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. Three strokes can identify the quality of liquor, and 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.
How to identify the true and false liquor?
(1) Pour a small amount of wine into the cup, and then drop a few drops of tea. The wine without adulteration will turn pale yellow, and the adulterated wine will immediately turn purple-black.
(2) Put a drop of wine in the palm of your hand and rub it with both hands. When the wine is hot, it is good wine if it exudes fragrance; It smells sweet and is a common wine; It stinks. It's a bad wine.
(3) After the cap is tightly closed, turn the bottle upside down. If hops are evenly distributed, the upside-down density gap is obvious and slowly disappears, and liquor is clear and high quality; If hops turn up very closely and disappear quickly, the distribution is uneven, and the liquor is turbid and inferior.
(4) Take a drop of edible oil and drop it into the wine. If it can spread regularly and sink evenly, it is a high-quality wine; Otherwise, if the diffusion is irregular and there is no obvious sinking, it is inferior wine.
How to identify true and false national famous wines
Identification of true and false liquor can start from the following aspects:
First look at the bottle type. Many famous wines use unique bottle types. For example, the ivory cylindrical glass bottle that Maotai has been using for many years is smooth and free of impurities; Another example is Luzhou Laojiao Tequ, which uses a special-shaped bottle, and the bottom of it says LU ZHOU LAO JIAO CO.,LTD Co., Ltd. Winery Patent Bottle. In short, the bottles used in famous wines have the characteristics of superior materials and exquisite production. On the contrary, most of them are counterfeit products.
Second, look at the label. Most of the papers used for the labels of famous wines are excellent and scratch-proof. Some use imported paper, embossed printing, fine plate making, clear patterns, clear words, bright and harmonious colors, neat trimming and accurate color matching. The counterfeit products have rough paper, no concave-convex feeling or inconspicuousness, blurred characters and patterns, outdated colors and incorrect color matching. In addition, some famous wines now use high-tech anti-counterfeiting marks on packaging boxes or bottle caps.
Third, look at the bottle cap. At present, most famous wine bottle caps adopt anti-theft covers, which are characterized by good materials, excellent production, smooth cover, uniform shape, easy to break by hand, neat and clear patterns and characters on the cover and tight seal. However, the bottle caps of counterfeit products are mostly hand-made, and the sealing is not strict, sometimes there will be wine leakage, the lid is not easy to twist off, the pattern and text are not clear, and there is a phenomenon of falling off.
Fourth, evaluation. Sensory evaluation is an important step besides identifying the authenticity of a bottle of wine from its appearance. The so-called sensory evaluation refers to judging the quality and authenticity of wine from color, aroma, taste and style. National famous liquor should have the characteristics of clear liquor, elegant aroma, sweet and refreshing, mellow, sweet but not greasy, bitter but not lasting, spicy but not choking, sour but not astringent, while counterfeit famous liquor is mostly pungent, choking and even has obvious bad taste.
Fifth, look at the price. The price of famous wine is relatively stable for a period of time. If the price of a bottle of wine is obviously lower than the normal market price, it is necessary to put a question mark.