cocktail notes » ethyl alcohol http://cocktailnotes.sharkfeeder.com dalliances in taste and escapism Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 the newest member… http://cocktailnotes.sharkfeeder.com/2009/04/18/the-newest-member/ http://cocktailnotes.sharkfeeder.com/2009/04/18/the-newest-member/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:59:09 +0000 tyler k http://cocktailnotes.sharkfeeder.com/?p=249 …to the list of things that the chinese completely fuck up with purposeful abandon:

desserts
the olympics
pop music
baby formula and pet food
toys
human rights
child rearing
utensils

and now…

alcohol!

According to Chinese media, baijiu is the best-selling liquor in the world, and Maotai is the most famous brand of baiju–and one of the few available in the United States.

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Maotai is distilled from a blend of sorghum, wheat, and peas. Its taste is tough to describe. Imagine rotten cabbage, ethyl alcohol, and paint thinner, blended and strained. It smells like ammonia; the Wikipedia page for Maotai notes its “solvent and barnyard aromas.” The taste lingers long after swallowing, shadowing the rest of the meal like a culinary revenant.

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