Yanghe Daqu(yang he da qu )

Yanghe Daqu method:

The production steps of Yanghe Daqu are as follows:

Yanghe Daqu is made from glutinous sorghum, local famous "beauty spring" water, high-temperature Daqu as saccharifying starter, and long-term fermentation in Laojiao.

The characteristics of Yanghe Daqu are as follows

The wine is clear and transparent with rich aroma. It tastes soft, fresh and sweet. The wine is mellow and has a long aftertaste. Its outstanding characteristics are: "sweet, soft, clean, fragrant." There are three kinds of wine: 38 degree, 48 degree and 55 degree. The Yanghe River brewery brewed scientific brew and reduced alcohol content, and continuously brewed 28 and 18 degrees of low alcohol Baijiu, forming serialization. The 28 degree Yanghe Daqu of the factory won the title of national high quality liquor and silver award at the fifth national liquor Review Conference in 1988. The calligrapher Qigong's poem says: early on, I heard that the wine came out of Yanghe River, and once I drank the Qiongjiang liquor, I would sing a great song.

Yanghe Daqu

Yanghe Daqu, a special product of Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, is a national geographic indication product of China.

According to research, Yanghe liquor making began in the Han Dynasty and flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties. Yanghe Town, Siyang County, Jiangsu Province, was a famous place for liquor making in the Han Dynasty. Yanghe Daqu is made from high-quality sticky sorghum, high-temperature Daqu cultivated with wheat, barley and pea as saccharifying and fermenting agent, and water from meirenquan. The Yanghe River Daqu is a strong flavor Daqu Baijiu, its liquor is clear and transparent, its aroma is rich and elegant, its entrance is fresh and sweet, and its flavour is exquisite and long. Yanghe Daqu is recognized as the Oriental foreign wine by China and Japan. It has been awarded the title of "international famous wine" for many times and selected into the eight famous wine ranks in China.

On February 9, 2003, the former General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and Quarantine of the people's Republic of China (AQSIQ) approved the implementation of the protection of Yanghe Daqu.

Product features

The Yanghe River Daqu is made from high quality sorghum, rice, glutinous rice, corn, wheat, barley, peas and water. Baijiu is produced in the geographical indication product protection range by combining traditional technology with modern biotechnology. It has a unique style of soft, soft, sweet, clean and fragrant, which is embodied in soft, sweet and cool taste. Quality characteristics: low but not light, soft but not few, long tail, full and harmonious.

Origin environment

Yanghe Daqu liquor geographical indication product protection zone has a continental climate with four distinct seasons, abundant sunlight and abundant rainfall. It has a warm temperate monsoon climate. The annual average temperature is 14-15 ℃, the annual maximum temperature is 35-39 ℃, the minimum temperature is - 5-10 ℃, the annual rainfall is 800-1000 mm, the annual average relative humidity is 60-80%, and the total sunshine hours are 2000-2500 hours, warm and humid The four seasons are distinct, which provides suitable conditions for the growth and reproduction of microorganisms.

Water is the blood of wine. Liquor making in ancient China emphasized water quality and required acid. In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a summary of "water and spring must be fragrant". "Qi Ming Yao Shu" records: "the method of collecting water, the river is the best, far from the river, take very sweet well water, small salty is not good."

Yanghe town has beautiful spring, mishiwan water, Dongmen water, deep well and other water sources. The water quality is excellent, the wine is mellow and sweet, and the flavor is pure. According to the water quality test report of Yanghe distillery by Nanjing comprehensive rock and mineral testing center of the Ministry of Geology and mineral resources and the laboratory of Jiangsu Institute of geological engineering survey, the water quality fully meets the standard of high-quality mineral water. In particular, it is pointed out that the content of soluble metasilicic acid is 48.0 mg / L, three times higher than the minimum standard, and the soluble metasilicic acid has the effect of softening blood vessels.

The production of Luzhou flavor Daqu liquor is inseparable from the soil. Fertile soil is the foundation of the formation of the old cellar. The soil is mainly black brown and yellow. There are abundant Clostridium - caproic acid bacteria in the soil. It is the producer of ethyl caproate, the main flavor of Luzhou flavor Daqu liquor. The old pits are formed by building mud pits.

historical origin

Yanghe Daqu originated in Sui and Tang Dynasties, flourished in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and has a history of more than 1300 years. In the Ming Dynasty, the poet Zou Ji wrote in his ode to Baiyang River: "Baiyang River is green in spring, Baiyang River is full of tourists, spring breeze is new in February, but people are thousands of miles away. The travelers come and go year by year, and the residents are at ease in the river. This truly reflects the influence of Yanghe liquor in the area of Baiyanghe River Basin in the Ming Dynasty.

The story of "good wine plan" is a moving legend left by Shi Kefa, a patriotic general in Ming Dynasty. The story of Shi Kefa's use of good wine (Yanghe wine) to break the Qing army has been widely spread in Northern Jiangsu, and it has always been a good story.

During the reign of Emperor Yongzheng of Qing Dynasty, Yanghe Daqu was sold in the area of Jianghuai. It had the reputation of "Fuquan is the most delicious wine in the south of the Yangtze River", and became the Royal tribute of Qing Dynasty. Yanghe wine has long been a popular couplet among the people, which says "wine is strong in the sky, birds smell the Phoenix; dregs fall to the ground, fish smell the dragon".

At the beginning of the 20th century, the production of Yanghe Daqu had a further development. In 1915, Sanyi winery won the silver medal at the Bana Marseilles fair in San Francisco. In 1929, the Daqu liquor of yuchangyuan winery won the second prize at the Chinese national products exhibition of the Ministry of industry and commerce.

In twenty-one years (1932), there were eight wine shops in the Yanghe River, and 6040 tons of Baijiu liquor produced annually. It was famous for the Yuan River, the South and the south of the Yanghe town.

In 1934, Yanghe Daqu was exhibited in Jiangsu Province.

Before liberation, the production of Yanghe Daqu was withered and dying because of years of war. After the founding of new China, the government set up a state-owned Yanghe distillery on the basis of several private distilleries.

Production situation

In the initial stage of the factory, Yanghe Daqu covers an area of only 14000 square meters, with 41 employees, an annual output of 26 tons of Daqu liquor, an output value of 43400 yuan, and a total tax and profit of 34300 yuan.

In 2011, Yanghe Daqu covers an area of more than 700000 square meters and has more than 4000 employees. More than 88% of the famous wines marked the quality of famous wines.

In 2017, the Yanghe River Daqu had over 1000 wine making teams, with 30 thousand employees and 160 thousand tons of Chinese baijiu.

Product honor

In August 1979 Chinese Baijiu was held in Dalian, Liaoning. The milepost was the first time to adopt scientific and strict password evaluation. It has become a milestone in the history of liquor evaluation in China. Third At the meeting, Yanghe Daqu won the title of "Chinese famous wine" with its unique style of "sweet, soft, clean and fragrant", and ranked among the eight famous wines in China.

In 1984, the fourth national wine appraisal conference held the 55 grade the Yanghe River Daqu's score, the 148 China's Baijiu liquor, the title of the famous Chinese liquor, won the national quality award gold medal, and the 38 degree the Yanghe River Daqu was awarded the silver medal of the national quality award. 53 ° Shuanggou Daqu was rated as a famous Chinese liquor and won the Gold Award; 39 ° Shuanggou special liquor won the silver award. Experts rated it as "pure and elegant aroma, authentic Luzhou flavor, strong typicality, balance between aroma and flavor, harmonious balance between aroma, delicate and long taste, clean tail and sweet aftertaste".

In 1989, Yanghe liquor won the third consecutive title of "Chinese famous liquor" at the Fifth National Wine Review Conference. Yanghe Daqu of 55 degree, 48 degree and 38 degree respectively won three gold medals of national quality award, and Yanghe Daqu of 28 degree won silver medal of national quality award. 53 degree Shuanggou Daqu, 39 degree Shuanggou special liquor and 46 degree Shuanggou Daqu were rated as Chinese famous liquor and won the gold medal; 33 degree Shuanggou special liquor won the title of "national quality liquor" and the silver medal.

On February 9, 2003, the former General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and Quarantine of the people's Republic of China (AQSIQ) approved the implementation of the protection of Yanghe Daqu.

In 2015, the China brand value evaluation list jointly released by CCTV financial channel and China brand building Promotion Association revealed that the brand value of Yanghe Daqu reached 83.633 billion yuan, and it was included in the 2015 China brand value liquor and beverage geographical indication products together with Maotai liquor.

geographical indication

Scope of regional protection

The producing area of Yanghe Daqu liquor is limited to the protection scope approved by the administrative department of international quality supervision, inspection and quarantine in accordance with the provisions on the protection of geographical indication products (118 ° 40 ′ - 119 ° 20 ′ e, 33 ° 8 ′ - 34 ° 10 ′ n).

Quality and technical requirements

1、 Raw materials:

Sorghum: in accordance with the provisions of GB / t8231.

Rice: in accordance with the provisions of gb1354.

Glutinous rice: in accordance with the provisions of gb1354.

Wheat: in accordance with the provisions of gb1351.

Corn: in accordance with the provisions of gb1353.

Barley: light yellow, full grain (pure grain ≥ 95%), with the unique smell of mature barley, no mildew, no insect, no pollution.

Pea: comply with GB / t10460.

Water: the water for brewing and blending is taken from Meiren spring of Yanghe River, which meets the requirements of GB5749.

2、 Brewing environment:

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