Cultivating distiller's yeast is a delicate job. Yang Yanrong thought that he did not have the patience, so he taught Chen Nan the method. Of course, this kind of distiller's yeast is different from the current popular distiller's yeast, which involves cultivating microorganisms. In the past few days, Yang Yanrong has brought several
All the juniors stayed in Chen Chong's winery to help. After all, some physical work had to be done by men. Yang Yanrong seemed to have become a general, and he was really handy when he ordered the juniors. After all, the high salary was there.
Well, if anyone doesn't do his or her best, then I'm sorry, just do whatever you have to do.
Yang Ye would come over as soon as he finished attending court. After all, the moment to witness a miracle was coming, and no one wanted to see this magical brewing method.
The special fermentation barrel was specially made by Yang Yanrong. There are many skilled craftsmen in the capital. As for the distillation equipment, Yang Yanrong drew the pictures himself and made a distiller with a sealing performance much higher than the current one. Due to the lack of stainless steel, it had to be withdrawn.
The next best thing is to use an extra large clay pot. Even if it is burned with a fierce fire underneath, there will be no problem. For this trial brewing, Yang Yanrong bought 5,000 kilograms of grain, and even the water used for brewing was used.
It is high-quality mountain spring water, transported from ten miles away. If the 70% wine yield rate mentioned by Yang Yanrong can be calculated, more than 3,000 kilograms of wine can be brewed this time.
After the initial preparations over the past few days, all the equipment is in place. This is Yang Yanrong's first time making wine, but he is very familiar with the craft of making wine. Even so, he must strive for perfection, and every big vat must be carefully inspected.
Check to see if there are any cracks, and even touch every pipe as small as possible to see if it meets the requirements of the craftsmanship. Looking at the fifty large pottery pots placed in the big yard, Yang Yanrong issued an order
The order was given to light the fire and start distillation. The fifty workers invited started to light the fire calmly.
"Master, do you think Brother Yang can really make wine?" Ke'er asked the master worriedly: "If you mess up, your hard work will be in vain."
Yu Chu cooed at Yang Yanrong, then turned around and stared intently at the so-called still in front of him, and said softly: "You can tell by looking at his appearance. What will he do if he is not sure?"
"That's right!" Ke'er pursed her lips and smiled secretly.
The brothers of the Yang family were also whispering quietly, and were extremely curious about this kind of distilling equipment that they had never seen before. Everyone had a question in their mind: Can wine be brewed from the bottom?
After a long wait of three or four hours, clear wine finally slowly flowed out of the tube made of moso bamboo tubes, and the faint aroma of wine came, giving a very comfortable feeling.
"Do you smell it? This wine smells so good!" Yang Yansi, the seventh man, became excited and quickly ran over to pick up a bottle of wine with a grapevine and tasted it.
"Lao Qi, how do you feel? Does it taste good?" Yang Yanguang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said eagerly: "Quick, give me a taste."
"Master brother, what kind of wine is this? It's as light as water, I can't drink it!" Yang Yansi pursed his lips and spat it out in one gulp.
"Isn't it? Is there such a thing?" All the brothers stepped forward to grab the grapes and taste them. Sure enough, this was not wine at all, it was clearly water that smelled of wine.
"Did it fail?" Sang Yuchu's heart skipped a beat, but after taking a look at Yang Yanrong, who was still acting as if nothing had happened, he calmed down again.
"Master, what should I do? Brother Yang failed to make wine!" Ke'er became anxious and shook his master's arm and said, "Master, please think of a solution quickly."
Sang Yuchu touched Ke'er's head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, maybe things will turn around. Didn't you see that he was calm and relaxed there? Even Uncle Chen and Nan Nan haven't said anything yet.
What, let’s read it slowly. I think there will be results soon.”
I saw Chen Nan covering the full bottle of wine with a lid. Before she could tell her, the seven wolves of the Yang family rushed up and helped carry it aside.
"Master, what is Nan Nan doing? This has failed, is it still useful to build it?" Ke'er was confused.
"You are so impatient!" Yuchu smiled but stopped talking.
Ke'er stuck out her little tongue, feeling very anxious, fearing that Brother Yang would fail in making wine this time. Soon, the jars of wine were sealed and carried to the house for storage.
Seeing this scene, the people around were secretly surprised. What kind of song was this? The wine had been brewed and tried. It was obvious that the brewing had failed, so why were you pretending to do it?
"Eighth Young Master, I am completely convinced!" Chen Chong looked at the dozens of bottles of fifty kilograms of wine placed in the room, his face flushed with excitement, and he cupped his hands towards Yang Yanrong and said: "No more, no less, exactly three
Thousands and five hundred kilograms, and as expected, the wine yield rate is really frighteningly high."
"Haha." Yang Yanrong smiled and said: "The 70% wine yield is not bad. The main reason is that the sealing performance of the equipment is not up to standard. Otherwise, it could be 10% more."
"Brother, is this wine you are brewing?" Yang Yansi looked at the two people chatting and laughing, and said in confusion: "I have tasted it, and it is very light. Is this really wine?"
Chen Chong laughed loudly and said: "Seventh Young Master, if you say this, you must not know how to make wine. The wine that has just been brewed has a very high temperature, and the fire property has not faded away. It only needs to be sealed and stored for a period of time.
As time goes by, the wine's mildness and fire properties have decreased. If you try it again, you will know why we said this. Regarding the Eighth Young Master, I, Chen Chong, am not only convinced, but also convinced."
Yang Yanrong smiled and said: "Uncle Chen, don't worry, this is the first process that has been completed, and there are still four distillations. Let's try the wine then."
"Okay, I haven't said anything yet. I, Chen Chong, will be the first to support what the Eighth Young Master wants to do." Chen Chong was really convinced of the Eighth Young Master. He said that the alcohol production rate was 70%, which was absolutely true.
Yang Yanrong asked the workers to carry 3,500 kilograms of wine and pour it into the prepared distiller. He repeated this four times. Finally, more than 2,800 kilograms of wine with a warm smell came out.
This time Yang Yanrong had people bury the wine deep into the ground.
"The wine is finally brewed!" Ten days later, when Yang Yanrong asked someone to take out the wine buried in the ground, he sighed: "The hard work of nearly half a month has been rewarded with more than 2,000 kilograms of good wine. It is worth it.
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Chen Chong nodded in sympathy and said: "The essence of grains is concentrated into wine. It is not easy, it is not easy!"
Yang Yanrong looked at the people standing in the courtyard full of expectant faces and said loudly: "Open the altar and taste the wine."