1431. Brewing Beer (3/5)
Winter is the off-season for tourism in New Zealand, Wang Bo has nothing to do, just to accompany his family well, and he can also prepare for the wedding banquet. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The food was already prepared for the wedding day, and Bryant was the head chef, and he invited many celebrity chefs from New Zealand and Australia to share the food at the wedding.
The food is solved, and the drinks have to be solved, which Sunset Town can't solve, but fortunately, there is a backer of the domineering president, and Battier can help him find channels to buy a large number of red wine and white wine.
But compared to white wine and red wine, beer is more in demand at wedding banquets.
Sunset Town can brew its own wine, but it can only brew beer, red wine and white wine, good wine takes time to precipitate, Wang Bo is too late to temporarily cram.
He did not lack grapes, the raw material for making red wine, nor did he lack the raw material for making white wine, the former could be provided by the farms in the small town of Kulau, where he grew a large number of fruits, including grapes.
The seeds of these fruits are soaked in spiritual spring water, and although the fruits grown are not as good as orchards, they are still better than ordinary fruits on the market.
Fortunately, it's still too late to brew beer, or rather, it's too late to prepare, because beer needs to be brewed fresh.
In July, the winter is still cold, but fortunately there is no heavy snowfall, the weather is not bad, and the sky is blue like a sapphire every day, which makes people feel refreshed when they see it.
Wang Bo decided to invest in a beer workshop in the town, which does not need to have a strong brewing capacity, and can be supplied to the residents of the town.
Of course, the primary goal was to supply the wedding site, and Adrian estimated that about 2,000 liters of beer would be needed on the wedding day.
Wang Bo decided to brew the beer himself, and there were already people in the town who brewed beer with Lingquan water, and the final result was not bad.
These results gave Wang the confidence that if he brewed beer, it would definitely taste better than that of the townspeople.
His faith was not blind, for the malt used by the townspeople to brew beer was ordinary wheat malt, and Lao Wang had the malt he had carefully cultivated.
Since last year, the farm has been growing malt, and the malt has been packed up, just waiting for the wedding to brew its own beer.
In order to brew good beer, he invited the old tour guide, Hani, Uncle Bing and others to study together, and also invited Adrian.
After receiving the invitation, Adrian went to the brewing workshop that had just opened on the farm, and then looked at the machine inside and was confused: "What is this?" Brewing beer? ”
Wang Bo smiled: "Yes, I am going to brew some beer to use at the wedding." ”
Adrian smiled bitterly, "I'd be happy to help you, Wang, but I really don't know much about this, but if I were to be asked to taste the wine, I should be able to give some advice." ”
Wang Bo looked at him in surprise and said, "You don't know how to brew beer?" Oh my God, you're German, how can a German not know how to brew beer? ”
Adrian spread his hands helplessly and said, "Who said that Germans brew beer?" Do Chinese cook Chinese food? Will you? ”
Wang Bo nodded and said, "Yes, we Chinese can cook, of course I will." ”
Hani and the others nodded wildly: "The Chinese food made by the boss is very good." ”
Adrian was stunned and said, "Okay, then I didn't say it." ”
Wang Bo was teasing him, but he thought that even if Adrian didn't know how to brew beer, he should know some common sense, after all, Germany is a country of beer, and Germans have always learned something related to brewing since childhood.
He bought a beer brewing machine, hired two brewers, and bought a large number of glass bottles, which he later used to hold beer.
However, before the winemaker makes wine, Lao Wang wants to DIY it himself, and he doesn't know how to make wine, so it is always beneficial to learn a skill.
Besides, isn't life just an experiential process? If there is no labor and experience process, how boring is it to enjoy the finished product directly?
The old tour guide nodded after listening to his words and said, "Boss, your idea is very right, life is a process of experience." ”
Adrian also said, "I don't know how to brew beer, but my grandfather likes it and understands it. He once said to me that a beer brewer doesn't have to know biology, but he has to understand life. ”
Wang Bo rubbed his hands and said, "So, what are we hesitating about?" Let's do it. ”
The old tour guide said, "Who has brewed beer here?" It's probably just me, right? I worked in a brewery. ”
"So, let me first introduce that brewing beer is generally divided into four processes: malting, saccharification, fermentation, and packaging, of which fermentation is the most important."
Hani smiled bitterly, "I think we all know this. ”
The old guide pointed at him and said, "I know, Inspector, I know you know, but do you know how to do it in this process?" ”
"It's just going to ferment." Hani said confusedly.
"It is necessary to pay attention to sterility and disinfection, because if there is contamination by other bacteria during the fermentation process, it will be useless, so every step and every place that comes into contact with the wine must be disinfected. In addition, there should be no oil stains, as a little oil stain will make the beer foam completely gone. The old tour guide said.
Brewer's yeast, hops, selected malt malt, these are the basic ingredients.
New Zealanders are very fond of home-brewed beer, although it is more powerful than the beer produced, but it is more mellow, so it is sold in New Zealand supermarkets.
There are also department stores and supermarkets, where malt is vacuum-packed in plastic packs or wooden barrels and is used to brew beer.
Wang Bo prepared a large amount of spiritual spring water, a bucket is 20 liters, they want to brew 40 liters of beer for the first time, the old tour guide Rex took two packets of beer yeast, and said: "One pack can make 20 liters of beer, these two packs are just right." ”
"How much malt do you use?"
"Five kilograms." Rex said.
Wang Bo asked, "Can this be determined?" Do you want to put more malt? It doesn't matter if the alcohol content is high. ”
Rex laughed, "My good boy, too much malt will not only cause the alcohol content to be uncontrollable, but also cause problems with the taste, and it will become unpalatable at that time." ”
After explaining a few important points, they started to get started.
The equipment is complete, incubators, insulated barrels, distillation pots, thermometers, and things like one-way valves, funnels, rubber pipes, etc.
Rex picked up a few rubber tubes and checked them one by one, shook his head and said, "No, boss, we need food-grade plastic tubes, I think they are sold in the supermarket, you can go buy a few." ”
"Isn't that okay?"
"Yes, no, the rubber tube is for reflux and siphoning, and the wine will go directly through the rubber tube, and if you use this kind of tube, it will have a rubbery smell, because alcohol dissolves rubber easily." The old tour guide said very seriously.