He Changchuan was appointed deputy general manager of Qingyuan Brewery and returned to his starting place.

It is said that it is the deputy general manager, considering the degree of its use, and the position of the general manager is actually vacant.

Wang Yuye temporarily took over the brewery, and after He Changchuan officially took over the brewery from Wang Yuye, he had to carry Qingyuan Beer on his shoulders alone.

Beer is a fast-moving consumer after all, and geographical restrictions are never the biggest limitation, but products, brands and control of channels are.

Brand building and control of channels are controlled by Wang Yuye and He Changchuan, and there is no need to worry about Qi Zheng, the only thing he is interested in is the product.

To put it simply, the process of brewing beer is to first sprout barley, which is rich in amylase, which can hydrolyze starch into simple sugars, this step is called starch saccharification, and the resulting sugary liquid is called "wort". The next step is wort filtration, hops are added to boil, cooling and yeast are added to ferment, and then the beer is filtered.

That is, beer raw materials generally include water, malt, yeast, and hops.

Qi Zheng did not understand the specific production process.

But one thing he is sure of is that only the best quality ingredients can make the best quality beer.

When it comes to the best quality raw materials, Qi Zheng is not afraid.

Among them, malt and hops are both crops, and Qi Zheng cannot make changes in a short period of time.

But the other two ingredients have a lot to offer.

If you want to say which step is the most important in brewing beer, it is, of course, fermentation.

There's a famous saying in the beer world: a brewer doesn't make beer, he just puts all the ingredients together, and the beer comes naturally.

This perfectly illustrates the mystical nature of fermentation.

Yeast is probably the most active flavor ingredient in the brewing process, and it is also probably the most varied ingredient in beer. Yeast combines multiple properties that are difficult for winemakers to control.

As experienced brewers know, you have to be extremely careful with yeast, otherwise the final beer may have an unacceptable flavor.

Yeast strains in beer brewing are mainly divided into El yeast and Lager yeast.

Ale yeast is fermented at the top layer, the fermentation time is short, the fermentation temperature is relatively high, and the typical fermentation temperature of ale beer is 20~22 °C.

Lage's yeast ferments at the bottom with a long fermentation time and a low fermentation temperature, about 7~13 °C.

Now the vast majority of beer in the world is lager because it has a low fermentation temperature, slow fermentation speed, easier to control the quality, and is suitable for mass production.

Qingyuan Brewery did not have its own laboratory before, so it purchased enough inoculated yeast liquor directly from yeast suppliers and inoculated it directly in fermenters, eliminating the need for expansion in the brewery.

The advantage of this is that it is convenient and hassle-free, and the disadvantage is that it is difficult to obtain excellent yeast strains.

Therefore, after acquiring the brewery, Qi Zheng first set up the brewery's own laboratory.

For this reason, Qi Zheng also transferred some people from Jiagu Laboratory to supplement the brewery's laboratory, which made Chen Jianzhang very unhappy.

The laboratory of the brewery is mainly composed of two functions: microbial detection and physicochemical analysis.

Microbiological testing focuses on the cultivation of yeast strains and the quality assurance of yeast and beer.

Physical and chemical analysis includes the detection of raw material components and the analysis of freshness, alcohol and other characteristics of finished beer to ensure the consistency of the quality of each batch of finished beer.

At this time, the role of the spirit array is revealed.

"Green Bamboo Hundred Soul Array (Second Order) Trigger, Main Wood System, Range: Ten kilometers in radius. Effect: Moisturizes, grows. The creature is in the array, as if it was newborn, raising purple flowers, and growing vigorously. ”

At the end of the day, a yeast strain is just a fungus, or a fairly simple fungus.

Under the nourishment of the spirit array, the laboratory unsurprisingly cultivated purebred, healthy, and excellent yeast colonies, and then transferred them to the brewery for expansion.

Aristocrats tend to pursue purebloods, which seems how noble and elegant it seems.

Whether there is any truth in it or not, it is difficult to say.

But pure-bred, healthy, and excellent yeast colonies are like the nobility of yeast, and they are really born noble.

What kind of beer do you want to have? dry or spicy, sweet malt aroma, refreshing or estery aroma......

No problem, with the right adjustments to the recipe, fermentation process or fermentation parameters, the "noble" yeast will satisfy your taste.

So much so that the brewery's craftsmen call it magical.

But Qi Zheng was not satisfied.

He turned his attention to the quality of the water.

The quality of water is an important prerequisite for ensuring the quality and stability of beer.

Large breweries, like mineral water manufacturers, often control the brewing water to a meticulous degree, and each brewery's local water source has undergone hundreds of trace element tests, and the water used in the brewing is strictly selected to meet the standards used in the brewing.

Well, obviously, Qingyuan Brewery is far from a big brewery, so all of the above has nothing to do with it.

There is no way, the congenital deficiency will be made up for the day after tomorrow.

Some time ago, Qi Zheng learned the eighth spirit array.

"Bibo Qinghua Array (Second Order) trigger, main wood water system, range: 20 kilometers in radius. Effect: Clear water, drainage. It can make the spring water clean and drain the water. ”

A rather "watery" spiritual array.

As the name suggests, the "Bibo Qinghua Array" is equivalent to a natural filter, which can filter out impurities in the water source, and at the same time inject balanced and pure mineral components into the water, and the taste is extremely smooth.

Qi Zheng has tested that its filtered water is even better than the most expensive Evian mineral water on the market.

As soon as the test results came out, Qi Zheng fell into deep thought.

Standing at the top of the drinking water contempt chain, Evian mineral water is the rice washing water used by the richest man's son to cook, and it is a high-priced water that non-RMB players dare not experience......

Is it going to be brewed with better water than it is now? And it's a low-to-mid end beer?

Is this a moral degradation or a distortion of human nature?

Well...... This philosophical question is put aside for now, and the truth is to brew a good beer.

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The beer brewed by the combination of excellent yeast and high-quality water is freshly baked and placed in front of everyone waiting to be tasted.

Under the light......

Look at the wine, the white foam is long-lasting and shiny, the liquid color is pale yellow, and the wine is naturally soft and crystal clear......

It looks good......

Wang Yuye said with a slight smile: "Well, this is the boss's masterpiece, please taste it." ”

Everyone laughed, Qi Zheng has been tinkering with improving the quality of beer these days, and everyone is only the boss on a whim.

How can it be so simple to improve the taste of a beer? The boss does not understand the brewing process, and the results can be imagined.

But...... Well, looking at the boss's confident look, if not for the better, at least it won't get worse...... bar.

Qi Zheng looked indifferent, but he "despise" these guys in his heart.

The boss is also something you can see through? If you don't show some real kung fu, you don't know the real strength of the boss.

"Ahem, it still looks good, I'll try it first. The old factory director was the most steady, he first picked up the beer in front of him and took a sip.

"Huh?" the old director's eyes widened, squinting at the beer in his glass, and then took another sip.

When everyone saw the reaction of the old factory director, they looked at each other, looking a little interesting......

They couldn't help but be curious, so they picked up their wine glasses.

"Huh......"

"Ho ......"

"Gurgling ......"

Aromatic in the mouth......

The foam is fine and clear......

Smooth and lightweight......

Refreshing ......

Wine!

He Changchuan is the most knowledgeable person, and he didn't care about slapping his face, he immediately realized the key.

"Boss, how much will it cost to produce beer of this quality?"

Qi Zheng dusted off his sleeves and wrote lightly: "It's very little." ”

The rebirth of the water source is difficult to explain, Qi Zheng only improved the yeast strain on the surface, and the investment is really not worth mentioning.

"Okay!" He Changchuan patted his thigh, "The quality of this beer is definitely comparable to those high-end beers, and now we have a lot of chances of winning." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Low cost, high quality, this is simply the dream product of all businessmen.

The old factory director was even more sipping while squinting and thinking about the re-emergence of Qingyuan Beer.

He Changchuan couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and he asked: "This beer, we launched it as a high-end brand, right?"

Qi Zheng shook his head.

He Changchuan was stunned.

Qi Zheng sighed and said, "Lao He, you don't know our business, farming is our forte." The ingredients used in this beer are still ordinary varieties. When our own barley and hops are grown, you will know what is truly high-end. ”

He Changchuan looked at Wang Yuye in confusion.

Wang Yuye nodded in confirmation.

Strange to say, although there are not a few agricultural products that Jiagu actually produces home, everyone has a mysterious confidence that Qi Zhengneng can cultivate unusual crops.

This is probably Qi Zheng's past, which is too bluffing.

As a man who can dig up an oil field by buying a plot of land, it's hard to suspect that he can't grow some high-quality produce.

Only He Changchuan has joined for a short time, and he is not used to it.

However, he saw that Wang Yuye also had the same opinion, but he dispelled his doubts.

He couldn't help but think about it, and muttered to himself, "If that's the case, then it's really time to plan how to launch this unusual mid-to-low-end beer......

Qi Zheng heard him talking to himself, and said casually: "Let's not talk about the others, the packaging has to be changed first." The packaging of domestic beer on the market is really indescribable. You see, this is my new packaging designed for Qingyuan Beer. ”

Qi Zheng pulled out a few pieces of paper and handed them to He Changchuan.

He Changchuan took the drawings a little abruptly, a little shocked, what should the boss do if he is too capable?

He scrutinized Qi Zheng's design, touched his chin, and the shape of the label he had never seen before was full of impact, more pleasing to the eye than the most beautiful beer packaging he had ever seen on the market.

Among them, there are both filling and bottled designs, which is Qi Zheng's best design scheme modeled after the later Australian Beer Awards, which should be very trendy for the current era.

Nowadays, most of the domestic beer uses green bottles, which always seems to be very low. Of course, this is mostly based on cost considerations.

But in this world of faces, appearance is very important.

An attractive packaging design can even increase beer sales several times.

Seeing that everyone applauded the design on the drawings, Qi Zheng quietly took a sip of beer.

Finally, the overtime work in the past few days has not been in vain, and it is difficult to die for him, a "pseudo-designer" who did it himself.

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