Kaoliang (Chinese liquor) : Kaoliang jiu often simply called kaoliang or wine de sorghumIs a drink spirituous distilled forte, made of sorghum fermented.
Other names for kaoliang: in Chinese: 高粱酒; in pinyin: gāoliángjǐu; in Wade: kao-liang-chiu; in Cantonese Jyutping: go leong zau; in pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-liâng-chiú; literally " alcohol de sorghum ».
Manufactured and sold both at Taiwan and China, she is also popular en Korea, where it is called goryangju (hangul: 고량주; hanja: 高粱酒).
Kaoliang is a patented major islands from Jinmen et Matsu under jurisdiction Taiwanese. Kaoliang ranges from 38 to 63° by volume.
The Chinese aromatize kaoliang with petals de Pink, which used in Food for pickles and Sauces.
金門高粱酒 (pinyin: jīnmén gāoliáng jiǔ) is one of the Brands most Popular of kaoliang in Taiwan. The name simply means "kaoliang from Jinmen" (jinmen/kinmen also meaning "golden gate"). As the name suggests, it is produced on theJinmen Islands (or Kinmen). The main variations are: bottles of 58% and 38% of alcohol content.
玉山高粱酒 (pinyin: yùshān gāoliáng jiǔ) is produced by the Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation. Its name comes from the montains Taiwan's highest mountain, Yu Shan (the "Jade Mountain"). One of its products most famous is a five-year-old kaoliang X.O2. aged en barrel before bottling process.
八八坑道高粱酒 (pinyin: bā bā kēngdào gāoliáng jiǔ) is produced by the Matsu Distillery on the island of Nangan, in the archipelago of MatsuIts name comes from that of an old military tunnel recovered by the distillery to store its kaoliang and its old rice wine. It means "kaoliang of Tunnel 88". All the old kaoliangs of the distillery are stored in this tunnel for at least five years.
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