In ancient times, alcohol was quite popular, and many ancient people liked to drink very much, and the sales of alcohol have always been good.

There are also many small breweries, most of which use grain, ferment with koji, and then filter to obtain liquor, which is a traditional process in ancient times.

Lu Bu was reborn in the Three Kingdoms, and after tasting the wine for the first time, he has been trying to improve the ancient wine, but he has never had time.

Lu Bu went deep into the wine cellar to learn in detail, and if you want to improve, you must know their detailed winemaking process.

After some understanding, in fact, the brewing technology of the Han Dynasty was very mature.

They start by crushing the raw materials. The purpose of raw material crushing is to facilitate cooking and make the starch fully utilized. Depending on the characteristics of the raw material, the fineness requirements for crushing are also different.

The second is the ingredients. The combination of new ingredients, distiller's grains, auxiliary materials and water lays the foundation for saccharification and fermentation. The ingredients should be determined according to the size of the retort barrel and cellar, the amount of starch of the raw materials, the temperature, the production process and the fermentation time, etc., and the specific performance of the ingredients is appropriate or not, depending on whether the starch concentration into the pool, the acidity and porosity of the mash are appropriate.

Then there is cooking gelatinization. Starch gelatinization is made by steaming. It is beneficial to the action of amylase, and at the same time can also kill miscellaneous bacteria.

This is followed by cooling. The steamed raw materials are quickly cooled by slag blowing or slag drying to reach the temperature suitable for the growth of microorganisms, and can also play a role in volatilizing miscellaneous odors and absorbing oxygen.

Then there is the mixture. Solid-state fermentation of bran koji liquor is a double-sided fermentation process of saccharification and fermentation, and after the slag is raised, the koji and the liquor mother are added at the same time.

Finally, fermentation and steaming liquor are used to evaporate the alcohol, water, higher alcohols, acids and other active ingredients in the fermented liquor into steam, and then cool it to obtain liquor, and use the method of pinching the head and tail to remove impurities as much as possible.

In this way, ancient liquor can be formed.

Lu Bu took a sip of a bowl of wine.

There is no difference from the alcohol on the market, and the sales will naturally not be very good.

Combined with the memories of his previous life, Lu Bu felt that the ancient wine-making technology was very mature, but there was only one step of distillation missing, so the concentration of the wine was very low, and drinking wine was like drinking water, and the taste was very bland.

It is also for this reason that ancient people drank wine bowl by bowl at every turn.

Some even picked up the jar and drank it violently.

It's not that they drink well, it's because the strength of alcohol in ancient times was really low.

When he returned to the county guard mansion in the evening, Lu Bu went into the study and designed a simple distillation equipment overnight. In his opinion, with the ceramic technology of the late Han Dynasty, it is already commendable to be able to make such a simple equipment!

The next day, Lu Bu sent the drawings he had designed to the ceramics workshop, and ordered the craftsmen to rush to work overnight, striving to build a set of equipment within two days.

With Dian Wei's supervisor and Lu Bu's remuneration, the distillation equipment was built in just one day.

When he saw this set of equipment, Lu Bu's face was slightly shocked, the craftsmen actually optimized and improved the drawings, and the distillation equipment manufactured was even more advanced and practical than the one designed before!

Lu Bu was a little impatient and couldn't wait to order someone to move this equipment to the distillery and start the process of distilling liquor, and the space of the improved distillation equipment was greatly increased, which could accommodate ten jars of liquor.

When the first bowl of distilled sake was brought out by Lu Bu, the craftsmen were stunned, and their eyes were full of admiration.

They never imagined that the wine could be so clear!

Like amber pearls, elixir and jade liquid!

Lu Bu took a sip lightly and felt it, the degree should not be too high, but it was already about five times that of the previous drink. What's more, this wine is completely free of those additives of later generations, it is really clear and delicious, and there is a fruity aroma, which is really the best in the wine!

Guo Jia has always been an alcoholic, and he has to drink every day.

At this moment, looking at the crisp wine, I couldn't help but lick my lips gently, and then scooped up a bowl, tasted it, and shouted hello.

"The general is really a god, even if he is proficient in the technology of steelmaking, since he also knows the technology of winemaking, such a wine is comparable to agar amber, and it is clearer than the wine supplied to the imperial court in various states and counties, mellow and fragrant, with a long aftertaste, good wine, good wine! As soon as this wine comes out, all the wines in the world are tasteless! ”

Lu Bu drank a bowl again with some greed, "Then congratulations in advance on the big sale of Fengxiao's wine."

"Hehe, the general laughed, this is all your credit, even if it is a big sale, the money and property will belong to the county guard, you should congratulate the county guard in advance", Guo Jia said happily.

"Haha, then congratulations to the county guard in advance."

The two touched the ceramic bowl and drank a bowl of wine.

The complexion is faintly red.

"By the way, General, there are many winemaking workshops today, and we should give our wines a loud name to distinguish them from other wines, so as to have a selling point," Guo Jiadao.

Lu Bu suddenly thought of the commercial publicity in his previous life.

In the eyes of the ancients, the aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, but Lu Bu clearly knows that the only way to do a good job is to improve his popularity.

Let more people know from not knowing to knowing, then to knowing, and then to knowing, so that all people know about it, so that more people will buy it, and at the same time, it can enhance the brand value and image, thereby enhancing the value of its brand products.

If you wait for others to find out, it will take a long time to make the wine famous.

Lu Bu opened his mouth and said, "Our wine is like amber elixir, clear and sweet, so we named it Agar Jelly and Jade Liquid."

"This wine is only because it is in the sky, how many times can I smell it in the world, the general is really knowledgeable, and the name of Qiong Jelly and Jade Liquid is really wonderful", Guo Jia said happily.

"Secondly, if you order someone to put a sign in a more conspicuous place in the city and make it into a banner, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money in the future," Lu Bu continued.

Guo Jia nodded, "Then I don't know what should be written on this banner."

"What you just said, 'This wine is only because it is in the sky, how can the world smell it a few times' is very good, and for example, 'the country is delicate, the heroes do not fall', 'the wine of the ages, the fragrance of all generations'.

Fengxiao is erudite and talented, I don't need to teach you these, you can play it yourself, the most important thing is to play our four-character signboard of 'Qiong Jelly Jade Liquid'.

It's best to hit Luoyang City, the Imperial Palace, and let everyone know that we are a jade liquid, and it won't work if we don't make money when the time comes," Lu Budao.

Guo Jia nodded, "The general is really far-sighted, I'll find someone to do it, and strive to start our signboard in the land of merging states first."

Later, Lu Bu found that the specifications of the wine jar at that time were too simple, only five catties, and then half a catty wine jug.

Lu Bu had a whim, and ordered someone to design a one-catty, two-catty, and ten-catty wine jar, and ordered someone to create four italics on the wine jar - Qiong Jelly and Jade Liquid!