Huangshantou Liquor is produced in Ouchi Town, south foot of Huangshan Mountain, Gongan County, 19 13 by Jingjiang River, with the Yangtze River in the east, Dongting in the north and Xiaoxiang in the south.
1952, the world-famous Jingjiang flood diversion project was built in Huangshan Mountain, with inscriptions by great leader Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou Enlai. International friends often come here to visit, with the poem "He Shan Bridge Gate Returning to the Eyes, Drinking Huangshan Mountain", hence the name "Huangshantou Daqu".
Ouchi Town is located in the southeast of Jianghan Plain, at the junction of Hunan and Hubei provinces, only 80 kilometers away from the ancient city of Jingzhou, and is the south gate of Gongan County, Hubei Province. It is named after the lotus root in the pool. Since ancient times, merchants have gathered in Da Nei Town, which is known as "Little Hankou". Since the town was built in the Northern Song Dynasty, it has experienced nearly a thousand years of ups and downs. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Dani Town was already a "night market with thousands of lights shining in the blue clouds, and there were many people drinking tea in the shops." Now it's not as prosperous as a wanderer singing. Ships are sailing smoothly, capital and tourists gather, and many businessmen run wine industry, so customers come in droves. "Sang Zheying scattered the Spring Club, and every family was intoxicated" was a true portrayal at that time. In the Qing Dynasty, the wine-making industry in Dani Town once flourished, with more than a dozen workshops and a great reputation. After several wars, it flourished and declined. After liberation, Huangshantou liquor was reborn. It is this tortuous history that endows Huangshantou with unforgettable memories and profound historical vicissitudes.
Meet your bosom friend.
In September of the sixth year of Song Xiaozong Trunk Road (A.D. 1 170), when the patriotic poet Lu You went to Kuizhou for punishment, he spent the night in the lotus pond, tasted wine and made love, and wrote a short song "Tying a boat in the rain". "Geng Yin went to Wuxi to be at home, and he was alone in autumn. Hei Hu wanted to go to the desert, and the ancients also. Ghost language is as sad as human language, and the prosperity of Chu is not what it used to be. Zhang Huatai lives in a small house in front of him, and the house leaks when it rains all night and the autumn wind blows gently. Sadly, the Qin people are really tigers and wolves, bullying the governors of the six countries. I also know that there have been ups and downs since ancient times, but I hate to see Qin Xian die. Open the window and give you a glass of wine, which is even more ugly to die for the country, thus expressing its incomparable patriotic enthusiasm.
Lingshan Xiushui produces good wine.
Lingshan
The so-called good wine comes out of the mountain. Huangshantou Winery is located at the foot of Huangshantou National Forest Park. Huangshantou is adjacent to Songzi River in the west, Hudu River in the east, Yangtze River in the north and Dongting in the south. There are 32 peaks in the territory, the main peak is 268.8 meters above sea level, and it has the reputation of "a thousand miles of plains, a unique mountain". "Huangshan Mountain is green, and thousands of pieces fly." Huangshantou is rich in forest resources, forming a rich source of microorganisms in the atmosphere. Microbial sources are rich in microorganisms that are beneficial to wine making, which makes Huangshantou wine full-bodied.
Xiushui
Where there are famous wines, there must be good springs.
Water is the soul of wine. Liquor production depends on the participation of many microorganisms, and good water is beneficial to the metabolic growth of brewing microorganisms, which in turn is conducive to fermentation and aroma production; Poor water quality will cause slow fermentation of fermented grains, slow growth of Aspergillus, slow rise of koji temperature and poor growth of yeast, which will affect the normal aroma production; It will also cause the taste of liquor to be bitter, with peculiar smell, discoloration, precipitation and other phenomena.
The brewing water of Huangshantou wine is taken from Lotus Pond. Lotus pond comes from the Yangtze River and then flows back to the Yangtze River through Dongting Lake. The Yangtze River water has been the source of famous wines for thousands of years. The water in Dachi Lake is clear and pure, warm in winter and cool in summer, and tastes sweet and delicious.
The test shows that the pH of Lake Ouchi is moderate, and the content of calcium and magnesium ions meets the standard of high-quality drinking water. Bitter lotus pond water ensures the continuous development and growth of microbial flora needed for Huangshantou brewing.
Qi Xian
Huangshantou winery is located in the northern edge of the middle subtropical zone, with a humid monsoon climate and four distinct seasons. It has the characteristics of short frost period, long sunshine and abundant rainfall. Located at about 30 degrees north latitude, Dani Town is especially suitable for brewing wine. Famous brands such as Jian Nanchun, LU ZHOU LAO JIAO CO.,LTD and Wuliangye are all near this latitude.
Laojiao
Good wine needs a good wine cellar.
The way of brewing: material is the soul and cellar is the foundation. In the production of wine, koji is usually made first, then the grain and auxiliary materials are mixed, cooked and gelatinized, cooled and mixed with koji, then put into a cellar for sealed fermentation, and finally cooked at high temperature. The essence of hot air cooling is wine. In the process of wine fermentation, various microorganisms and aroma substances in the cellar were domesticated and enriched, and gradually penetrated into the mud cellar, becoming rich natural aroma sources. The longer the pit age, the more microorganisms and aroma substances, and the stronger the wine aroma, the better the wine will be.
The history of brewing in Huangshantou can be traced back to the Northern Song Dynasty, more than 1000 years ago. Huangshantou has a history of 100 years. After half a century of glory, Huangshantou Winery has accumulated more than 1800 old pits. In addition, wine-making has a long history. After the succession of microbial communities such as heredity, variation, growth and decline, various microorganisms have formed the micro-ecological environment needed for wine-making in Huangshantou Distillery, and the wine produced here is naturally a treasure and top grade in wine.
secret
Artificial cellar storage is the perfect combination of traditional brewing technology and modern science and technology.
1988, a news from Xinhua News Agency triggered a shock in the liquor industry: China's artificial cellar storage technology made a major breakthrough in Huangshantou.
Under the guidance of Zhou Henggang, a famous liquor expert, the technicians of Huangshantou Distillery carried out the public relations of artificial cellar storage technology. Through the technical analysis of Luzhou-flavor Daqu liquor brewed by natural aged pits, it was determined that the main aroma-producing substance was ethyl caproate, and the golden key to the successful research and development of artificial aged pits was found. Subsequently, Huangshantou developed Barker synthetic culture medium and caproic acid bacteria culture medium, and selected high-quality pits to create favorable habitat for caproic acid and its Luzhou-flavor liquor fermentation. The success of this research has made the main technical indexes of artificial aged pits exceed the indexes of finished wine in the same period of century-old pits.
Huangshantou used the new technology of "artificial old cellar" to transform the cellar pool, which made the finished wine get rid of the muddy smell, rich in fragrance and perfect in flavor. Zhou Henggang, a famous liquor expert in China, commented on Huangshantou: "The lotus in the lotus pond is fragrant and refreshing. Xiao Ni was greedy for Huangshan wine, but she abandoned her cassock to chase after it. "
Wine experience
19 13, Huangshantou Liquor Publishing.
195 1 year, Shishou People's Distillery was established.
1965 was renamed as "Da Neiqu Winery".
In 1980s, the concept of "chemical plant in the park, modern factory and mechanized production" was gradually realized, and the enterprise was once called "garden workshop". The factory has clear springs and clear water, fragrant lotus flowers and picturesque scenery. A guest from afar, "people get drunk on the balcony before they taste the wine."
In the 1990s, the development of Huangshantou wine industry entered its heyday. On June 3rd, 199 1, Zou Jiahua, former deputy prime minister of the State Council, inspected the factory and inscribed the name of Ouchiqu Winery in Hubei Province.
During the period of 1994, Hubei Ouchiqu Distillery took the lead in realizing the shareholding system reform in Hubei liquor industry and established "Hubei Huangshantou Liquor Co., Ltd.".
On February 22nd, 2008, Hubei Le Kai Technology Co., Ltd. wholly acquired Huangshantou Liquor Co., Ltd. After years of precipitation and dedicated experience, Huangshantou Liquor has accumulated a lot, and will soon reappear with brand-new noble quality.