Rebirth from Another World: Creating a Happy Life

Leaving the sales of Bobo chicken and skewered sizzling bird's eggs to Daban, Xiaoban and Angel, Xu Zheng's attention returned to winemaking again.

Among the types of wine currently brewed, beer is the most troublesome in the entire fermentation process. This thing is not like the fermentation of other types of wine. It is more troublesome in the early stage and requires more hands and feet. Once it is put into the fermentation process,

Just pay attention to the fermentation temperature. The fermentation process of beer is completed in three steps: pre-fermentation, main fermentation and post-fermentation. Especially when there is no native beer fermentation yeast and only Laobangjia koji is used for fermentation.

It is also important to pay attention to the entire fermentation process.

The pre-fermentation takes half a day to a day. During this period, Laobang and Barlow were waiting for the whole process and it was completed. During the period when Xu Zheng's Bobo Chicken and Teppanyaki Skewers were selling well, the beer was undergoing the main fermentation.

Lucina became a sounding board at this time, reporting the fermentation status of the beer to Xu Zheng the next day.

The total number of worts obtained at the beginning was 12 vats. After one day of pre-fermentation, white foam began to appear on the liquid surface, and the volume of the wort showed an obvious tendency to increase. Xu Zheng divided the worts into 17 vats again.

The wort after initial fermentation. Each of the 17 wine tanks is not full, only about two-thirds of the volume is filled, in order to prevent the loss of wine juice due to fermentation. The 17 tanks of wort are pre-fermented.

Transitioning to the main fermentation, the white foam on the liquid surface becomes more and more day by day. On the 3rd day, the foam reaches the maximum amount. After another 3 days or so, the foam gradually decreases, close to the appearance of the previous fermentation and just entered the main fermentation. The entire main fermentation

The process was completed. At this time, Xu Zheng asked Carlo and others to help him take the wine jar to the courtyard to cool down. After another two days, he opened the wine jar and tasted the beer.

Obviously, the task of wine tasting is most suitable for Lao Bangga and Barlow. You must know that Xu Zheng slept in a hospital bed for 147 years in his previous life. He only relied on absorbing knowledge from the Internet, so he knew a lot about winemaking and was very familiar with winemaking.

I'm not good at tasting wine, so I didn't join in and mix it up. Instead, I stood aside and watched Old Banga and Barlow each take a cup, pour some out, take a sip, and then close their eyes and act like gods.[

"How is it?" Xu Zheng asked. It would be false to say that he is not nervous. From theory to practical operation is a qualitative leap. It is not easy to transform from theory to brewing actual things. Xu Zheng is also worried about whether the beer can be successful.

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Lao Bangjia tasted it for a long time before saying: "It already smells of wine. There is also the aroma of malt. It is refreshing and delicious. It is a good thing!"

Barlow said: "It has a bitter taste of hops. But it doesn't taste bad, but it tastes good. This kind of bitterness is a bit strange, as if without it, it would be less beautiful. It really makes people look forward to it.

What will it taste like after it’s fully fermented?”

Hearing this, Xu Zheng was relieved, and it seemed to be a success. Xu Zheng said: "Strictly speaking, the wort that has gone through the main fermentation is not beer, it can only be called fermentation liquid. When you drink it, you can feel the mellow and soft taste.

It has a malty aroma, so it can also be called tender beer. Real beer is not completed until post-fermentation. I bet that the tender beer that has undergone post-fermentation is definitely a completely different thing from the current tender beer.

You will be surprised when that happens.”

Old Banga asked: "How to carry out post-fermentation?"

Xu Zheng said: "What we have to do now is to filter these young beers through cotton cloth to remove all impurities and sediments, then use pumice to finely filter them, and finally bottle them, seal them, and let them live for 10 to 15 days. Aris continent's The first batch of beer has just arrived!" Hastily scratched his scalp again and said, "Sorry, all the bottles seem to be used up. Where can I find so many bottles now? Grandpa Banga, do you still have them?"

Barlow said: "Leave this matter to me. I have a lot of bottles (,16,n is the fastest updated) there. How many do they cost?"

Xu Zheng frowned, looked at the 17 wine tanks in the courtyard, and said, "I can't estimate it. Grandpa Barlow, how many do you want?"

Barlow broke off a wooden branch and reached into the wine vat to test the depth of the wine. After a while, he said: "I estimate that one vat will require about 60 bottles. How many bottles can be filled? If it is not full, more bottles will be needed. many."

Xu Zheng said: "It can be filled up, just leave a little gap. The bottle must be strong."

"Why?" Barlow asked.

Xu Zheng said: "Because this is a kind of foam wine, and our method is to use local methods. The final fermentation is completed in the bottle. During this process, the volume of the beer will expand, and the bottle will not be strong enough and will explode. "

Bubble wine? Isn't wine with bubbles always considered to be inferior? However, he has also tried young beer. Although it is still a semi-finished product, its unique flavor can already be roughly reflected. It is impossible for such a wine to be inferior after being drunk. . Then why do you say it is bubble wine? Turning to look at Xu Zheng, seeing the latter's confident look, Barlow could only suppress his curiosity and save it until he tried it later. He hurriedly went out to collect the bottles.

Seeing Barlow go out, Xu Zheng smiled at old Bangga and said, "Grandpa Bangga, let your grandson use it."

During this time, Lao Bangjia saw many novel skills at Xu Zheng's place. He was very happy and became very close to Xu Zheng. When he heard what he said, he joked with Xu Zheng: "What are you going to do? Use my grandson to make wine? A few days ago I also heard that you are going to use fatty pork, but my grandson is just a bag of bones and can’t help you much. Hahaha.”

Xu Zheng was also happy and said: "How dare I? Grandpa Bangga, your grandson used it to make me brew like this. Where can I find a grandson to compensate you?"

Old Bangga said with a smile: "You can compensate me. Having a grandson like you is a hundred times better than my grandson. He also said that I will pass on my wine-making skills to little Bangga. With a grandson like you, When the time comes, I'm afraid it will be passed down from grandson to grandpa, and there is no need for me to pass it on to you."

Xu Zheng felt a chill in his heart, old man, you are taking advantage of me... one grandson at a time. However, it seemed that it was not inappropriate for Old Banga to be his grandfather at his age, so Xu Zheng could only laugh dryly and let Old Banga take advantage, saying He said: "Yes, yes. Grandpa Banga, you are right. Can we not talk about this?"

Old Banga was even more happy when he saw Xu Zheng's deflated look. This brat was usually very tough, so it seemed like he was having fun taking advantage of him. Seeing his pouty mouth, Old Banga stopped teasing him. Said: "Tell me what's going on."[

Xu Zheng said: "I'm not even familiar with the emperor. The last time I asked a blacksmith to help me make the iron plate for Teppanyaki, I asked Angel to do it. To be honest, the craftsman's skills are not very good. Fortunately, I asked the blacksmith to make the iron plate for Teppanyaki." The requirements are not high, so the craftsmanship is not a big deal. But this time this thing cannot be careless, so I want to ask Xiao Banga to take me to find a good blacksmith to make such a thing."

As he spoke, Xu Zheng picked up the branch that Barlow had used before and drew a sketch on the ground. This thing is a steamer with a relatively complicated structure. Because the temperature must be strictly controlled, it has a pot-in-a-pot structure.

The bottom is the part that is in direct contact with the fire for heating. Water can be filled in the middle, and there is a pot in the water. The principle is that water is used as the heating medium and is not directly heated by the flame, which facilitates temperature control. There are also some

Xu Zheng used all the ideas on it and showed them to Lao Bangga. While painting, Xu Zheng was still perfecting his own ideas, so he kept adding components to the original shape.

At first, Old Banga could still understand that it was roughly a pot, but after looking at it for a while, he was already dizzy and said hurriedly: "Stop, stop, stop. Little Banga can't help with this. This thing is too complicated, I suggest

Little Banga will take you. The two of you go to the sharp blade blacksmith shop in the upper city and ask the workers there to make it for you. Don't draw this thing for me, it makes me dizzy. By the way, what is this thing made for?

What are you here for?"

Xu Zheng then remembered that with the current winemaking technology in the imperial capital, all that could be brewed was fruit wine, and grain winemaking had never appeared before. This means that the raw materials for winemaking are obtained through two methods. One is to ferment the wine before fermentation.

The raw juice is processed, such as citrus and other juice-rich wines, and the fruit is directly squeezed to obtain the fermented liquid, which is then fermented to obtain wine. Second, after the fermentation is completed, the source material is pressed to obtain the wine liquid, and the filtration is completed.

After precipitation and other steps, the finished wine is obtained. These two methods reach the same goal by different means, and in the end, the wine after pressing can be obtained. This also means that with the current brewing technology in this alien world, there is only pressed wine, not distilled wine!

Xu Zheng thought about this and his heart was pounding. On the one hand, he lamented that the brewing technology here was backward, even the oldest hometown of liquor, the liquor processing in the Tang and Song Dynasties of ancient China in the galaxy. On the other hand,

I also deeply feel that this is a once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity.

In the imperial capital where the craftsmanship of pressed wine is still very crude, if a new level of distilled wine suddenly appears, what is the concept? Thinking of this, Xu Zheng's heart is pounding!

Feeling that his lips and tongue were dry, Xu Zheng swallowed hard and said: "Grandpa Banga, this thing is also used to make wine. After I make it, I will use it to process wine. How strong the wine will be is up to you.

It’s unimaginable. Now, tell me how to go to Shangcheng District and find that sharp-edged iron shop.”

Old Bangjia looked at Xu Zheng and intuitively realized that this thing must be very important. He couldn't help but become serious. He took out a chip from his arms and handed it to Xu Zheng, saying: "If you want to go to Shangcheng District, you must have someone from Shangcheng District."

Waiting for the resident certificate. I have this thing, and Xiaobangjia also has it. You can take it from me. Then you can show it to the guards guarding the city gate and then you can freely enter and exit the upper city area." After a pause, he said again: "Sharp Blade

The owner of the blacksmith shop is quite annoying, so I will leave it to little Banga to deal with him when the time comes."

Xu Zheng nodded, indicating that he remembered, took the chip from old Bangga, and then waited for old Bangga to find someone to call little Bangga.!~!