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Is Wuliangye's koji made of wheat?
There are five kinds of raw materials for Wuliangye distiller's yeast, namely sorghum, wheat, corn, glutinous rice and peas.

The history of multi-grain solid-state brewing with grain liquid has been passed down for more than 1000 years. The formula is continuously optimized and improved, and five kinds of grain essences are blended. By adopting scientific and reasonable proportioning method, the shortage that other liquors use one or two or three kinds of grains as brewing raw materials is avoided, and the taste of Wuliangye is richer and more comprehensive than other liquors.

Wuliangye, which inherits the essence of Wuliangye, is brewed by a unique ancient method and fermented in old pits. The brewing process is very strict. After years of aging and careful blending, five kinds of grains were carefully selected and finally refined into mellow wine.

Wuliangye history

Wuliangye liquor is the company's leading product, which is brewed with five kinds of refined grains: sorghum, rice, glutinous rice, wheat and corn. It is the first liquor brewed with five grains in the world. The history of multi-grain solid-state brewing has been passed down for more than a thousand years, and multi-grain brewing has been adopted since "Chongbi Liquor" in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

In 765 AD, Du Fu, a great poet, passed by Yibin, where Yang, the local chief executive, gave a banquet in the East Building and entertained him with heavy blue wine. Du Fu was amazed after drinking, and wrote "Rongzhou Yangdonglou Banquet": "The victory is amazing, and the feelings are forgotten." From a geisha, I am very happy to be the master. Spring wine is heavy and litchi is light red. The building is high and melancholy, and the flute has not stopped. "In 782 AD, by the imperial edict of Tang Dezong, Chongqing Bijiu officially became the official exclusive liquor (county brew).

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Wuliangye