Shanghaiist: Maotai, now with chemical additives

Wally

Thu, 17 May 2007 16:57:43 +0700

Is it just me or has the guy on the right forgot to go to the bathroom?

Orpheus

Thu, 17 May 2007 10:54:00 +0700

"yes, but baijiu is typically made from sorghum, but yes, there are rice-wine that are also baijiu." -Yes, but wheat also come into baijiu in the form of "qu", or "fermentation base". It can be significant, as in the case of Maotai, where every liter of liquor consumes 3.7 lbs of sorghum, but as much as 6.2 lbs of (wheat) fermentation base. Baijiu can be made from rice, too, as Homeboy suggested. A fine example is a local liquor from Shaghai's own suburb, Qi-Bao Old Town.

China Law Blog

Thu, 17 May 2007 09:18:45 +0700

Good, another reason to avoid it.

homeboy

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:41:44 +0700

yes, but baijiu is typically made from sorghum, but yes, there are rice-wine that are also baijiu.