Chapter 1021: Brewmaster Zhuang Yewei
In the courtyard of the farmhouse, there was a chaos of soldiers, chickens and dogs jumping.
Zhuang's father was busy around a huge canister-like object, but he couldn't catch up at all.
"Quick, quick, stir! Stir! ”
"Ahh......h
"No, it's going to be over-fermented!"
Dad Zhuang was so tired that he almost lay on the ground, looking at the first batch of wine, the strange color, he really wanted to cry without tears.
The first brewing failed.
This large pile of grapes costs a lot of money to buy once, and now they can't afford to waste it during the start-up period!
Wait, this grape seems to have been plucked from the wall of his own yard.
Even so, Zhuang's father still had some heartache.
Lao Bang stepped forward, carefully scooped a little, tasted it, suddenly widened his eyes, and stretched out his thumb to Zhuang's father: "Master brewer!" It's the best wine I've ever had! Old owner, you are a true brewmaster! ”
It's true? Don't lie to me!
Seeing the old bang's face intoxicated, Zhuang's father was shocked.
I? An ordinary skilled worker in a small county-level distillery, is it a brewing master?
Zhuang Buyuan snorted, scooped a little, tasted it, and immediately gave a thumbs up to Zhuang's father.
Seeing the expressions of Lao Bang and his son, Lao Zhuang wondered, is this wine really delicious?
He scooped a little, tasted it, and squirted out with a pop.
This is not wine at all, it has been oxidized and has become grape vinegar!
"You kid actually lied to your dad!" Zhuang's father was furious.
"Dad, you know I don't drink, but it's the best grape I've ever drunk...... Vinegar! Zhuang Buyuan smiled and leaned back.
Zhuang's father was powerless to complain.
Little did he know that the Sunrian's sense of smell was infallible.
Although this Nasunian likes to eat metal parts, he is an alien with a completely different preference from humans.
But their sense of smell is absolutely reliable.
Although the vinification is overdone, the acids, sugars, alcohols and phenols in the grapes are well mixed and fermented, resulting in a complex and fascinating aroma under the action of magical microorganisms.
"Dad, I don't lie to you, although this can't be considered wine, but it's really delicious." Zhuang Buyuan restrained his smile, "You taste it again." I could taste the three fruity aromas of orange, lime, lychee, and some other smells that I couldn't ...... taste."
Dad Zhuang scooped a little more, this time he didn't rush to spit it out, after the sour taste of the mouth, Dad Zhuang felt the rich, shocking complex aroma.
Zhuang's father looked at his son, shocked, and took another sip.
Although he is a child of a winery, Zhuang's father never lets Zhuang drink far away because he has seen too many drunkards.
Not to mention that he believes that alcohol damages the intellect and that alcohol should not be drunk until he is a minor.
Zhuang's father is very resolute in this point, but this does not mean that Zhuang is not far from drinking.
Whenever Zhuang's father's workshop brews a new puree, Zhuang's father will take a little head song and take it home to Zhuang not far away.
Then Daddy Zhuang poured the puree into a very shallow flat plate, struck a match, lit the puree, and burned off the alcohol, leaving only a thin layer, warm, rich in rich fragrance and complex taste, and removed most of the liquid of alcohol.
Then, father and son each have a small cup and clink glasses to drink.
This was like a sacred ritual for the father and son, until Zhuang came to Xucheng to go to college not far away.
Zhuang's father has been telling Zhuang that the essence of wine has never been in alcohol.
It is the alcoholic who is addicted to alcohol, not the drinker.
If you want alcohol, you can drink medical alcohol to your heart's content.
The real flavor of wine, in addition to alcohol, lies in the aroma of various flavors.
In this regard, Zhuang's father believes in Zhuang's taste not far away.
"And the smell of mushrooms and licorice." Father Zhuang said, but the fragrance in this wine is far more than that.
"I really don't know how many kinds of fragrances there are...... Zhuang's father was shocked by this complexity, it was like a Buddha jumping over the wall in wine, the aroma was fragrant, and there was a feeling of blowing in the face and drowning people.
"There are corn, onions, musk, hazelnuts, coconut, jasmine, roses, cheese......" Old Bang said about seventy or eighty different fragrances in a row.
Zhuang's father was shocked.
"Old Bang Bang is a real master of wine tasting and wine appreciation." Zhuang is not far away.
In fact, there are only six kinds of human taste: sweet, salty, bitter, sour, umami, and whether or not it is fat, which is still debated as one of the tastes, and spicy is pain.
Most of the "taste" of the food that humans like actually comes from the sense of smell, which is much richer than five or six kinds of taste.
And each sense of smell is the result of the combined action of a variety of compounds and the arrangement and combination of substances.
If compounds A and B together stimulate the human olfactory center, they will make people match into oranges, A and C into lemons, B and C may be cantaloupe, ABC will be leather, and ABCD will become rotten eggs......
If the wine is rich in ABCDEFGH...... Combined, it's hundreds of flavors!
This is the case with winemaking, different origins, different strains, and different brewing processes will produce different aromas, either pure or complex......
The pure taste may be liked by many people, but the purest taste is actually artificial flavor.
Air fresheners, for example, smell so pure that they make people feel uneasy, and when you smell them, you think they are man-made.
Things in nature are always more complex, thicker, more evocative, and more addictive.
There is no doubt that the wines produced by the estate are such complex things.
As long as the acidity is suppressed and the ethanol does not turn into acetic acid, this will be a great wine!
"It's a waste of good materials! What the hell is this equipment, how do you ferment so fast! I just put this grape in it, why did it ferment? Dad Zhuang felt a little sorry for the materials he wasted.
Of course, Zhuang Buyuan knew the reason, and anyway, it was time for Dad Zhuang to slowly get in touch with the differences in the manor. He pretended to be calm and said: "This is high-tech brewing equipment, and all kinds of processes will be much faster." ”
"Really? I don't read much, don't lie to me! Zhuang's father glared.
"Of course, or would I be magical? Or did I get some alien technology? Zhuang Buyuan looked innocent.
This is so convincing, how can there be any magic in this world, and what alien technology is?
Father Zhuang sighed: "No wonder our old winery is slowly unable to keep up with the times, and now there is such a magical winemaking machine...... No, I'm going to do it again! ”
This set of "tavern winemakers" is like the land in the manor used to grow crops for winemaking, and it has been added by the blood of time, and the speed is fast.
This kind of speed, without the manor identity card bonus, is impossible to keep up with the speed.
Zhuang Buyuan quietly let go of some functions of the previously banned Zhuang Dad's master card.
This time, Dad Zhuang obviously felt that his physical strength was more abundant, his reaction was faster, and every change in the liquor could not escape Daddy Zhuang's eyes.
He felt that his body was simply back in its prime, reflecting even faster than it was at its peak, stirring, fermenting, squeezing, separating......
When the red wine flows out of the "tavern winemaker",
Just smelling the escaping aroma, Dad Zhuang couldn't help laughing, it's done! Brewed!
"I didn't expect my Zhuang Yewei to be able to make such a good wine, and I will die without regrets in this life." Dad Zhuang took a sip of wine and almost burst into tears.
"Dad, where is this? What is wine, we still have to make the best liquor! Zhuang said not far away, "By the way, Dad, can you help me make a special wine?" ”
Zhuang Buyuan took out a small bottle, which was empty: "There is a special microorganism in it, which can make a special kind of wine......
This is a bottle of "dispelling wine" that has been drunk.
"I'll try it and see if I can grow it into koji." Father Zhuang took it carefully.