In Chang'an City, in Baiyun Tower, Liu Minghua was preparing to have a treat.

Since he wants to make wine, Liu Minghua of course wants to investigate what kind of wine everyone was drinking in the era of the Tang Dynasty.

"Serve the wine, serve the wine!" As soon as Cheng Chumo sat down, he shouted.

"Haha, Minghua has a treat, I must have a drink today!" Niu Jianhu is also very excited now.

Seeing these two people so naïve, Xiao Ji next to Liu Minghua couldn't help but laugh.

Liu Minghua said angrily: "Shame, you two don't seem to have eaten for a few days, right?" "Now Liu Minghua is more familiar with them, so they speak very casually.

Cheng Chumo said with a sad face: "Minghua, you don't know, we usually don't dare to drink at home. We don't have much money on us, and we don't dare to drink outside, so we really don't have many opportunities to go to the restaurant. ”

Liu Minghua's eldest grandson Jiaqing gloated and said, "Who let you two have such a powerful father?" Therefore resign yourselves to your fate. ”

Cheng Chu said silently: "Your father won't beat you?" Then I'll go and tell your father, the flower building you often go to......"

The eldest grandson Jiaqing was shocked: "Don't! Just now I was talking nonsense. In this way, I will treat you at noon today, you are welcome, whatever you eat! ”

"Hahaha...... That's what makes it interesting! "Everyone knows the second-generation officials and gentlemen in Chang'an City. It's just that before, Cheng Chumo, Niu Jianhu and eldest Sun Jiaqing had a general relationship. It was only because of Liu Minghua that the relationship between the three of them has gotten better recently.

Liu Minghua shook his head and sighed: "Hey, eldest grandson Jiaqing, they are all three years old and old, and seven years old are old, now I can see how you will die in the future!" ”

The eldest grandson Jiaqing was stunned and unconvinced: "How did you die?" ”

Liu Minghua snorted: "Cheap death!" Don't you know that your mouth is cheap? ”

The eldest grandson Jiaqing said angrily: "you!" Hey, what's the wine? You wine doctor, you don't speak when you come? "The eldest grandson Jiaqing didn't get angry, and just happened to see Dr. Jiu coming.

The wine blogger next to him smiled wryly, and said in his heart that you are talking, do I dare to interject? Coughing, Dr. Liquor said, "Everyone, our store has liquor and sake." ”

Liu Minghua was stunned! What liquor? No way? Could it be that the Tang Dynasty had a high degree of liquor at this time? Shouldn't there be?

The eldest grandson Jiaqing nodded and said, "Then come to each altar first!" ”

Liu Minghua grinned, a jar, needless to say, this alcohol content is very low, otherwise wouldn't a jar of high-grade liquor be drunk to death?

Now, Liu Minghua breathed a sigh of relief. If there was a high degree of liquor in the Tang Dynasty at this time, what else would Liu Minghua play?

It didn't take long, and the first thing that came up was liquor.

Dr. Wine opens the seal, scoops out the wine with a wooden spoon, and pours it into a wine bowl.

Liu Minghua looked at it and said dizzily: "This ...... Is this also wine? ”

No wonder Liu Minghua was surprised, it's because this wine is too unpresentable!

I saw a light green liquid in the wine bowl, which was not only turbid, but also had a layer of fine white floats floating on it?

Dr. Jiu was confused and said, "This ...... This son, this is wine. ”

"You're not kidding me, are you?" Liu Minghua muttered in his mouth, then picked up the glass of wine and smelled it - not to mention, it smelled a little bit of wine, but there was an obvious rancid taste.

Seeing Liu Minghua so surprised, Xiao Ji whispered: "Childe, this is called 'turbid wine', and some people call it green ant wine." Many people drink this sake. ”

"Ah, just drink this wine?" Liu Minghua was stunned for a while, and suddenly remembered a few lines of poetry: "Green ants make new wine, red clay small stove." If you want snow in the evening, can you drink a glass of nothing? ”

There is also a glass of turbid wine, and Yan Ran has no plan." Qiang tube is full of frost. ”

Liu Minghua only now understands that the wine described in these poems. That's what it is?

In fact, in higher-grade restaurants, this kind of "turbid wine" is only available, and not necessarily many people want it. Because there are better wines.

Liu Minghua smiled bitterly, and then said, "Xiaojiao, you said that you learned some knowledge of cooking wine?" So how did this wine come out? ”

Xiao Ji smiled: "This is naturally known." There are six steps! ”

Cheng Chumo shouted at this time: "Who doesn't know this?

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The first step is to make koji. Use japonica rice or millet, mix it with wine and medicine, pound it, put it in hot water and make cakes, put it in a clean place, let it ferment, almost, tie it up and hang it on the stove to smoke, well, this koji, can be stored for a long time. ”

Liu Minghua looked at Xiao Ji.

Xiao Ji nodded and said, "It's basically correct." It's just that some details are not said. ”

Cheng Chumo was affirmed, and you smiled proudly.

Niu Jianhu was unconvinced: "I'll talk about the second step!"

The second step is to feed the material. Wash the large sake urn and put koji, rice and water into it, and you're done! Hey, my family brews, I'm doing all these things! ”

Liu Minghua rolled his eyes and said, "It's easy to say." How much koji? How many meters? How much water? ”

"This ......," Niu saw that the tiger's face was red and his ears were red, and he couldn't speak.

Xiao Ji smiled and added: "The koji is a good one, and the ratio of rice and water is equal. This ratio can be requested according to the quality of the wine. If you want to make a more intense sake, put less water and more koji and rice. That's pretty much it. ”

Liu Minghua nodded and said, "So that's the case?" What about the third step? ”

Cheng Chu smiled silently: "The third step is to open the altar." The koji, rice, and water are fermented in the urn for a period of time, so that they do not turn into liquor. It's good to open the altar and eat wine! ”

Liu Minghua said angrily: "How long does it take for a period of time?" ”

Looking at Cheng Chumo, who was a little stammered, Xiao Ji explained with a smile: "The length of fermentation time is related to the quality of the wine." If you can't wait, six or seven days after the wine is sealed, you can open the altar to get the wine. But the wine poured out at this time is what you see as 'cloudy wine' now! ”

Liu Minghua laughed and said, "I see? How can any good wine be produced in such a short period of time? So how do you make a better wine next? ”

Cheng Chumo and Niu Jianhu didn't dare to intervene at this time. They know a little, but not in detail.

The eldest grandson Jiaqing said at this time: "The fourth step is to add ash." If you want the wine to be of good quality, the fermentation time will still be a few months, and the wine will not be so turbid at this time, and it will be much brighter. However, to make it taste good, add some ash. Why add? I don't know about this, maybe Xiao Ran's little lady knows, right? ”

Xiao Ji said proudly: "Of course I know this." On the day before the opening of the jar to pour wine, a small amount of lime, charcoal, plant ash and the like should be poured into the jar to end the fermentation process in the jar. Otherwise, after the wine is taken out, it will continue to ferment, and it is easy to put rancidity. ”

"Oh, I see!" Everyone admired Xiao Ji a little.

Xiao Ji continued: "The fifth step is called wine pressing. This is to separate the floating lees from the wine. Pour the liquor from the urn into a wooden sake bed, trough bed, or bamboo utensil, and filter out the clear and impurity-free part of the sake. Do not pour out the remaining thick cloudy liquid full of sake lees, and it can also be used as 'cloudy sake'. ”

Liu Minghua smiled bitterly: "Ah, it seems that this 'sake' is much more upscale than 'turbid wine'!" By the way, didn't you say there is a sixth step? ”

Xiao Ji smiled: "The sixth step? Then don't be in a hurry to drink it, the wine that comes out of this way is called raw sake. If you can drink it in one meal, forget it, if you can't drink it and keep it, there is still a risk of rancidity, and you may have diarrhea after drinking, so in the end, these wines should be heated to sterilize. There are two heating methods: high-temperature heating and low-temperature heating. High temperature heating is also called "boiling sake". ”

Liu Minghua was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "It turns out that cooking wine is about heroes, how did you come here?" Okay, today we're going to have a hero who cooks wine! ”

PS: Cheng bites Jin's son, and his names in the history books include Cheng Chumo, Cheng Huaimo, etc. Most of the authors of the starting point write Cheng Chumo, so change it. Today is just a change! Make it up tomorrow!