Spirits
Erguotou
二锅头
Beijing, China
Beijing's everyday sorghum baijiu, distilled twice and sold in squat green bottles; sharper and cheaper than Maotai, drunk in thimble-cup toasts.
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What it is
A closer look at Erguotou.
Beijing's everyday sorghum baijiu, distilled twice and sold in squat green bottles; sharper and cheaper than Maotai, drunk in thimble-cup toasts.
What to look for
Know it when you find it.
Ask for the green-bottle xiao fang ping; Red Star 56 percent is the purist pour, Niulanshan 42 percent the easy drinker — room temperature, thimble cups.
Where it belongs
Origins and
traditions.
Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Erguotou.
Beijing, China
Locality-specific tradition
Names around the table
One food, more than one name.
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