According to Liu Jun-nan, head of the Matsu Distillery, liquors from Matsu used to be sold to the Taiwan Tobacco and Wine Board (TTWB), just like liquors from Kinmen, but the quantities were so small that the TTWB marketed it together with other liquors. More often than not it was used as the base for preparing various medicinal concoctions, such as deer-antler liquor.
馬祖酒廠廠長劉潤南解釋，以前馬祖酒也像金門酒一樣賣給公賣局，但因產量不大，公賣局並未單獨行銷，多用來當蔘茸酒等藥酒的基酒。