''Mixiang baijiu'' () or rice ''baijiu'' is a variety of
Chinese liquor (''
baijiu
''Baijiu'' (), or ''shaojiu'' (), is a colorless Chinese liquor typically coming in between 35% and 60% alcohol by volume (ABV). Each type of baijiu uses its own type of ''qū'' for fermentation to create a distinct and characteristic flavo ...
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distill
Distillation, also classical distillation, is the process of separation process, separating the component substances of a liquid mixture of two or more chemically discrete substances; the separation process is realized by way of the selective ...
ed mainly from
rice
Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...
, rather than from
sorghum
''Sorghum bicolor'', commonly called sorghum () and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a species in the Poaceae, grass genus ''Sorghum (genus), Sorghum'' cultivated for its grain. The grain i ...
or other
grain
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s like other types of ''baijiu''.
Rice ''baijiu'' is famous for having a characteristic rice fragrance. One famous brand of rice ''baijiu'' is called ''
Sanhuajiu'' (三花酒; literally "three flower wine"), which is produced in
Guilin
Guilin (Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''), postal map romanization, formerly romanization of Chinese, romanized as Kweilin, is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the we ...
,
Guangxi province.
Name
The name "rice fragrance baijiu" may mislead the drinker, who may regard it as simply ordinary ''baijiu'' flavoured by rice. In fact, this kind of distilled beverage differs from
sorghum
''Sorghum bicolor'', commonly called sorghum () and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a species in the Poaceae, grass genus ''Sorghum (genus), Sorghum'' cultivated for its grain. The grain i ...
-based ''baijiu'' in that its main ingredient is rice.
"Mibaijiu" is also the name of a type of
Chinese rice wine produced in the
Jiangsu province
Jiangsu is a coastal province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the third smallest, but the fifth most populous, with a population of 84. ...
.
See also
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Awamori
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Rice wine
Rice wine is an alcoholic beverage fermentation, fermented from rice, traditionally consumed in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia, where rice is a quintessential staple crop. Rice wine is made by the fermentation of rice starch, during wh ...
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Rượu đế
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Shōchū
is a Japanese distilled beverage. It is typically distilled from rice, barley, sweet potatoes, buckwheat, or brown sugar, though it is sometimes produced from other ingredients such as chestnut, sesame seeds, potatoes, or even carrots.
Typ ...
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Soju
Soju (English pronunciation: ; ) is a clear and colorless distilled alcoholic beverage from Korea, traditionally made from rice, but later from other grains and has a flavor similar to vodka. It is usually consumed neat. Its alcohol content ...
References
Rice drinks
Baijiu
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