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anonymous
Q: Which Chinese rice spirits taste best?
I don't really like Chinese baijiu. The taste is too strong and it has too high of an alcohol content. I'm not really a fan of huangjiu, yellow wine, either. I've had the expensive varieties, and I think it all tastes bad.
Is there a Chinese spirit that tastes like Japanese sake and has a similar alcohol content? Or how about something like Korean makgeolli? I know about Chinese mijiu, but it has less alcohol than beer and has too much rice in it.
Do any Chinese spirits actually taste good? Besides Chinese beers and grape wine, anyway.
None, I tried cleaning the grime off my scooter with it, didn't work. 5000 years and can't come up with a good liquor.
They all taste bad. Too much sugar!
That is cause, I am thinking baijiu must be good to make your shoes waterproof, before you hit Himalaya.
I'm a big fan of Changcheng Brandy. There are a couple from the same brand name that I know of, but the cheaper one's not a good choice unless you're a fan of headaches and explosive diarrhea, but the more expensive one, usually between 35 and 40 yuan where I live in the south, is good. Neat it's 'a little' sweet but I drink it half and half with water and it goes down a treat. Otherwise i've tasted homemade rice wine, but that really 'was' sweet. Did the job though, I was seeing vapor trails by the end of the night. But regular baijiu? Not for me.
I guess Maotai is generally considered the best in terms of Baijiu - can set you back a few thousand RMB a piece, though I've heard, unsurprisinly that there's a lot of fakes out there. Tried it myself and it tastes like paintstripper, just as they all do. My father, a seasoned liquor drinker and self-proclaimed connoisseur (though not an alcoholic) said the same thing.
