Light-Aroma Baijiu · FFET10074
Baofeng Baijiu Traditional Brewing Craft
The Baofeng baijiu brewing craft was chosen for the second national heritage batch, and its page calls the liquor light-aroma.
A hand spreads steaming black highland barley across a large bamboo tray with a wooden paddle, more barley fills a bamboo steamer, fermenting mash bubbles in a clay vat, and a small bowl holds clear liquor.
Baijiu of the light aroma, made with separate steaming and distilling and a daqu starter.
On the China Intangible Cultural Heritage website, the item "Distilled Liquor Traditional Brewing Techniques (Baofeng Liquor Traditional Brewing Techniques)" is a traditional craft declared by Baofeng County, Henan, and was added to the second batch of the national representative list in 2008; the protection unit is Baofeng Liquor Co., Ltd. The item page says the liquor "is a light-aroma baijiu", is made by a "steam-clear, twice-clear" method from local sorghum, with a starter "made from a mix of barley, wheat and peas", fermented in jars sunk in the ground and aged in clay urns.