Traditional brewing techniques of traditional Chinese brewing techniques (Chrysanthemum Baijiu)

The name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: traditional brewing techniques of traditional Chinese brewing techniques (Chrysanthemum Baijiu traditional brewing techniques)

Applicant: Beijing Renhe Liquor Co., Ltd

Project No.: 929

Project No.: VIII - 146

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Beijing

Type: new item

Applicant: Beijing Renhe Liquor Co., Ltd

Protection unit: Beijing Renhe Liquor Co., Ltd

Traditional brewing techniques of traditional Chinese brewing techniques (Chrysanthemum Baijiu traditional brewing techniques):

Applicant: Beijing Renhe Liquor Co., Ltd

Chrysanthemum wine is a necessary drink for the Double Ninth Festival, which has a long brewing history. The two dynasties of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were the chrysanthemum Baijiu, a rare and precious liquor made by combining the special needs of the royal court and the chrysanthemum wine. It uses chrysanthemum as the main material, supplemented by ginseng, Lycium barbarum, aloes and other 20 kinds of precious Chinese herbal medicine, mixed with base liquor and distilled. It has the effects of nourishing liver and eyesight, dispersing wind and clearing heat, benefiting qi and spleen, nourishing yin and kidney. Founded in the mid eighteenth Century, the time-honored "Renhe" specially designed Royal Palace wine, and made secret recipe for chrysanthemum Baijiu from Palace during Tongzhi period. It has been passed down to seven generations.

The technology of chrysanthemum Baijiu Baijiu liquor has inherited the traditional technology of distilled liquor solid fermentation and solid distillation. Combining with the production technology of the wine, a special distillation process with the main components of distilled spirit and impurity, solid liquid combination and piecing wine has been formed. The brewing cycle of this kind of wine is long, and it takes about eight months before and after brewing. The main processes include pretreatment, distillation, blending, aging and so on. The chrysanthemum Baijiu liquor is crystal clear and colourless. It is composed of chrysanthemum, medicine and wine.

Chrysanthemum Baijiu brewing technology for demanding strict labor materials, advocate material quality, work must pay attention to. Its formula is scientific and rigorous, in line with the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, condensing the practical experience of traditional Chinese medicine. It advocates health care with wine and health care with medicine, which has high scientific value and plays a positive role in improving the national physical quality and quality of life.

The Baijiu chrysanthemum liquor is based on the Double Ninth Festival, and has some seasonal characteristics. In addition, the brewing cost is high, and the manual production efficiency is low. The brewing technology is slow developed, and the inheritance is blocked.