Chinese liquor

[fynoda]

Hi everyone.

Perhaps one of you can help me. I'm looking for information on three Chinese liquors I found in a story:

Paichu

Raochu

Shoukoushu

1) Do they exist?

2) How do you write their names in hanzi?

3) Would anyone be willing to recommend/know a good brand or a company that makes it?

Google is providing little help.

Thank you^^

[flameproof]

I think there are some romanization problems. #1 looks like 白酒 / BaiJiu to me.

[roddy]

They don't look like very plausible names for Chinese drinks to me. Where's the story?

Ah, hang on, if the romanisation is off, could be 白酒 and . . . 热酒？

[fynoda]

The first one sounds correct. This was in a Japanese manga, which takes place in China. One of the pieces of merchandise for the series has the recipe for one of the character's favorite drinks on it. It's quite possibly that "ba" and "pa" got mixed up, as they're very close in Japanese.

I found some place selling Raochu, if that helps:

http://www.bestspirits.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=53 (ctrl f Raochu)

The S one appears to be a type of rice wine.

[gougou]

Some googling reveals:

白酒 - Paichu

老酒 - Raochu

绍兴酒 - Shoukoushu

Mostly found on Japanese pages about Chinese alcohol, so I guess it's a Japanese romanization system.

[lzreading]

I thought Shoukoushu was 漱口水

[fynoda]

Thank you for the help! I found a liquor store in Chinatown, and am off to hunt today.