The grain output in Dakang was so low that it was difficult for ordinary people to have the opportunity to drink.
Many people go from birth to death without ever tasting a drop of alcohol.
For example, Guan Xiaorou and Runniang, although they know that wine exists, today is the first time they have had such close contact with it since they have grown up.
Tang Dongdong had seen her father and brother drinking when she was a child, but she was too young at that time and had never tasted it.
Among the few people, only Qing Mulan can drink it several times a year.
"Run Niang, go get a few more small bowls and let us all have a taste."
Jin Feng explained.
Runniang quickly ran over and brought a stack of small bowls, and placed one in front of everyone.
Zhou Jin picked up the jar and poured the wine with a wink. When he poured the wine in front of Xiao'e, Jin Feng said:
"Xiao'e is still young and can't drink!"
"Brother-in-law, I want to try it too..."
When Xiao'e heard that others had it but she didn't, she immediately refused and hugged Jin Feng's arm and acted coquettishly.
"Okay, okay, stop shaking. If you shake it any more, you'll knock me out."
Jin Feng rubbed Xiao'e's hair and said with a smile: "Xiao Jin, pour some for her too, just cover the bottom of the bowl."
Xiao'e happily picked up the wine bowl, but seeing that Jin Feng and Qing Mulan hadn't drank yet, she had to endure it.
Guan Xiaorou, Tang Dongdong and Runniang were the same, holding wine bowls and staring at Jin Feng and Qing Mulan.
Qing Mulan, who was in a hurry just now, poured the wine into the bowl, but was not in a hurry to drink it.
He held the wine bowl, pointed it at the candle, observed it for a while, and praised: "Sir, I have drunk a lot of fine wines, but this is the first time I have seen something so clear."
After saying that, he put the wine bowl to his nose and took a sniff: "The fragrance is fragrant but not strong..."
"Stop talking about words, how does it taste?"
Jin Feng urged.
Dakang's brewing technology is backward, so it is inevitable that some residue will precipitate in the wine, and the color will also appear a little turbid.
Therefore, in Dakang wine culture, there is a saying that pure wine is the most valuable.
The clarity of wine is also a very important indicator for Dakang to test liquor. The clearer the wine, the better the craftsmanship and the fewer impurities.
Maozhu is almost synonymous with low-quality wine.
The half-jar of liquor that Jin Feng brought back had been filtered many times and distilled. There was almost no residue and the color of the liquor was almost transparent.
In terms of clarity and turbidity alone, it is definitely the best wine.
But to judge the quality of a wine, color is not the only indicator. The most important thing is the taste.
It's a pity that Jin Feng didn't drink much in his previous life, and he has never had a drink since traveling back in time. He has no way of evaluating the current level of liquor in Dakang, so he can only try it with Qing Mulan, a person who has drank.
“It’s really a sight to behold.”
Qing Mulan picked up the small bowl and took a sip.
After entering the mouth, he did not swallow it immediately, but held it in his mouth and tasted it carefully for a moment, then narrowed his eyes with enjoyment.
"Stop acting like you're in love, it's disgusting. Tell me, how about it?"
Jin Feng urged him again.
However, this time Qing Mulan did not fight back, but praised sincerely:
"The fragrance is sweet and refreshing, the entrance is soft, and the aroma of the wine is pure and does not stick to the throat. If it were not mixed with a trace of unspeakable evil smell, it would definitely be no worse than the imperial wine rewarded in the palace."
"real?"
Jin Feng was a little surprised that Qing Mulan gave such a high evaluation.
"My eldest brother likes to drink, and I have also drank many fine wines from various places over the years. This wine is second only to imperial wine among all the wines I have ever tasted. It can be called a wine of the ages!"
Qing Mulan said with some regret: "It would be perfect if it didn't have that evil smell."
After Jin Feng heard this, he had a relatively clear judgment on Dakang's winemaking level.
As for the evil smell Qing Mulan said, Jin Feng didn't take it to heart at all.
The main purpose of buying wine this time was to make alcohol, so Jin Feng specially reminded Liu Tie that he didn't need to spend more money to buy good wine, just buy some cheap spirits. A little peculiar smell was inevitable.
Next time, if you switch to more expensive spirits and distill them, there should be no more peculiar smell.
Qing Mulan said this wine was so good that the girls were a little tempted.
Xiao'e was the first one not to hold back, and without waiting for Jin Feng's reminder, she drank all the wine in the bowl in one gulp.
But the next second, another squirt came out.
Xiao'e was choked so much that she burst into tears. She ran to the door and held on to the door frame, spitting on the ground.
Guan Xiaorou didn't care about drinking anymore and quickly poured a bowl of water for Xiao'e to rinse her mouth.
After working for a while, Xiao'e finally stopped crying.
"Sister Mu Lan, you are lying!"
Xiao'e's eyes were red, she pointed at Qing Mulan with an aggrieved look and complained: "It's so spicy, it doesn't taste good at all!"
"The first time I drank it, I drank it so hard, it would be strange if I didn't choke."
Qing Mulan was so amused that she laughed, and poured some more into Xiao'e's bowl: "Xiao'e, drink slowly this time and try again!"
"Don't drink!"
Xiao'e angrily pushed the bowl aside: "You are a big liar. I will never play with you again!"
"Yes, she is a big liar. If we don't learn from her, we will never drink again."
Jin Feng was also amused by Xiao'e and put the two chicken legs in the pot into Xiao'e's bowl: "Come, let's eat the chicken legs!"
"My brother-in-law is the best to me!"
Xiao'e finally regained her balance, happily picked up the small bowl, and showed off a chicken leg and waved it in front of Qing Mulan's eyes.
Normally, Qing Mulan would have promised to grab one, but today she was not in the mood to grab anything from Xiao'e and was focused on the wine.
In just a short time, she had already drank two bowls.
Although the small bowl is not big, the two bowls combined weigh almost half a catty.
"No matter how good the wine is, you can't be so greedy, right?"
Jin Feng frowned and reminded: "This wine has a lot of stamina. Tomorrow is the first time for female soldiers to conduct confrontation exercises. Don't be so drunk that you can't get out of bed."
"It's okay, I'll just have another bowl."
Qing Mulan smiled and poured another bowl: "If you want to blame it, blame it, sir. This wine is so good!"
"That's the best you've ever seen."
Jin Feng secretly complained in his heart.
In fact, he also knew that it was not that Qing Mulan had not seen the world, but that Dakang's brewing technology was too backward and could not produce high-quality liquor.
The higher the alcohol content in wine, the more pure the taste will be.
Even if it is Maotai, if the alcohol content is reduced to more than ten degrees by adding water, the taste will not be much better.
Qing Mulan gave this wine such a high evaluation not because of Jin Feng's advanced wine-making skills, but because he stood on the shoulders of giants.
The knowledge in his mind is the result of thousands of years of precipitation on earth's civilization.
In fact, it was the same on Earth in the previous life. Liquor has been developed for thousands of years. It was not until the rise of the Industrial Revolution that more advanced filtration and purification technologies were used to produce high-quality liquor.
There are also new spinning wheels in the textile factory. Jin Feng is very simple to make, but in the history of the earth, it is the result of hundreds of years of evolution and improvement.