-
Recent Posts
Archives
- September 2018
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- May 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
Categories
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Gambling with Maotai
In the most places, you fake it ’til you make it. In China, you make it and then someone else fakes it. This has created all sorts of problems for aspirational baijiu drinkers like myself. Take the case of Maotai, … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged counterfeit, government, Maotai, piracy, pricing, Red Army, Zhou Enlai
3 Comments
Just had three shots of a super-secret baijiu prototype. The future is bright. 220 shots to go.
Baijiu alchemy
Time for another confession: When I first came to China I worked as an (gasp) English teacher. This meant two things: I needed to drink a lot and I was too broke to do it well. It thus seemed a … Continue reading
Posted in Cocktails, Tastings
Tagged Blood & Sand, cocktail, English teachers, Erguotou, Hair of the Tiger, Paul Mathew
3 Comments
Baijiu basics: What does it stink like?
Last weekend I set off to a friend’s cocktail party. I knew they would have vodka and mixers, but vodka doesn’t help me get any closer to 300 shots, so I came packing a party grenade of Lang Jiu 郎酒. … Continue reading
Posted in Baijiu basics, Tastings
Tagged classification, Fenjiu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guilin Sanhua Jiu, Guizhou, Langjiu, light aroma, Luzhou Laojiao, Maotai, mixed aroma, Quanxing, rice aroma, sauce aroma, Sichuan, strong aroma, Wuliangye, Xiangshan Jiu
5 Comments
Holding your bladder
Last month a court in Beijing sentenced a businessman to life in prison for illegally smuggling over 70 thousand bottles of wine, valued at around RMB45 million ($7.1 million). The man in question, 62-year-old Sun Xitai of Liaoning Province, was … Continue reading
Posted in Historical oddity, News
Tagged Beijing, bladder, customs, gates, history, Peking, smuggling, Sun Xitai, tax evasion, taxes
Leave a comment