Finally can complete their dreams.
He said: I respect everyone in China who is making whisky, it is not easy for everyone;
He said: You see this is the small distiller I used for my earliest experiments, right in the staff cafeteria;
He said: I have a good employee, her name is Guo Hui; it was she who made our first whisky "Gao Lang No. 1";
He said: Dianfeng (Gao Lang's chief winemaker) will get up early tomorrow morning to feed;
He said: We do not meet the standards of Chinese whisky, then we are not called whiskey, we must write clearly on the formula list, absolutely can not be confused in order to make a little more money and confuse the concept;
He said: "This is the flavor analysis table of my whisky, and the characteristics of my flavor are...
He said: Mr. Wu (President of the Parsley Whisky Distillery) is the backbone of our Chinese whisky;
(Equipment in the staff canteen)
Is Chinese whisky easy to do?
It's really hard!
As I wrote in the 2021 Blue Book of Chinese Whisky, we lack talent;
So what to do?
Gao Lang's answer is: Let's experiment!
In 2011, he proposed Gao Lang Chinese Whisky;
In 2013, Hunan Gaolang Spirits was established;
Design and install multiple sets of whiskey equipment before and after,
5L mini experimental distillation unit,
60 liters and 500L Chinese experimental fermentation distillation units,
2000 liters fermentation distillation mass production unit, etc.;
From 2014 to 2016, the mass production and brewing achieved initial success;
In 2018, the company officially invested in the construction of a new distillery;
Completed production in 2020;
There is nothing like "practicing" this thing to get the truth quickly;
Barrel factory
(saccharification)
(Fermentation tank)
(First wort)
I often think, as a visitor, what else can I do for these ordinary behind-the-scenes heroes of the distillery, other than when everyone's eyes look at these whisky distilleries?
At this time, I saw in front of my eyes the appearance of many distilleries and many people I had been to, and I felt that my task was to let you really and carefully walk into them, and I could do a lot...
(Distillation workshop)
(Water source visit)
Visiting a Chinese whisky distillery you are often moved, touched by these entrepreneurs, moved by a good wine;
Whisky is a year-old product, a very long, consummating industry, and China's climate characteristics are far from the leader Scotland...
The world's most professional WSET spirits course teaches students this:
But any product that can be listed is a good product;
Therefore, I also hope that all wine friends, when tasting Chinese whisky in the future, can abandon the vintage and return to the wine itself.
Good wine will definitely speak!
(Very good products for going to sea)
Hunan production area has been lit up, this red production area, will certainly live up to expectations!
Linzi December 31, 2021 at 23:25 pm Shanghai
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