Jiza 229 is a new brewing sorghum variety bred by Crop Resources Research Institute, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences. In 2015～2016 regional trials of early spring sowing group of sorghum varieties,the average yield was 10 180.5 kg/ha, which was 22.9% higher than that of the control Aoza No.1, and 11.4% higher than that of the control Siza 25. It has the characteristics of short-stalked, density tolerance, lodging resistance, stress resistance and high starch. The varieties is suitable to be cultured at Songyuan, Baicheng, Changchun, Jilin and Tonghua of Jilin province, the first accumulated temperate zone in Heilongjiang Province, Chifeng and Hohhot of Inner Mongolia.