You get what you pay for!
In the past, I always thought that buying liquor only looked at two things, "price" and "brand", and took it for granted that only by spending a lot of money could you buy good wine.
What happened next that changed this preconceived notion?
I remember it was a friend dinner, I held a few bottles of valuable liquor in my hand, the packaging looked very exquisite, I never expected it, but on the spot, I was told by a friend that I was taking alcohol to mix wine. Since then, I have learned that liquor is not as expensive as possible.
In order to avoid stepping on the pit again, I specifically went to several old wine friends to ask for advice, they are all "old wine putty" who have been drinking for thirty or forty years, and told me a lot of their own experience, about how to judge the advantages and disadvantages of liquor, summed up mainly "3 looks", what to see?
First look: look at the bottle label
The bottle label is like the ID card of liquor, and you can see a lot of information from it.
(1) First of all, the raw materials, if it is pure grain and good wine, then its ingredients will only have grain grain and water, but where there are other edible spices and edible alcohol on it, there is no doubt that it is a proper alcohol blending wine.
(2) Followed by the label, if the bottle is displayed on the body of the "20821" and "20822" two strings of numbers, they represent liquid liquor and solid liquor, respectively, and only solid liquor, means pure grain brewing. The labels of different fragrance types are different, and the labels of common fragrances are shown in the following table:
(3) Finally, there is the rank
Yes, liquor is also graded, and only pure grain wine will be graded, if you see the bottle marked with a grade, it can also mean that it is a pure grain wine.
At present, the liquor on the market is mainly divided into 3 grades, excellent, first-class, and second-level, of which the best level is the best and the second-level is the second-level.
Second look: look at the wine color
In general, "the wine is transparent and free of impurities" is a good quality, and the better the wine quality, the clearer and transparent the wine.
However, the liquor of some aged wines will be slightly yellowed, but only limited to the sauce type and the strong aroma type, and as the storage period becomes longer, this slight yellow will become deeper and deeper; and the fragrance type liquor, no matter how many years it is stored, the liquor will not appear yellow.
It should also be noted that if the color of the liquor is seriously "yellow", then it is likely to be caused by the addition of special substances, and then it is necessary to pay attention to whether it is "fake wine".
Third look: Look at the hops
Hops are currently divided into five types: large blue flowers, small blue flowers, cloud flowers, small flowers and oil flowers, which generally appear when the bottle is shaken violently or the wine is quickly poured into the bowl.
If you are a senior old wine friend, you can not only see the advantages and disadvantages of liquor from the hops, but also see other things, such as:
(1) The length of the wine age
If the degree of the two wines is the same, the shorter the age of the wine, the larger and more uneven the hop surface will be, and the faster the dissipation will be; conversely, the longer the wine age, the denser and even the hops will be, and the slower the dissipation.
(2) Is it alcoholic liquor or grain liquor
The hops of grain wine are full and uniform, while the hops of alcoholic wine are different in size, uneven, and dissipate very quickly.
(3) The amount of trace components
The more trace substances (ethyl caproate, ethyl lactate, ethyl acetate) contained in liquor, the richer the hops will be, uniformly dense and dissipated slowly.
Therefore, if you want to pick a genuine high-quality pure grain wine, you should be able to understand the above "3 looks", you should be able to benefit a lot.
As for the price, it is not a decisive factor, after all, some well-known brands of wine, just the annual advertising costs account for a large part. On the contrary, some of the less famous liquor, although not widely known, but deeply liked by the wine friends, if you usually have a study of wine, you can see the following two wines have been drunk?
Jun Zhongyuan secretly hid wine
Produced in the core production area of 7.5 kilometers of sauce wine in Moutai, Guizhou, it is an authentic Daqu Kunsha wine, the brewer is Zeng Chuanzheng, under the guidance of Li Xingfa, the former deputy director of Moutai, and strictly controls the winemaking process.
Throughout the brewing process of Daqu sauce wine, the grain is steamed nine times, and the cycle begins again and again, and an almost whole grain of sorghum is tossed and turned repeatedly, and finally it blooms brilliantly and colorfully.
The final brewed wine must be cellared for more than 6 years before it can be put on the market, and the quality of the wine is guaranteed.
The open bottle of wine is overflowing, the yellowish wine body is full of luster, can't help but take a small sip, slightly sour is obvious, hook the people, taste it, it is more lip and teeth to stay fragrant, the aftertaste is long.
However, perhaps because of insufficient publicity, this wine is only popular in the local wine circle in Guizhou, and if this deficiency can be made up in the future, the development of this wine should go to a higher level.
Langyatai wine
This wine is a strong aromatic liquor produced in Shandong, and its brewing history can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, which has been more than 2,000 years ago.
But all the elderly wine friends, must have an impression of it, the height of 70 degrees, very much in line with the taste of drinkers who like to drink spirits, and because it is pure grain brewing, do not have to worry about drinking too much.
If it is the first time to drink, some people may feel that its degree is not grounded, after all, the degree is too high, do not rule out that some wine friends will be "scared off", but in fact, after the entrance, there is no imaginary sense of stimulation, but a sweet and sweet feeling, interested wine friends may wish to try.
epilogue
Well, thank you all for your patience! Today's sharing ends here, dear wine friends, have other views, you can also leave a message to discuss ah!
Langyatai 52 degrees Qingdao blue aromatic liquor grain wine ¥109 purchase