What's the difference between Xijiu and Maotai?

The differences between Xijiu and Maotai are: different producing areas, different colors and different techniques.

First, the origins are different.

1, Xijiu: Xijiu is a specialty of Xijiu Town, Xishui County, Guizhou Province.

2. Maotai: Maotai is a specialty of Maotai Town, renhuai city, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province.

Second, the colors are different.

1. Brewing: Brewing is light yellow and transparent, with no suspended matter and no precipitation.

2. Maotai: Maotai is colorless and transparent, with no suspended matter and no precipitation.

Third, the process is different.

1. Brewing: local high-quality waxy sorghum is used as raw material for brewing, and wheat is made into high-temperature Daqu, which is piled and saccharified, fed twice, fermented eight times, distilled nine times, sealed and stored, and carefully blended.

2. Maotai: Maotai uses local high-quality waxy sorghum as raw material and wheat to make high-temperature koji, but the amount of koji is more than raw material. Unique techniques such as using more koji, long fermentation cycle, multiple fermentation and multiple wine extraction.