The mealybug wine is one of the famous animal wines in Guangxi, which is the most famous one produced in Wuzhou and has a long history of production. According to the relevant historical records, as early as in the early Qing Dynasty, Wuzhou folk have the habit of catching mealybugs to make wine, which has a history of more than 360 years. At that time, Wuzhou Dongmen and Hexi Sanjiemiao area was rich in flower head big mealybugs, people often catch them to make wine. Wuzhou Prefectural Records also said that "Wuzhou Dongmen Mealybug Wine" was famous in the Qing Dynasty, so it is clear that Wuzhou Mealybug Wine has been famous for a long time. In the mid-1930s, Wuzhou Longshan Brewery took the essence of folk mealybugs and mass produced mealybug wine. In just a few years, the production of mealybug wine has developed to a considerable scale, the product not only sells well in Guangxi, Guangdong and East China, but also began to sell in bulk to Hong Kong and Macao, and exported to Southeast Asia and other places.
After the liberation, the production of Wuzhou Mealybug Liquor developed rapidly, and the output and quality of the products were not improved. The wine not only has the color of turquoise and transparent, the taste is fragrant and mellow, but also has the function of nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney, tonifying the blood and nourishing the face, strengthening the waist and fixing the sperm, fixing the asthma and stopping the cough, consuming the lungs and haemoptysis, the deficiency of the blood and the strength of body and mind, etc, and it is especially effective for the neurasthenia, spermatorrhea, and other diseases. Due to the long history of Wuzhou Mealybug Wine, excellent quality, genuine price and outstanding therapeutic effect, Wuzhou Guifeng Mealybug Wine was awarded the title of Guangxi Famous Brand Product and High-quality Product for many times in 1962 and 1987, and was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the product issued by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in 1983, and was sent to participate in the Italian International Exposition in the same year, and was listed as the Famous Brand of the China National Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Import and Export Corporation in 1985. In 1985, it was listed as the famous brand of China Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Import and Export Corporation. Over the years, Wuzhou Mealybug Wine has been sold well all over the country, marketed in Hong Kong and Macao, and exported to more than 40 countries such as Britain, France and Japan, etc. It enjoys a high reputation in the domestic and international markets. The production process of Wuzhou Mealybug Liquor is as follows:
(Raw material) live mealybugs, 50 degree high quality rice wine.
(Technique) firstly slaughter the mealybugs, dig out the eyes, remove the brains and internal organs, wipe off the blood stains with medicinal cotton, put it in a big vat, add rice wine according to the proportion and soak it for 3~4 months, after tasting and appraisal, then mix and match, filtering, clarifying, testing and packing it into the product.
(Characteristics) The color of the wine is turquoise, with a strong sense of transparency, no obvious sediment, and a mellow and smooth taste.
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