Baijiu is something we are very familiar with, even if we don't drink it, we all know a little, but many people don't know the concept of koji wine, which is actually koji sake. So how to distinguish between koji wine and white wine? In fact, it's simple. Liquor generally refers to the brewing process, grain is made of koji brewing, and liquor usually needs to go through a series of processing methods such as distillation and blending, but it is obvious that liquor is a reprocessed product of koji liquor.
The difference between koji wine and white wine
The concepts of koji and koji are easily confused, and koji is actually a yeast that evolved from moldy grains and converts sugar into alcohol. Koji is a liquor made from grains using koji, which is often considered to be the original pulp, of course, there is no mistake, because koji itself is a brewing process, and the tool is "yeast".
The definition of baijiu is actually very similar to koji wine, the previous steps are basically the same, but it needs to go through the process of distillation, aging and blending. Therefore, baijiu can be regarded as a reproduction of koji liquor and is part of koji liquor. However, the new process liquor is made by adding edible alcohol, edible flavor, etc., which cannot be regarded as koji wine and needs to be treated separately, and it is also an alcoholic liquor that is now rejected.
In addition, koji wine is divided into large koji, small koji, and bran koji according to the different koji. The koji used is not directly related to the aroma type, but the koji-making process is related to the wine cellar. The incense is made of old mud cellar, the sauce is made of stone strip cellar or mud cellar, and the fragrance is generally a ground tank. However, you will find that there are several famous wines that are daqu liquor, and Sanhua liquor, Dong liquor, and Changle shochu are all xiaoqu liquor, and daqu xiaoqu is now the mainstream.
In addition, there are unique rice wines, which are also koji sake, because they are also brewed from koji. As the only and oldest liquors in China, they are two completely different types from baijiu. However, the brewing of rice wine and liquor is inseparable from the sake koji. Now you know how to distinguish between koji wine and liquor, grain is made of koji liquor, and liquor is a reproduction of koji, which is also a kind of koji.