In its early days, the Kinmen Distillery produced only 50,000 liters of kaoliang a year. Little of this production made it to Taiwan because many of the soldiers based on Kinmen were dedicated tipplers from northern China. The kaoliang that did make it to Taiwan was very expensive, making it still more precious in the eyes of Taiwan's tipplers.
金門酒廠初期年產僅五萬公斤，戰地將士許多又為喜飲烈酒的北方人，能運到台灣的不多，故非常珍貴，是飲君子眼中的寶。