1, with or without spices

All liquor needs to be fermented by koji before it can be brewed. As for whether distillation is just a brewing process. Liquor is fermented by distiller's yeast without adding other spices, and liquor is fermented by other spices in distiller's yeast.

2, the production method is different

Daqu uses grain koji, usually wheat, in the brewing process. At present, pure Daqu liquor except famous liquor is generally a new type of liquor produced by solid-liquid combination method, that is, some Daqu liquor is blended with some other liquors or edible alcohol.

Step 3 add different ingredients

Most liquor is Qu liquor, and only alcohol brewed from sugarcane, molasses, straw, etc. with or without a small amount of solid fermented liquor (solid-liquid combined liquor) is impure Qu liquor or impure grain liquor.

Extended data:

Daqu liquor: Daqu is used as saccharifying starter. The main raw materials of Daqu are wheat, barley and some peas. Generally, it is solid-state fermentation, and the quality of Daqu liquor is good, and most of the famous wines are Daqu.

Xiaoqu liquor: Xiaoqu is made of rice, mostly by semi-solid fermentation, and the liquor in the south is mostly Xiaoqu liquor.

Bran koji: Pure cultured Aspergillus and pure cultured koji are used as saccharifying starter, and the fermentation time is short. Because of the low production cost, it is adopted by most wineries, and this type of wine has the largest output. Take the public as the object of consumption.

Mixed koji liquor: it is mainly a mixture of Daqu and Xiaoqu.