After everyone heard this, they began to discuss it in various ways.
"That's right. We newcomers have just come into contact with brewing. It's normal for us to be slow. If the old employees try to reward internal digestion, then we will definitely lose."
"Oh my gosh, I don't want to be the worst of the bunch and hang on the wall."
After hearing this, Hu Changan also smiled slightly.
He had already expected this and had already thought of countermeasures.
"Everyone, you are free to form teams, but each team can only have one old craftsman."
At present, breweries are mainly staffed by new employees.
Hu Changan calculated that one old employee would lead three new employees, which would be enough points.
Everyone saw this and nodded with satisfaction.
This seems relatively fair.
Moreover, free team formation can also ensure that teammates are people who get along well with each other on weekdays, which is more conducive to cultivating team chemistry.
Seeing that the grouping problem was solved, Hu Changan planned to show everyone the process of making rum again.
After all, rum has not yet been promoted on a large scale in the market. Except for a few people in the Hu Mansion, most people have never even heard of rum, let alone brewing it.
Hu Changan felt that it would be better to demonstrate the brewing process to everyone in person so that he could rest assured.
When the craftsmen heard this, they were all stunned.
They came here thinking they would just produce traditional rice wine and liquor, but they didn't expect that this young master would actually demonstrate a new brewing method to them?
This young master has thin arms and legs, is that okay?
All the old craftsmen looked at Hu Changan with suspicion.
This suspicion became more intense when they saw Hu Changan take out a bag of sugarcane bagasse and pour it into the pole.
They had only heard of using grain to make wine, but they had never seen one using sugarcane bagasse to make wine.
When Hu Changan transported bagasse from outside, they all thought that bagasse was just fuel and had no idea of using bagasse as a raw material for wine making.
Can I drink the wine made from this?
One of the old craftsmen couldn't help but raise doubts: "Master Hu, are you sure you are making wine? Doesn't wine need to use grain? How about you just use this sugarcane bagasse, or I can help you."
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No wonder this old craftsman is so confident.
His ancestors have been in the brewing business for generations, and the wine he brews is praised by people from all over the country.
Based on the old craftsman's many years of experience in the brewing industry, he didn't think Hu Changan could brew any fine wine.
Seeing this, the other old craftsmen also put forward their own opinions.
"Master Hu, I wonder where you got this brewing method? You'd better let us experienced people do it."
"I have been making wine for decades, but I have never heard of wine being made from sugarcane bagasse. Master Hu, are you afraid you have been deceived?"
"It's okay. Even if you are cheated, this bagasse is not worth much, so don't worry about it."
Looking at the concerned eyes of the craftsmen, Hu Changan also couldn't laugh or cry.
These old gentlemen really regarded him as a junior who was inexperienced in the world.
"It's okay, this sugarcane bagasse can indeed make wine, just watch." Hu Changan replied confidently.
Looking at Hu Changan's confident eyes, everyone had no choice but to return to their original positions.
However, most of them still don't believe it.
When Hu Changan saw this, he also smiled slightly.
Although these ancient people knew how to make wine, they did not know the principles of wine making.
Winemaking is the process of converting starch in grain into wine.
Starch will first be converted into fermentable sugars under the action of various biological enzymes, and then the sugars will be metabolized by microorganisms to produce alcohol.
Although there is no starch in bagasse, there is sugar directly in bagasse!
Alcohol can be produced directly from sugar. It does not need to be converted into sugar and then into wine like starch. It not only saves time, but also is more convenient to operate.
Of course, direct explanation is useless.
After all, these ancient people never systematically studied physical and chemical knowledge. Without a certain foundation, no matter how they explain it, it is meaningless.
As the saying goes, hearing is false and seeing is believing. Hu Changan is going to show everyone today that wine can be made from sugarcane bagasse!
Hu Changan put the sugarcane bagasse in the brewing tank, then added water and yeast, stirred it gently, and closed the lid.
"Everyone, this rum has been made. All we need to do is place it in a ventilated place to ferment for a day and night."
The novices didn't think it was anything, but the old craftsmen were shocked when they heard this.
Isn't this young master too casual?
You don’t even add the koji, don’t heat it, just drink it together?
To make ordinary rice wine, you need to steam the rice first, then add the koji to ferment it, and then wait another week.
How come this young master can brew wine just by stirring it gently?
He also said that it only needs to be left for a day and a night? How is that possible?
Looking at the surprised and uncertain eyes of everyone, Hu Changan did not explain too much. He just smiled and said: "Everyone, don't be anxious. We will see the results at this time tomorrow."
Looking at Hu Changan's confident look, no one could dampen his enthusiasm.
After all, Hu Changan is the boss who pays the money, so he cannot offend his boss no matter what.
So everyone had no choice but to move the big wine vat into the house and wait for it to ferment.
Seeing that everything was settled, Hu Changan got on his horse and left directly.
He had to go to court tomorrow, so he had to go back early to catch up on his sleep.
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The next day, everyone opened the wine jar hesitantly.
Almost no one believed that this young master could make wine.
Sure enough, when the lid was opened, the water inside was still crystal clear and didn't look like wine at all.
You should know that in Daming, the wine produced was often turbid.
Everyone looked at the crystal clear liquid and couldn't help laughing.
"This young master, even though he is young, still has very little experience. Isn't he being deceived?"
"That's right, how could such a clean liquid be wine?"
"I said, how can you make wine from sugarcane bagasse? If you can even make wine from sugarcane bagasse, then I'm afraid all the skills I've learned over the years have been in vain."
However, just as everyone was making fun of it, people who had worked in Hu Changan's house had different opinions: "Don't just talk about it. If it's wine, you'll know after you taste it."
That man had helped Hu Changan brew rum before, and the brewed liquor was as clear as water.
So the man thought that maybe the thing in the vat was really wine. This chapter has been completed!