Xing Hua Cun FenJiu 20 Years

Jiu (Liquor) is the umbrella term for alcoholic beverages in China. Chinese spirits, a kind of traditional Chinese jiu (Liquor), fall into several categories depending on flavor. Fen Jiu, produced in Xinghua Village, Fenyang, Shanxi Province, has been acclaimed as the forefather of Chinese spirits. Other famous spirits, such as Maotai jiu in Southwest China's, and Xifeng jiu in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, are rumored to have borrowed their brewing techniques from Fen Jiu.Fen jiu is a type of light-flavored spirit. The brewing process is characterized by double fermentation and double distillation in order to increase the yield of ethanol. Materials like sorghum, barley, and water are put into ceramic pots half buried beneath the ground for fermentation. The fermented grains will be distilled; the distilled grains will be fermented once more; the re-fermented grains will be distilled again.