Producer
Beijing Red Star
Beijing Red Star (紅星) is a historic Beijing brand best known for producing baijiu in the Erguotou style. It is recognized as one of the most representative brands of Beijing's distilled spirits heritage and markets a range of traditional distillates, including modern labels aimed at export.
- Beijing · Beijing Municipality · China
- Since 1949
- 1 product
The story
The company is linked to the tradition of Erguotou production in Beijing; the origins of the modern brand are connected to facilities established around 1949 and the company has historically been associated with promoting the product as a local specialty. In recent years the company has maintained its presence on the domestic market and consolidated a portfolio that includes both everyday drinking bottles and variants with stated aging indications.
Production philosophy
It focuses on transmitting the local Beijing Erguotou production tradition, emphasizing 'pure-grain' production and the preservation of handed-down techniques, while also introducing products designed for modern and international markets.
Territory
Beijing and surrounding areas of China, with commercial visibility also in foreign markets through distributors and specialist shops.
Production method
Production is based on the Erguotou tradition: solid-state fermentation (solid fermentation) and distillation with fractional collection of heads/heart/tails, in line with traditional Beijing baijiu practices. The company applies processes recognized as 'pure-grain' for this typology.
Distillation
Solid-state fermentation (固态发酵) followed by traditional distillation with separation into fractions (practice of 'taking the heart' typical of the Erguotou technique).
Ageing
Most products are offered as young/'clear' spirits, but there are also commercially marketed expressions labeled as '陈酿' (e.g. packages indicated as 8 years) that undergo a period of maturation before bottling.
Characteristics
- Type
- Producer
- City
- Beijing
- Categories
- baijiu (Erguotou)
- Chinese distillates
- traditional Beijing liquors
- distillate
- Raw materials
- sorghum (kaoliang)
- water
- cereals (e.g. barley / wheat)
- legumes used for fermentation (e.g. peas)
- Representative products
- Red Star Erguotou (二锅头)
- Nuwa Baijiu 50cl - The Emperor's Distillate - Beijing Red Star
What makes it distinctive
- Historic Beijing brand associated with the Erguotou tradition
- Production declared according to the 'pure-grain' principle for many labels
- Beijing Erguotou production technique recognized at an institutional level as traditional heritage