Jiangsu Shuanggou Liquor Co., Ltd. is a national famous liquor enterprise that produces strong-flavor Daqu liquor. It is located in Shuanggou Town, a thousand-year-old town surrounded by Hongze Lake and Huaihe River in Sihong County, Jiangsu Province. , with beautiful scenery and rich products, is a natural treasure land for wine making.
The company has a long history. It is the liquor manufacturer with the largest liquor storage capacity and the largest production and sales volume of famous low-alcohol Daqu liquor in my country. It integrates national famous liquor, national high-quality liquor, Chinese well-known trademarks, pure grain solid-state certification, and national radius The certification mark equals one. At present, the company has more than 5,500 employees, including more than 500 technical personnel of various types, with total assets of nearly 1 billion yuan, ranking among the top eight in China's liquor industry. The factory covers an area of ??1.3 million square meters, has multiple mechanized production lines and a large-capacity wine storage warehouse of 20,000 tons, with an annual production capacity of 50,000 tons. The main product, Shuanggou Daqu, has a clear and transparent color, rich cellar aroma, sweetness and long aftertaste. It has been famous in Jianghuai and Jiuzhou since ancient times. As early as 1910, it won the gold medal at the Nanyang Entrepreneurship Conference and was named the number one international wine. In the 4th and 5th National Wine Appraisal Conference in 1984 and 1989, it was rated as "National Famous Wine" and won a gold medal. The high-end innovative product Shuanggou Zhenbaofang series liquor has pioneered the free blending of Chinese liquor. In 2007, the company's sales exceeded the 1 billion yuan mark, and in 2008, sales revenue reached 1.5 billion yuan, setting a new record high. Sales revenue in 2009 was 2.5 billion yuan, and Shuanggou Zhenbaofang's single product revenue is expected to exceed 700 million yuan. At present, Shuanggou Liquor Industry has developed into a modern large-scale enterprise integrating science, industry and trade, and has always maintained a leading position among famous liquor companies in the country.
On the morning of November 29, 2010, the foundation stone was laid for the 40,000-ton raw wine project in Shuanggou Liquor Industrial Park, marking another major breakthrough for Shuanggou Liquor Industry in terms of production capacity. Shuanggou is an ancient town in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River in my country. Shuanggou is located in the hinterland of Sizhou. "The terrain is vast, the river is wide, the branch port flows smoothly, and there is no risk of Yongsai conflict. It is in the middle and controls the Huaihu Lake." . Huaiping County was established here during the Han Dynasty, so it was called Huaiping Town. After many years of ups and downs, due to the Yellow River's long-term southward flow to capture the Huaihe River, the tail end of the Huaihe River was silted up, and Hongze Lake flooded and overflowed, submerging the town. In addition, the town's unique terrain caused the east and west sides of the town to be washed away by floods. It formed two big ditches, so in the Ming Dynasty, people called it Shuangxi Town. Because the creek was a ditch, the governor of Sizhou Prefecture, Rujiu, renamed it Shuanggou Town, which has been followed to this day.
The unique geographical environment has created a long history of Shuanggou wine making. According to the records of "Sihong Hezhi", Shuanggou wine industry was founded in 1732 (the tenth year of Yongzheng reign of Qing Dynasty) and it has been nearly 10 years since its establishment. 300 years of history. In the long history, Shuanggou Liquor Industry has accumulated profound cultural heritage. First of all, there are many beautiful legends about Shuanggou wine circulating among the people. The most widely circulated ones are "Qu Ge Liquor Girl", "The Legend of Divine Come Liquor Mother" and so on. Ancient and modern literati, generals, and scholars also left moving poems about Shuanggou wine, such as Su Dongpo, Wang Anshi, He Zhu, Chen Shidao, Lin Bu, Mei Shengyu, etc. in the Song Dynasty, Huang Zhouxing, Qi Wei, He Jingming, etc. in the Ming Dynasty. Hu Yan, Zhang Heng, contemporary Chen Yi and his son, Ye Shengtao, Lu Wenfu, Chen Dengke, Ru Zhijuan, Lu Yuan, Zou Difan, etc., in many beautiful poems, Shuanggou wine has been fragrant every day for thousands of years.
The geographical coordinates of Shuanggou are 33°12′ north latitude and 118°10′ east longitude. It is located at the junction of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces in the Huaihe River system. Chinese ancient books and documents contain rich records of the humanities, geography, products and human activities in the Huaihe River Basin, which gave rise to the Huaihe Culture and became part of the Chinese national culture. In the Song Dynasty of my country, the liquor industry flourished in Shuanggou area. "History of the Song Dynasty" records: "Sizhou water, the city is in ruins, Tao tried his best to protect it, and the imperial edict favored his work. He became the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Household Affairs. The capital assigned music to the wine, and the person had a permanent residence, no matter whether he sold it or not. Or they can pay for it by expropriating their income. If they ask for it, they can sell it according to the amount of music they use."
During the Xining period of the Song Dynasty (1068-1085), Sizhou wine was sold. The tax amount reached "more than 100,000 yuan." Liquor lessons became the main pillar of local government tax revenue at that time. "Tiangong Kaiwu" written in the Song Dynasty said: "Most of the Yan and Qihuang wine yeast medicines were made from Huai County and were recorded in Zhouchebei City." It is enough to see the prosperity of the wine industry in the Song Dynasty.
"Hanshu" records: "Linhuai County was established in the sixth year of Yuanshou by Emperor Wu. Mang said it was Huaiping." Huai County is Huaiping. Today's Shuanggou Town, Sihong County. According to the Records of Wine Names of the Song Dynasty, it was named "Sizhou Sujiu", and the "Sujiu" produced at that time was famous far and wide. Su Dongpo has a poem that says: "The king is sharing crispy wine in the middle of the night, which makes his wife and children burst into laughter." Cheng Gai, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote in the lyrics and music of "Zhu Yingtai": "A small red mud courtyard with deep green curtains. The crisp wine in the Chu Ding smoked furnace is soft, but the east wind outside the door is cold." There are also poems and poems in the "Partridge Sky·Shangyuan Ci" written by an unknown person at the same time: "Climb back to the road, listen to the singing sheath, and then give the crisp wine to the officials." . "Kangxi Dictionary" notes: "Su" is pronounced "Su". The "Records of the Phenomenon of Things: Ministry of Food and Drink" compiled by Su Dongpo in the 12th century AD also recorded: "When boiling taro, boil it with ashes to make it sour." "Su" is used the same as "su".
"Sihong Hezhi" and "Sizhou Zhi" of the Qing Dynasty record: "The rice is most used for food and wine, and it is used as fuel if it is not used. Sihong is like this." "Si County Chronicles" of the Republic of China records: "There are twelve Daqu shops and more than 70 small wine shops in urban and rural areas of the liquor industry. They can make about one million kilograms of wine every year and sell it for about 150,000 yuan. Shuanggou Daqu, according to good drinkers The author said that it should be regarded as the best in the country. "According to the modern "Sihong County Chronicles", "In the 10th year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1732), there was a man named He from Menggao Village, Taigu County, Shanxi Province, who saw that Shuanggou had good water and rich crops. In 1910, Shuanggou Daqu was rated as the No. 1 international famous wine at the Nanyang Industry Encouragement Conference held in the late Qing Dynasty. Sujiu has been among China's famous wines since the Song Dynasty. After the establishment of Quande Zhaofang, the brewing technology has become increasingly mature, and the He family's old five rice steamers method has been continued to this day. The winemakers say: "Shuanggou glutinous red beams are sifted into the winery; the stone mill grinds the grain and then shakes it finely. Barnyard bran; mixed with cooked fermented grains; stirred up the fire in the pot and steamer; steamed and boiled, watching the wine to get the best wine" is a craft poem. There is also a formula-like Three-Character Sutra in the fermented fermented grains: "First 30%, then 30%; steam on the Zhen to see the wine; then cool down and add koji; add water and add auxiliary materials; ferment in the tank and return to the vat to ferment. "In terms of the craftsmanship of making quji blanks: 200 new wheat straws are used to moisten the Huaihe River, and a layer of wet reed mats is laid, and the doors and windows are sealed; the moisture is released in three days, and the quji is turned once, and once in the second day, it reaches the quhuo stage. There are five stages of mildew, damp fire, big fire, back fire, and leaving the room. The koji is cured at medium temperature for 30 days and at high temperature for 45 days. After the finished koji is stored in the warehouse for 6 months, it is used exclusively for brewing.
Today, the ancient cellar site of Shuanggou in the Qing Dynasty is still well preserved, with an area of ??about 1,800 square meters. The ancient cellar, which has been in continuous use for nearly three hundred years, is still brewing "Sujiu". It is synthesized from a series of traditional crafts retained by the "Sizhou Sujiu" of the Song Dynasty and the "Shuanggou Daqu" of the Qing Dynasty. Its typical style is representative of the strong aroma type, with "rich cellar aroma, sweetness and sweetness, harmonious fragrance, The characteristic of "the tail is net and long".