Confucius Family Liquor

A hard days philosophising gives a sage a big deep thirst, and the best way to slake that thirst is Confucius Family Liquor.


I was hoping that there was something salient in Confucius's Analects about drinking so I could include it here, but the only things I could find says, "Though there might be a large quantity of meat, he would not allow what he took to exceed the due proportion for the rice. It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it."



Hmm, wise advise I imagine. How about the gem "He did not partake of wine and dried meat bought in the market."

Now having been to a Chinese market, I can understand this second one. I have felt that my health was in danger just walking through some of the meat sections in the market. See example below with the meat hanging in the street in Old Town. There were many other carcasses just hanging anywhere, some shared line space with washing and most were covered in flies.

Anyway, this bottle was 500ml, 39% and 16RMB (say, $3 ish Australian). It tasted much like the plum spirit, however without the plum taste. Still, better than some of the wine spirits I have tasted here. All in all not amazing, however the bottle looks cool so much is forgiven. Oh, and drinking a sage's home brand liquor helps you convince yourself that you taste the wisdom in every shot.