The first step is to judge grain wine and alcoholic wine from the execution standards of liquor. my country's liquor execution standard: GB\T10781-2006 is the execution standard for solid-state liquor. It uses pure grain as raw material and uses Qujing solid-state fermentation to produce liquor, which is what people often call good liquor. Laobeiweijiu is the implementation standard. GB\T20822-2007 is the implementation standard for solid-liquid combination liquor. That is, part of liquor is alcoholic liquor and part is grain liquor. For example, the Maotai-style small shochu currently sold on the market all adheres to this standard. GB\T20821-2007 is the implementation standard for pure alcoholic wine. According to industry insiders, the new standards are mandatory norms that can help consumers identify liquors produced by different processes and prevent small and medium-sized wineries that mass-produce blended liquors from passing off inferior products as superior products. After the 1980s, some liquor companies developed and promoted new craft liquors blended with edible alcohol as the basic raw material. The cost is low, the cycle is short, and the aroma, taste and taste are far inferior to traditional craft liquors. However, it is difficult for ordinary consumers to use their senses alone. determination. In the future, consumers can judge whether the wine you drink is grain wine or alcoholic wine based on the implementation standards. If you find that the execution standard of the wine is that of grain wine, but the content in the bottle is alcoholic wine, you can sue the manufacturer for infringing the consumer's right to know. The second trick is to turn the bottle upside down and shake it, and observe the changes in the hops. Wine with dense hops that disappear slowly is a high-quality wine, and wine with few hops that disappear quickly is a low-quality wine. The third tip: Check the quality of the wine from the main ingredient column. The best quality wine is Daqu wine. All the high-quality liquors rated in our country are Daqu liquor. The raw materials for brewing koji are barley, wheat, peas, etc. Liquors marked with barley, wheat, and peas in the main ingredient column are basically Daqu liquor. For example: the main ingredient of Shenyang Laobei Wine is directly marked with Daqu, which means it is Daqu wine. Maotai liquor, the main ingredient column is marked with sorghum and wheat, wheat is used to make koji, and sorghum is used to make wine. It is Daqu liquor. The main ingredient column of 35-degree Fanggui Liquor only lists sorghum, corn, and rice, but no ingredients for making koji. It is said that the wine has the aroma of sorghum, the sweetness of corn, and the purity of rice. I checked a lot of information, but I didn’t find anyone making koji with rice. Judging from the hops, the 35-degree Fanggui wine is bran koji or saccharifying enzyme wine, or it may be alcoholic wine because the hops disappear quickly. Fuqu liquor is made from wheat bran, and the quality of the brewed liquor is still a grade lower than that of Daqu liquor. For example: Hailar's mid-range and above-grade pure grain liquor has barley, wheat, peas and other koji-making raw materials listed in the main ingredient column. It is Daqu liquor. As for the low-end Hailar pure grain liquor, the main ingredients are only labeled with sorghum and corn. It is bran koji liquor or saccharification enzyme liquor. Substituting enzymes for koji can increase the wine yield. Now you know the difference between Daqu wine, Fuqu wine and saccharifying enzyme wine. Some alcoholic wines are also labeled with raw materials, which means that the solid-state wine added is Daqu wine. The fourth trick: After opening the wine bottle, pour the wine into your hands, rub it warm with both hands, and put it under your nose to smell. The wine with a refreshing aroma is high-quality wine, the wine with sweetness is mid-range wine, and the wine with bitter smell and other foreign smells is inferior quality. liquor. When drinking, solid-state liquor is like the vegetables we grow with farmyard manure, and has a strong aroma. Alcoholic wine, if we use chemical fertilizers to grow vegetables, has a light aroma. According to the "Pure Grain Solid-State Fermentation Liquor Approval Rules" promulgated by our country, solid-state grain liquor is a liquor produced using pure grain as raw material and using Qujing solid-state fermentation. Industry insiders say: Liquor has a koji aroma, especially Daqu wine, and its "koji aroma" is more prominent. Grain wine is produced by solid-state fermentation of Qujing. Therefore, they all have a koji flavor, especially low-end grain wines. Due to their short storage period, the koji flavor will be stronger. This is the most typical feature of grain wine. Some people are not used to drinking koji-flavored wine, so I'm sorry, you can only choose alcoholic wine. In the jargon of blending wine, it is called "three essences and one water", which is alcohol + essence + saccharin + water. There are two types of alcohol, grain brewed alcohol and high-purity chemical edible alcohol. The cost of chemical alcohol production is naturally low. The main difference between the two alcohols is their aroma. Alcohol brewed from grain contains aromatic substances. In the brewing process, aromatic substances can be adjusted through flavors, so the taste is similar, and the mouthfeel can also be adjusted by adding thickening agents, so the wine will not taste much different. Identifying genuine and fake wine 1. Look at the bottle shape. Many famous brands of liquor have unique bottle shapes. For example, Moutai has been using white cylindrical glass bottles for many years, with a smooth bottle body and no impurities; Luzhou Laojiao Tequ uses a colorful bottle with the words "Luzhou Laojiao Winery Patented Bottle" on the bottom of the bottle. Fake wine bottles have different shapes and thicknesses, the outer packaging is old and lacks freshness, and the sealing is not tight or the teeth are not neat.
2. Look at the printing. The printing of good liquor labels is very particular; the paper is fine and white, the fonts are standard and clear, the color is bright and even, the pattern registration is accurate, and the ink lines do not overlap. If there are English or Pinyin letters, the size should be consistent. In addition, many brands of liquor now use laser anti-counterfeiting marks on their packaging boxes or bottle caps. For example, Maotai liquor has two types of anti-counterfeiting patterns: "Flying Sky" and "Five-Pointed Star". They will show different colors when viewed from different angles, and only It can be used once and cannot be restored if it is slightly damaged. 3. Look at the bottle caps. Recently, most of the bottle caps of famous liquors in my country use aluminum metal anti-theft caps. They are characterized by smooth cap body, uniform shape, easy opening, neat and clear patterns and text on the cap, and tight matching. If it is a counterfeit product, it often leaks out when turned upside down, the cover is not easy to twist off, and the pattern and text are blurred. 4. Look at the packaging. In addition to the exquisite printing, the paper cap packaging of real wine has neat and tight edge seams, with no gaps left by uneven tightness. Some bottle caps are also wrapped in plastic film, and the packaging is very tight without looseness. 5. Look at the clarity and turbidity. From the appearance of the glass bottle, the liquor should be absolutely clear and transparent with no precipitation. The clearer and more transparent the better. You can hold the wine bottle in your hand, slowly turn it upside down, and observe the bottom of the bottle to see if there is any sinking material or cloud-like phenomenon. As a general rule, if the hops are evenly distributed, the density gap is obvious, and the hops slowly disappear, and the wine is clear and transparent, it is a high-quality wine. 6. Smell the aroma. One way is to pour a little less wine on your hands, rub it with both hands for a while to heat the wine, and then smell its aroma. Generally speaking, if the wine smells fragrant, it is a fine wine; if it smells sweet, it is a medium wine; if it smells bitter, it must be a fake wine. Another method is to add a drop of cooking oil to the wine and see how the oil moves in the wine.