673. Retreat, Study of Colorful Wines
During the New Year, Liu Fei was also a rare leisurely. Talking with Li Hongmei every day, or going to give gifts to some people, or playing mahjong with Lao Wu and a few of them, it just went straight over.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Liu Fei arranged everything and came directly to the old pig farm in Wuyun Township.
Now here, there are already many people waiting for Liu Fei. There are two master brewers, and a few honest workers.
After Liu Fei came over, they immediately came over, and at the same time, Zhang Chun, the person in charge here, came over.
"Mr. Liu, Master Zhou, and Master Liang are all waiting for you. Also, the winery has all been cleaned up.
Nowadays, it has been thoroughly cleaned, and there is absolutely no possibility of cross-smelling. At the same time, sorghum, corn, rice, and more than a dozen kinds of dried flower petals, and dozens of various ingredients are ready and waiting for you to come. ”
Zhang Chun is the person in charge here, and he is responsible for cooperating with Liu Fei and them to study the recipe of Wucai Liquor this time.
Liu Fei nodded and said, "Very good, so hard for all the masters, let's go over now." ”
"Okay, Mr. Liu!"
As they spoke, a group of people walked straight towards the distillery. Zhang Chun is right, this place has indeed been cleaned up now. Liu Fei came over and looked at it twice, and nodded to show that he was very satisfied.
"Very good, this time it was a good job, a few masters, and I will be here for the rest of the time.
Zhang Chun, you ordered to go down and let people guard here, except for a few of us, no one is allowed to come in. ”
Zhang Chun is having a hard time now, anyway, he has a lot of money a month. The old factory is now dispensable, but Liu Fei will not stop working.
Not to mention anything else, even if this is the birthplace, Liu Fei will basically not let work stop here. Moreover, there are thousands of workers here.
These workers now rely on this place for food. This time, most of the people in the winery were on vacation, leaving this place for Liu Fei and them to use for research.
"I know Mr. Liu, don't worry, no one can come in, not even me. ”
Liu Fei nodded with satisfaction, and then let Zhang Chun go out.
Liu Fei looked at the seven or eight people in front of him, and said with a smile: "Everyone, this time the matter is strictly confidential, I think you have also signed a contract, I won't say much about this." Next, you do things strictly according to my requirements.
First of all, although the boiler here is huge, we don't need to do it at full power, so we don't need a few people.
The first thing we need to do is to make the formula. Now, according to my request, you have brought all kinds of instruments and all kinds of raw materials. ”
Next, a dozen or so people here got busy. Liu Fei is extremely familiar with the formula, but even if there is a precise formula, it still needs to be constantly tested.
Therefore, this retreat will take at least 10 days.
The materials were quickly taken, and Liu Fei and the two masters began to discuss and be busy. Among them, it was basically Liu Fei who instructed the other party to hand the items to Liu Fei.
"Electronic scales, scales for gold and silver! Yes, yes, yes, this is it! Give me a moment, hand me the red roses." Also, grind the herbs over there into powder. On the right head, the thinner, the better. ”
Liu Fei kept instructing these people to work strictly according to his wishes. Three hours later, the first recipe came out.
It has a delicate aroma of koji with a hint of dry yellow. Liu Fei looked at the half bag of koji, took out a note and wrote some words, and then pasted it on it.
This is the No. 1 koji, so let's put it aside for the time being. Today's day may be basically like making koji medicine.
All kinds of data are very strictly recorded. Then the second and third, and it didn't end until the fifth.
Fermentation can only be five days, and there are strict requirements for this. Therefore, I can only do five. Although it is said that there are so many things done, in fact, there may not be one who can really succeed.
Because it can't be so smooth, Liu Fei also knows it. Even if there is no problem with the koji medicine, there will be big problems in other aspects in the future.
The control of the heat, but also the time. And temperature control and the like are very strict. And this is the most important thing.
On the first day, I really didn't do anything other than make koji. The same can't be said about it, the rest of the people still have something to do.
"Come, two hundred pounds of corn, two hundred pounds of sorghum, and two hundred pounds of rice. ”
The heat boiled the corn in the pot to a boil. At this moment, all the corn began to tumble.
This is the second day, and early in the morning of the next day, Liu Fei and the others started a new thing. The fire boiled the corn, then turned off the fire, and then waited for an hour and a half.
The time requirement is really strict, and after an hour and a half, the rice is poured in and soaked in boiling water.
This is done in order to bloom, but the flowering time of rice and corn is different, so they have to be poured separately. Waited another hour.
Liu Fei looked at the time and felt that it was almost over.
"Come, you guys, come here, and pour the sorghum into it. ”
Liu Fei was dressed in sterilized overalls, it had been so long, he had worn overalls for the first time and then worked.
Hearing this, several small workers hurriedly carried the sorghum that had been weighed in advance and poured it into the boiler. Then it's easy, just keep waiting. It wasn't until after five o'clock in the afternoon that Liu Fei arranged for someone to open the lid of the boiler.
"Okay, one pound of the moon, two taels of roses. Half a pound of peony ......"
I put the petals in, and it is the petals after it has been dried. At this moment, eighteen kinds of petals were thrown into it in order.
After putting it in, let it simmer for another 30 minutes to allow the fragrance of the petals to fully enter the corn, rice and sorghum.
This is the practice of multicolored wine, and at the same time, koji medicine is also very important. In koji medicine, there are not only various medicinal materials, but also powder made from ground flower petals and dried fruits.
More than fifty kinds of materials, really complex. Half an hour later, Liu Fei directly released the sluice gate and released the water in the boiler.
Even after an afternoon, the water was still very hot. After the release, wait a few years for the water to clean up.
It takes a few hours, and then it is steamed on a high fire, so that the rice, sorghum and corn, although cooked, cannot be turned into a mess.
At five o'clock in the morning of the third day, the grain was steaming wildly. At this moment, all kinds of fragrances came out at once.
The various petals inside are perfectly integrated according to a strict recipe. A special fragrance spread, and everyone except Liu Fei was a little happy.
It seems that this is okay, after all, it is not ordinary in terms of fragrance. However, Liu Fei did not have the slightest joy.
Even if it is already very good at this time, but the control of the next time, temperature, etc., is really a big problem.
The fire was steaming for two hours, and at this moment the three grains in the boiler were distinct.
"Turn off the heat and turn on the furnace to prepare the koji. ”
"Yes!"
Liu Fei gave an order, quickly turned off the fire, and it didn't take long for all the steamed grains to come out.
Next, there is the key thing about koji. At this time, the control of temperature becomes a terrible thing.
Fifty-six degrees, the first koji medicine. There is no way to be accurate by man, even a few masters. So, only the best thermometer can be used
。 "The temperature is up, hurry up and sprinkle the medicine!"