Life and Times in the Southern Capital
Chinese Whiskey….
As I was preparing for what I had assumed would be another multi-bottle baijiu evening with the fellas last week, I was pleasantly surprised (and apprehensive) that we were going to veer into the unknown area of a liquor that was new to me. It was referred to as jing jiu and the bottle said Zhong Guo Jiu (i.e. China Liquor), so wasn’t sure what to expect. I was told it was helpful to male virility, but that claim often comes just before I sample something especially horrid.
So, I manned up and toasted the guy across from me, bracing myself for the worst. First impression.. not as bad as baijiu (though nothing else I have drank in my life is worse than baijiu either). Starts off smooth and finished really musky… like Old Spice aftershave musky… though after a few toasts it wasn’t so bad.
Didn’t know it was called Chinese Whiskey until I looked it up online, so maybe that’s not even true. Not sure if the virility claims are true either. Afterward I didn’t go out and hump a bunch of lamp posts or anything, well not any more lamp posts than usual.
Final Verdict: Better than baijiu, drink it if you ever wondered what aftershave tastes like
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about 9 months ago
I saw when I was there – screw top said “scary”, but even more so was the “blue sky” bai chu – they really did a job at making it non copiable, but after all the marketing of the blue bottle, it still tastes like something that belongs in my car – my thought, and we tried this at dinner and the ladies liked it, add fruit juice. I kid you not, it makes it much more drinkable – I like peach juice, orange is entirely to acidic, but it could also be with any other white fruit, like pear, apricot, etc – even apple would work if it is sweet enough. Try it next time – the looks you’ll get will be suprising, but we’re foreigners so we can get away with it, and the ladies will thank you for it.
Best, Vladimir