How to identify a bottle of liquor?

It is necessary to distinguish authenticity, especially these precious liquors.

In China, wine culture has a long history, and people in China generally love drinking and tasting wine. Liquor, also known as shochu and Laobaigan, is distilled liquor with grain or cereal as the main raw material and Daqu, Xiaoqu or distiller's yeast as saccharifying starter, which is cooked, saccharified, fermented and distilled.

If we add a bottle of white wine to the table, it will not only stimulate appetite and help digestion, but also enliven the atmosphere on the wine table. In fact, proper drinking is also good for our health. Liquor is different from rice wine and beer. Liquor contains a small amount of minerals such as sodium, copper and zinc, and does not contain any vitamins. The rest is water and ethanol.

If we can drink alcohol in moderation, liquor will bring many benefits to our health. Because liquor has the functions of promoting blood circulation, stimulating appetite, eliminating fatigue and keeping out cold, low-alcohol liquor can dilate small blood vessels, promote blood circulation and delay the deposition of lipids such as cholesterol on blood vessel walls, which is very beneficial to our blood circulation system and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

In the news mentioned above, liquor can be divided into true and false. There is no doubt that fake wine is harmful to our physical and mental health. In fact, there are many kinds of liquor according to koji, flavor and degree. Generally speaking, the higher the quality of liquor, the better it is for our health, and it is not easy to get drunk after drinking it. So, how should we identify the quality of liquor?

How to distinguish the quality of liquor?

Chinese medicine pays attention to seeing, listening and asking questions. In fact, similar methods can also be used to identify the benefits of liquor. Today, I will teach you three tricks to distinguish between good and bad liquor. This method can also be used to identify the quality of other foods.

First of all, look

When we get a bottle of white wine, we must first observe and distinguish it with our eyes. We can observe the transparency of liquor by looking up and down, we can gently shake the glass to observe the transparency of liquor, and then turn the white glass counterclockwise to observe the hanging degree of liquor.

Generally speaking, the trace of high-quality liquor hanging on the cup is obvious and even, just like silk, the liquor in the cup is clear and transparent without any impurities. Generally speaking, the color of liquor is colorless, clear and transparent, and there is no sediment and suspended matter.

Of course, the more transparent the liquor, the better the quality. Due to the differences in production techniques, storage methods and time, some liquors are yellow in color.

Second, the smell

There is an old saying that the fragrance of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley, so we must smell it when we identify liquor. We can put the glasses under the nose, with the head slightly lowered, the distance between the glasses and the nose is 2 cm, and the glasses are 30 degrees near the tip of the nose. Then we naturally inhale and slowly shake the glass to see if we can feel the smell of wine.

We must not exhale into the liquor without smelling it. We should inhale at the same frequency. If you want to distinguish between two types of liquor, you must smell the other liquor after a period of time.

Generally speaking, high-quality liquor can give off the fragrance of agarwood, which is the harmonious unity of cellar fragrance, grain fragrance, qu fragrance and groove fragrance, and will give people a comfortable and pleasant feeling.

Third, the taste.

Liquor is used for drinking, so the method of identifying liquor must be inseparable from tasting. We can taste about 2 ml of white wine first, and the entrance is slow and stable. When liquor enters, it first touches the tip of the tongue and the edge of the tongue, and then spreads it on the surface and root of the tongue. When the taste buds are fully exposed, we can taste the taste of wine.

When we swallow liquor, we can expel the alcohol from our nostrils by breathing, and check whether the alcohol is pungent, so as to judge the aftertaste of liquor. The entrance of high-quality liquor is soft and smooth, and the taste of good liquor is slightly sweet and mellow, which is not exciting at all.

Conclusion: Switching between true and false liquor is always a headache for both merchants and consumers. Usually, we must cultivate a pair of "golden eyes" to identify the authenticity of liquor. Besides, we can also distinguish the quality of liquor by seeing, smelling and tasting these three methods. In fact, the quality of liquor varies from person to person. Liquor is good, but don't drink too much to avoid injury.

I am an employee of Yanghe Winery. I think I can answer this question.

It is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish the quality of wine, and there is no simple physical method to identify it. Mass consumers can only be screened by the following methods.

First look at the price! Too cheap will not be good wine. Except for a few products, such as the 38-degree sky blue that our employees usually eat and drink, which is the predecessor of the blue classic, it is only 30 yuan, but the quality of the wine is very good. There are few such products on the market)

There are many products at the same price. How to choose?

Looking at brands, we must choose big brands of liquor. Big brands pay special attention to quality for the development of enterprises and will not choose inferior and harmful raw materials. The grain standard of Yanghe is higher than the national standard, but generally small wineries don't have the strength to buy such good grain to make wine.

Therefore, only by looking at the price and choosing the brand can we choose a good liquor.

If a bottle of wine can be called good wine, it must be pure grain wine, which is beyond doubt. People who used to drink alcohol asked not to dry their mouth, head or throat. This is actually the requirement of 1995 for wine after the introduction of new technology liquor. In fact, at that time, I was asked to drink grain wine.

Therefore, if the general wine is thirsty and has a sore throat, it is basically junk wine. But besides not being dry, hot-headed, and sore throat, I think the standard of good wine should also be changed appropriately.

Look at the standards and ingredients first. If a bottle of wine is added with edible alcohol or flavors and fragrances, it is not China traditional liquor, so I don't think it is good wine, but it is a wine with conscience. At least he told you that his wine was added with unnatural fermented alcohol and flavors.

Do we have any simple and easy-to-operate methods to test whether a bottle of wine is good or not? I think there is. The following are some of my personal experiences.

First of all, if a bottle of wine can be called good wine, its aroma must be very rich and natural. Good wine is brewed from grain. Good grain wine has a fragrance similar to that of rice when it is just steamed. Just like a beautiful woman walking in front of you in light makeup, you will obviously feel very comfortable and happy. Because I am from Maotai Town, I don't have many opportunities to get in touch with Luzhou-flavor liquor, especially Luzhou-flavor original liquor. Once I visited Jiannanchun Winery, I smelled their Luzhou-flavor original wine, which is a typical grain wine.

The second is tasting. A good Maotai-flavor liquor or Luzhou-flavor liquor has a rich taste, not just one taste. If a wine has only one taste, then there is only one possibility, that is, non-naturally fermented wine, because the diversity and specificity of naturally fermented microorganisms in liquor determine that naturally fermented liquor will definitely have varied tastes. Why do we like China liquor so much? It is rich in taste, but now many people think that liquor with too rich taste is not a good liquor. Why? Worth thinking about?

The third is that drinking a little good wine is very comfortable. Of course, if you are allergic to white wine, you may feel uncomfortable. But as long as you are physically irresistible, good white wine will be very comfortable. Even if you drink a little more, you won't feel dizzy and your limbs won't listen to you.

Finally, regarding drinking, even the best wine can't be drunk, not to mention those that are not naturally fermented. If you drink it, it means your body is joking.

There are many methods for identification, and the simple ones are as follows: 1. Take a drop of wine and put it in the palm of your hand, then let the two palms touch and rub slightly. After heating, the wine will give off a fragrant smell, which is a first-class wine; If the smell is sweet, it is medium wine; If the smell is smelly and bitter, it is undoubtedly bad wine.

I think many answers are simply unreliable. What is the aroma and the degree of hanging cups? Isn't this the problem of essence and thickener? There are many more, so I won't explain them! Just from the perspective of cost control, take the "wily" liquor as an example. The price is 10 yuan, the profit of the store is 2 yuan, the profit of the dealer (supplying the store) is 2 yuan, the total regional distribution is 2 yuan plus logistics miscellaneous fees, the workers' salary tax and factory profit for packaging glass bottles and trademarks are 2 yuan, and the remaining two dollars are the value of the wine! What quality do you think a bottle of white wine with mineral water price can have? 100% low-quality edible alcohol blending! By analogy, the real price of grain brewing terminal cannot be lower than 100 yuan! Just think about the circulation cost, transportation, store rent and personnel salary! It is very comfortable to drink real grain wine, but don't drink too much!

Self-fermented sorghum rice steamed wine, although it tastes ordinary, is absolutely safe.

There are many factors that affect the quality of wine.

1, let's start with the taste: the taste is related to the flavor of the wine. Some people like strong aroma, some people like maotai, some people think it is not good to drink maotai, but they think it is good to drink Erguotou. Some people don't drink at all. They think all kinds of wine are the same. Better have a coke.

2. Let's talk about the quality of wine first: take Maotai as an example. The best materials and bartenders must be given to high-end and benchmark wines (Tian Fei Maotai), followed by their own wine princes and guests. The quality of high-end wines from big factories such as Maotai is definitely better than that from small factories or so-called home brewing (after all, big factories have many conditions that individuals or small factories cannot copy, such as good water sources for brewing, old wine cellars and experienced winemakers).

3, the final price: drinking is money, it is recommended to drink less and drink good wine.

Finally, remember to buy wine: big factories are straight lines, and channels are king.

When buying wine, only buy direct wine produced by big factories, and try not to buy indirect wine. Try to choose a large e-commerce company or a regular winery store.

In addition, many people now say that it is alcoholic liquor, which is actually a misunderstanding. Alcoholic liquor is mostly a few dollars. In general, the direct liquor of regular wineries (such as Maotai, Wuliangye, Yanghe and other famous wines) cannot be alcoholic liquor, even if it is cheap (such as Maotai welcoming guests). In the implementation standards, it can be seen that the wines of Dachang, such as 1078 1 (solid state fermentation of Luzhou-flavor liquor), are all grain wines. There may be many cases of lax supervision of brand wines from unknown small factories or large factories, so we will not discuss them.

GBT 1078 1 solid liquor implementation standard.

Gb/t10781.1-2006 Luzhou-flavor liquor

GB/T 26760-20 1 1 maotai-flavor liquor

GB/T 1078 1.2-2006 Fen-flavor Liquor

GB/T 23547-2009 Maotai-flavor liquor

GB/T 20823-2007 special flavor liquor

GB/T 1078 1.3-2006 Luzhou-flavor liquor

GB/T 16289-2007 maotai-flavor liquor

GB/T 14867-2007 Fengxiang wine

GB/T 20824-2007 sesame-flavor liquor

GB/T 20825-2007 Laobai Dry-flavor Liquor

Gb/t26761-2011Xiaoqu solid liquor.

DB50/T 15-2008 Xiaoqu Liquor

Db34/t1315-2010 low-alcohol liquor

DB34/T 1258-20 10 Elegant Liquor

Db34/t1791-2012 fresh green flavor liquor.

Sb/t10713-2012 technical specification for the circulation of base liquor.

If you can open the bottle and see the wine inside, it is best to be crystal clear and pure, and it is best to float without precipitation. When you shake it, the hops will disperse quickly and slowly.

If you can still taste it, it will melt in your throat, and the taste will not be so spicy and bitter. It is better to go straight to Dantian. In short, you get what you pay for. As long as it is liquor purchased through formal channels, the higher the brand awareness, the more expensive the better. The above suggestions are for your reference, just like them.