How to distinguish grain wine from blended wine in liquor.
Liquor can be distinguished by the implementation standards on the bottle. The implementation standard of pure alcohol blending is GB\T2082 1, the implementation standard of solid-liquid combined liquor (prepared liquor) is GB\T20822, and the implementation standard of pure grain liquor is GB\T 1078 1. Liquor brewed from pure grain is transparent in crystallization, and there is a cup hanging phenomenon when it is shaken. Liquor blended with alcohol is turbid and will not hang up. Liquor brewed from pure grain has pure and full smell and long preservation time. The wine mixed with alcohol smells pungent. The retention time is short. Pure grain liquor is full and sweet, with a good aftertaste and will not stimulate the brain. ; Shaving the throat of liquor blended with alcohol is very stimulating to the brain.
The Meaning of Liquor Fragrance and Strong Maotai-flavor
The fragrance, aroma and sauce flavor of liquor refer to the flavor type of liquor. Fen-flavor liquor is fragrant, sweet and refreshing. It is the traditional style of Laobaigan, represented by the fragrant liquor in Xinghua Village, Shanxi Province, so it is also called fragrant liquor. Luzhou-flavor liquor, represented by LU ZHOU LAO JIAO CO.,LTD liquor industry in Sichuan, is also called "Luzhou-flavor liquor" because of its rich flavor. Maotai-flavor liquor is named because it has a sauce flavor similar to beans during fermentation. It is also called Maoxiang type because it is derived from Maotai liquor technology. These three kinds of liquor are mature, tend to be standardized and stereotyped, and all have their own special techniques and flavors. For example, the implementation standards are divided into GB/T10781(Luzhou-flavor) and GB/T 1078 1.2 (Fen-flavor).
Classification and characteristics of liquor flavor types
There are seven flavor types of liquor: Luzhou-flavor, Maotai-flavor, Luzhou-flavor, Fen-flavor, Fengxiang, Rice-flavor, Sesame-flavor and other flavor types.
1, fragrant type
It is rich and fragrant, strong before and clear after, and full of three flavors in one bite. It is the only flavor type of alcoholic liquor that has applied for national patent. The wine is clear and transparent in color, rich in aroma, soft and sweet in mouth, mellow and full, harmonious in aroma and long in aftertaste. It has a typical style of strong fragrance and a unique taste characteristic of "strong in the front and clear in the middle and fragrant in the sauce". Jiugui Liquor is a typical representative of this kind of liquor with strong fragrance.
2. Maotai-flavor type
Maotai-flavor liquor is named because it has a sauce flavor similar to beans during fermentation. It is also called Maoxiang type because it is derived from Maotai liquor technology. This wine is elegant and exquisite, full-bodied, rich and has a long aftertaste. Of course, the smell of soy sauce is not equal to the smell of soy sauce. From the component analysis, all kinds of aromatic substances in Maotai-flavor liquor are high in content, various in types and rich in flavor, which is a complex of various flavors. This kind of fragrance can be divided into front fragrance and back fragrance.
3. Luzhou-flavor
Luzhou-flavor liquor, represented by LU ZHOU LAO JIAO CO.,LTD liquor industry in Sichuan, is also called "Luzhou-flavor liquor" because of its rich flavor. This Luzhou-flavor liquor has the characteristics of strong cellar fragrance, sweetness and freshness. The main aroma components are ethyl caproate and ethyl butyrate. The ethyl caproate of Luzhou cellar wine is several times higher than that of Fen-flavor wine and about ten times higher than that of Maotai-flavor wine. In addition, it also contains glycerol, which makes the wine soft and sweet. Wine contains organic acids, which play a role in coordinating tastes.
4. Fragrance type
Fen-flavor liquor is fragrant, sweet and refreshing. It is the traditional style of Laobaigan, represented by the fragrant liquor in Xinghua Village, Shanxi Province, so it is also called fragrant liquor. It is characterized by pure fragrance, harmonious flavor and fresh aftertaste. Its main flavor components are ethyl acetate and ethyl lactate. From the perspective of ester content, it is lower than Luzhou-flavor and Maotai-flavor, and ethyl acetate is prominent, but the ratio of ethyl lactate to ethyl acetate is coordinated.
5. Fengxiang type
Xifeng liquor in Fengxiang County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province is a typical representative. This Luzhou-flavor liquor is made of sorghum as raw material, medium-temperature Daqu made of barley, peas or bran koji and yeast as sugar content ratio leaves, through continuous seasoning, pit fermentation (pit age is less than one year) and wine storage containers. Its main aroma components are ethyl acetate, ethyl caproate and isoamyl alcohol. The liquor is colorless, clear and transparent, mellow and elegant, sweet and refreshing, with harmonious flavor and clean and long tail. Fengxiang is different from Luzhou-flavor and Fen-flavor, but it has the characteristics and fusion of two flavors: clear but not light, strong but not strong.
6. Rice flavor type
For example, Guilin Sanhua Wine, Yubing Manor, Xijiang Palace, Quanzhou Xiangshan Wine and Guangdong Changle Shao all belong to this kind of wine, which is famous for its clear, sweet, refreshing and clean. Its main characteristics are: elegant honey fragrance, soft entrance, refreshing taste and pleasant aftertaste. Smell it, it's a bit like the honey fragrance composed of yellow rice wine and ethyl lactate.
7. Other perfumes
Liquor that does not belong to the above four flavor types and has no flavor type name is temporarily classified as other flavor types, such as Dongjiu (medicinal flavor type), Jingzhi (sesame flavor type), Pingba cellar wine, Lianjiu, Zhuchang cellar wine, Bai Yunbian, Baisha wine and many other good wines belong to other flavor types, all of which have their own special flavor types and styles.
How to tell whether liquor is pure grain?
If you want to distinguish liquor, you can look at the implementation standards of liquor. The standard for liquor packaging is GBT2082 1-2007, which indicates that liquor is pure alcohol. Shake the bottle upside down. If hops are dense and disappear slowly, it means grain wine, while hops disappear quickly, which means inferior wine or blended wine.