<p>Scientists have developed a new beer that is inspired by archeological artifacts and recreates the fruity flavours of ancient Chinese alcohols.<br /><br />The beer was named QingMing after the Chinese festival in April and the famous 12th Century scroll by Zhang Zeduan.<br /><br />The Cicago Field Museum displays a 17th Century reproduction of the scroll in its Cyrus Tang Hall of China along with many other Chinese artifacts.<br /><br />Among the artifacts on display at the launch party includes a 18th Century bronze "pitch pot" from Beijing, a popular drinking game.<br /><br />Researchers from the museum and Off Color Brewing - Chicago Brewery - were inspired by the fruits incorporated in making certain Chinese alcohols as well as the mold saccharification of rice, the state-run news agency 'Xinhua' reported.<br /><br />"I have always been interested in mold-based saccharification. It is really fun for us as brewers coming from Western traditions where we use grain-based enzymatic degradation of starch and simple sugars," said John Laffler, from Off Color Brewing in the US.<br /><br />The beer is a modern recreation of Chang and a stronger, drier herbal version of Li, a low alcohol rice or millet-based beer with a flavor profile of peaches and lemon rind with aromas of tea, bubblegum, and sake followed by a complex fruit, herbal, and floral character.<br /><br />The finish, as the alcohol evaporates off the tongue, leaves hints of nectar, honey, and perfumed rice.</p>
<p>Scientists have developed a new beer that is inspired by archeological artifacts and recreates the fruity flavours of ancient Chinese alcohols.<br /><br />The beer was named QingMing after the Chinese festival in April and the famous 12th Century scroll by Zhang Zeduan.<br /><br />The Cicago Field Museum displays a 17th Century reproduction of the scroll in its Cyrus Tang Hall of China along with many other Chinese artifacts.<br /><br />Among the artifacts on display at the launch party includes a 18th Century bronze "pitch pot" from Beijing, a popular drinking game.<br /><br />Researchers from the museum and Off Color Brewing - Chicago Brewery - were inspired by the fruits incorporated in making certain Chinese alcohols as well as the mold saccharification of rice, the state-run news agency 'Xinhua' reported.<br /><br />"I have always been interested in mold-based saccharification. It is really fun for us as brewers coming from Western traditions where we use grain-based enzymatic degradation of starch and simple sugars," said John Laffler, from Off Color Brewing in the US.<br /><br />The beer is a modern recreation of Chang and a stronger, drier herbal version of Li, a low alcohol rice or millet-based beer with a flavor profile of peaches and lemon rind with aromas of tea, bubblegum, and sake followed by a complex fruit, herbal, and floral character.<br /><br />The finish, as the alcohol evaporates off the tongue, leaves hints of nectar, honey, and perfumed rice.</p>