Special day for Chinese liquor from Beijing to LA, and at home

World Baijiu Day, a Beijing-based campaign to promote appreciation of the Chinese white spiritaround the globe, is actually a weeklong series of events that concludes on Aug 9.

Andrew Chiu and Andrew Wong of LA's Peking Tavern are participating for the second year, witha baijiu night that starts at 9 pm on Aug 5.

"The Andrews" will serve up $7 baijiu cocktails "'til youfeel like you can speak Chinese", including regular-menu items Wong Chiu Punch (baijiu,hibiscus and fresh lemon juice), Peking Coffee (baijiu, coffee and horchata liqueur) and BloodyMei Lee, a baijiu-inspired spin on the Bloody Mary. You can also try the cool combo of Xifengbaijiu with celery juice chaser ($5).

There are dozens of events around the world through Aug 9 (www.worldbaijiuday.com), includinga week of intriguing homemade baijiu infusions — raspberry and Chinese plum — for golden aleat Steve Wang's WE Brewery in Tianjin.

If your calendar is too full to catch any of the fun, China Daily has invited two European bar gurus— who came to Guizhou for a Moutai cocktail event earlier this year — to share their baijiurecipes so you can enjoy them at home.

"Le Beau Voyage is a strong, old-school cocktail," says French mixologist Guillaume Ferroni.

"Iuse Chinese, French and Italian ingredients. Le Beau Voyage (and the use of maraschino cherryliqueur) refers to Marco Polo, who brought back Chinese marvels to Europe. They loved thatstory at Moutai."

Shackler's Revenge, the cocktail created by Dutch bar consultant Ulric Nijs, meanwhile, wasinspired by a Guns N' Roses song.

(CHINA DAILY)