Kaoliang
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Kaoliang (Template:Zh-cpw; Taiwanese POJ: kau-liâng-chiú) is a strong distilled liquor, made from fermented sorghum (the name is Chinese for “sorghum”). It is made in the and primarily sold in Taiwan. Kaoliang is an important product of the Taiwanese islands of Kinmen and Matsu.
Trivia
The fictional character Li Kao, from Barry Hughart's award-winning novels Bridge of Birds, The Story of the Stone, and Eight Skilled Gentlemen, is named after kaoliang; his mother died in childbirth while requesting a last drink, and the abbot attending the birth mistook the syllables "Kao...li...kao..." as her intended name for the child. In Bridge of Birds, while telling the story of his birth, Li Kao describes kaoliang as "the finest paint thinner and worst wine ever invented."