Hello everyone, I am the baijiu brand Kuku tube steel wire brother.
I have collected a lot of origin stories about the world's six major distilled spirits and shared them.
But the article was published for a long time, and many friends may forget the previous things after watching the back,
Brother Wire has gathered these content points into several charts for everyone to understand!
A few more interesting points have also helped you sort out!
1, from the recorded time point of view, the development history of Chinese distilled liquor far exceeds the world's other major distilled liquor, according to the earliest record of grain distilled liquor, earlier than the Western distilled liquor more than 400 years, according to the grape shochu brandy record, earlier than the West 800 years!
2, from the perspective of brewing raw materials, liquor ≈ gin≈ whiskey> vodka> brandy > rum.
Brother Wire himself believes (and should also be the consensus of senior wine lovers) that grain distilled liquor is the best quality.
According to the current National Standard of China, the alcohol brewed by using non-grains including potatoes, sugar cane and other raw materials cannot be called liquor, but can only be called prepared wine.
That is to say, if foreign celebrities such as bourbon, brandy, and rum are born in China, they may only be able to share the identity of White Bull Ii.
3. From the perspective of initial efficacy, except for brandy, which is born as wine, the others are invented as various kinds of medicinal agents.
(So far, there is also an almost household must-have medicine in China that is alcohol-based: Huoxiang Zhengqi water, Huoxiang Zhengqi liquid does not contain alcohol), indicating that alcohol and health still have a certain relationship.
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Is drinking alcohol good for health? , this we will talk about separately in the following article.
4. Under the expansion, from the development of distillation technology, the West is to distill perfume; China has been secretly developed and inherited by Taoist alchemists, mainly for Dan medicine refining.
Therefore, there is a legend that "Xiao Baozhen, the founder of the Taoist Taiyi Sect during the Jin Xizong period, used the 'method of taking medicinal dew' (distillation method) to make liquor for Xizong".
This is also the dark line of the development of distillation technology in China that the wire brother said earlier.
The Taoist alchemists all have a sense of mystery, and no one knows how many generations of distillation technology has developed in their hands.
From the distillers of the tomb of Marquis Haixia to the secret legend of distillation alchemy recorded in the book "Zhou YiShan Tongqi".
Then Xiao Baozhen offered secret skills to make wine for Jin Xizong.
In the unknown long river of history, the ancient Chinese alchemists who mastered the distillation technology may have tried to sort out the brewing of liquor long ago; they look forward to more discoveries in the future.
5. It is generally believed that the theoretical basis of Western distillation originated from Aristotle.
Aristotle's birth and death years were 384 BC – 322 BC;
The Chinese triptych excavated from the tomb of the Shang Dynasty Women's Hao (c. 1278 BC – c. 1245 BC) proves that steam was used at that time.
It is not long before the West.
Brother Wire has always felt that foreign spirits are relatively dull from multiple points of view such as smell, entrance, and aftertaste, and the rich and changeable taste of Chinese liquor cannot be compared;
Now from the perspective of historical inheritance, it is far from it.
With the further strengthening of China's national strength, the cultural influence is getting bigger and bigger,
Chinese liquor is sure to become a worldwide drink like several other distilled spirits!
All the above origin stories can be viewed by clicking on the [Liquor Brand Library] avatar, if you feel a little interesting, welcome to pay attention to the comments and forwards, thanks!