Neat rows of pots storing baijiu with distillery workers holding a demonstration at a table with several glass jugs and shot glasses in the middle. The photo is mostly grayscale, except for the red seals on top of the jars in the middle.

The Largest Spirits Category in the World Comes to America

Quiz: What is the most valuable alcoholic drink brand in the world? And what is the largest spirits category? The...

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Row of Moutai shot glasses in front of a row of Moutai Feitian boxes.

Baijiu: The Most Popular Booze in the World

Don’t know what Baijiu is? Afraid of looking like uncultured swine to the mixologist behind the bar? You’re not...

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Bottle of Shui Jing Fang Wellbay and pink baijiu cocktail with ice and lemon slices placed on a bar counter.

Tasting my first sip of Shui Jing Fang Baijiu at 68 and Boston for Baijiu Cocktail Week

Baijiu? I know. Until only a couple of weeks ago I’d not even heard this name before and if...

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Moutai Feitian being poured into a cocktail shaker.

The first Chinese Baijiu bar opens in the US

Located in New York’s Greenwich Village is Lumos—the first Baijiu focused bar to open in the U.S. Lumos co-owner...

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Two half-filled baijiu shot glasses held beside each other above table of Moutai Feitian bottles.

Toast “Gung Hey Fat Choy” with Baijiu

Every few years, a new product explodes upon the global mixology scene, and bar folks’ ears perk up. A...

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Luzhou Laojiao Zisha Daqu baijiu bottles lined up.

Beginner’s Guide To Spirits

What It Is: China’s national spirit, made from sorghum and various grains in giant earth fermenting pits, aged anywhere...

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Moutai cocktail in front of a carousel.

The world’s most-consumed alcohol: baijiu. Never heard of it? Here’s where to try it in L.A.

At Peking Tavern, a Chinese gastropub in downtown Los Angeles, there’s a section behind the bar devoted exclusively to...

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Pink Baijiu cocktail with mint on top in a whisky glass decorated with painted fowl with mist spilling from the top.

Chinese Liquor Baijiu Takes a Shot at the US Cocktail Scene

Think bourbon is hot? It’s got nothing on baijiu. Yet chances are good you haven’t even heard of baijiu,...

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A small stream of liquid dribbling down the mouth of a diagonally-cut bamboo piece.

Baijiu, the National Drink of China, Heads West

Sam Anderson, the head bartender at Mission Chinese Food in New York, was sitting on a panel of mixologists...

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Rows of terracotta pots for aging baijiu.

Our Favorite Features of 2015 – Serious Eats

I loved contributing writer Angela Tchou’s The Baijiu Riddle, a drinks story that’s also a personal story. Tchou, who...

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Bottle of Shui Jing Fang Wellbay and pink baijiu cocktail with ice and lemon slices placed on a bar counter.

Baijiu: The World’s Most-Consumed Liquor You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of

During the three years I lived in Beijing, I frequently encountered baijiu (pronounced, approximately, “bye, Joe”), the clear spirit...

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Cantaloupe green cocktail in a martini glass topped with white foam and flower petals on a stone table decorated with potted plants.

Enter The Dragon: U.S. Bars Welcome Chinese Spirit Baijiu

The first thing you’ll notice about Lumos, a dimly lit bar in New York’s Greenwich Village that opened this...

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