


Beishan Jiujing
Beishan Jiujing The first winemaker of China was the legendary Du Kang who lived during the reign of the Yellow Emperor Huangdi, approx. 2600 B.C. The earliest known scientific description on rice wine production in China is the Beishan Jiujing in the North Mountain...
Du Kang – About China’s oldest liquor
Du Kang – About China’s oldest liquor “At sunset I sit in front of my door, a glass in my hand, and I feel like a god” is a Chinese saying depicting the love of Chinese people to enjoy to glass of Báijiǔ alone under the blossoming trees in the...
Brunschwig’s Influential Distilling Book
Brunschwig’s Influential Distilling Book The book ‘Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus’ is also called the ‘small distilling book’. It was written by the German surgeon Hieronymus Brunschwig (ca. 1450 to 1512/13). It was first...
Women in early distilling
Women in early distilling Happy International Woman’s Day 2022 The first two named distillers are both women! Tapputi-Belatekallim who lived around 1200 BC in Babylon, Mesopotamia was the first in history to own a still (that she used for perfume distilling)....