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Byejoe

Brand of baijiu

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 17, 2025
Entity authorityQ19839936
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byejoe is a baijiu (Chinese: 白酒; pinyin: báijiǔ) brand produced and marketed by byejoe USA, headquartered in Houston, Texas. Baijiu is the national spirit of China. It literally means "white spirit" or "white wine", and is the most consumed spirit in the world by volume. byejoe is the first widely marketed baijiu in the United States specifically targeting the western consumer.

About Baijiu

Baijiu signifies a wide variety of all Chinese spirits. It is typically distilled from sorghum or wheat, but can also be made from corn, barley, oak, or peas. Baijius can range from 30% ABV to 60% ABV, and are typically classified by aroma category: light, strong, sauce, or rice aroma.

Baijiu has been an integral part of Chinese drinking culture for thousands of years and is always served with meals, included in celebrations, and consumed when conducting business negotiations. According to data from the International Wine & Spirit Research Group, baijiu is by far the world's largest spirit category, with 11 billion liters of baijiu consumed in 2012, accounting for one-third of the alcohol consumed in the world.

About byejoe

byejoe is a light aroma baijiu distilled from 100% red sorghum.

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