How much wine can 100 jin sorghum produce? What's the profit from roasting 100 jin of wine? This is closely related to the variety of sorghum, the brewing technique, and the master's proficiency in the technology. How much wine can 100 jin of sorghum produce? Let's find out together!

How to Choose Sorghum for Brewing?

Sorghum is divided into glutinous and nonglutinous varieties based on starch structure.

Low in amylose, high in amylopectin, with moderate levels of protein and tannin, low in fat, and abundant in glassy material,糯高粱 is an excellent raw material for brewing.

In Northeast China, Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Hubei, Gansu, and Xinjiang, the raw material is abundant. When selecting glutinous sorghum, we must choose clean, plump, free of impurities and mold, and freshly harvested glutinous sorghum for brewing.

What are common sorghum brewing techniques?

Commonly used processes for making sorghum wine include solid-state, semi-solid-state, and liquid-state. Solid-state processes are further divided into many types, such as:

Daqu Granule Solid-State Technology, Daqu Crushing Solid-State Technology, Xiaoqu Fragrant Granule Solid-State Technology, Xiaoqu Fragrant Crushing Solid-State Technology... This also involves considerations such as the addition of auxiliary materials, the use of lees, the amount added, whether it's a single distillation or multiple distillations...

Solid-state sorghum brewing technology

How much wine can be produced from 100 pounds of solid-state sorghum? Let's illustrate this with the example of a light and fragrant sorghum wine made with small rice cakes.

With the same brewing techniques, the differences in the selected yeast, the brewer's proficiency in the technology, and the resulting wine's taste and yield can vary greatly.

Using YaDa brewing equipment, yeast, and brewing technology, the alcohol yield of sorghum is 55%-60%. This means that when converted to a 50-degree alcohol content, 100 jin of sorghum produces 55-60 jin of 50-degree alcohol.

Millet Wine Brewing Technology - Saccharification

How much profit can be made from roasting 100 pounds of alcohol?

If we use a 200-jin brewing equipment from Ya Da and traditional techniques to produce traditional sorghum wine in Northeast China, the local sorghum costs 1.5 yuan per jin, and he hires one worker, who earns 2,400 yuan per month.

Sorghum: 200 jin × 1.5 yuan/jin = 300 yuan

Fuel Cost: Coal, wood, gas, etc.: 30 RMB per pot

Yada High-Yield Wine Yeast requires 0.5 kg: 36 yuan/kg × 0.5 kg = 18 yuan

Water Rate: 4 Yuan/ton × 1 ton = 4 Yuan

Labor cost: 80 yuan per day (This fee can be saved if you brew your own wine.)

200 jin sorghum can produce about 110 jin of 50-degree白酒, with the cost of 50-degree sorghum liquor being:

(300+30+18+4+80)/110 = 3.93 yuan, meaning the cost of 50-degree sorghum wine per jin is 3.93 yuan.

Our newly brewed spirits, a 50% alcohol sorghum wine, are priced at 12-15 yuan, with some areas commanding higher prices. If we age the sorghum wine for a period before selling, its value increases by 20-30% annually.