Chapter 18 Winemaking
When it comes to making wine, koji is always an indispensable thing, but in fact, as a novice, Ye Yu doesn't know much about this. Even his so-called brewing process is operated while watching the brewing process that he copied for him...... If this makes good sake, it must be because the ingredients are so good.
"Surely this is not going to work...... "After mixing the steamed rice with koji, all that remains is to wait quietly in the jar. If nothing else, the first wine will be produced in 10 days, but Ye Yu estimates that according to the general practice of a layman like himself, it would be good if the brewed thing was not vinegar.
"What should I do?" Ye Yu clasped his hands to his chest and thought a little distressed, he didn't want to let his hard work for so long be wasted. But then again, since the technique will not be able to improve for a while, it is better to start from the outside, anyway, this is a world with a high degree of mystery...... If the scientific method doesn't work, then it would be good to try magic, "Just put it in the house and try to use the light element to induce it every day and see how the result is...... Maybe it'll make light wine~~ (fog)"
(Light wine: That thing in the insect master seems to come from the River of Origin of Life...... Anyway, I didn't understand it too much, but the light river I saw after closing the second layer of eyelids was so beautiful!! )
In the anticipation of biting his fingers, the day of the wine is approaching day by day, in fact, the taste of the first wine is not very good, even if it is cellared, it needs to be mixed and drunk, but Ye Yu really can't wait so much now, and the first thing after the wine is out is to taste a big sip first......
"Well...... The taste is somewhat subtle. "It's not bad to drink, but to be honest, the taste of wine is not strong. Ye Yu smacked his lips and felt a bit like he was drinking a drink mixed with water, "Jin Cancan's appearance is very good, but does it need to be distilled if the taste is so light?" ”
Ye Yu felt that it was a pity, although the taste would get better if it was distilled, but the amount of liquor that was not too much would definitely decrease more and more after distillation...... Whether to choose quality or quantity is a really worrying problem.
"Well, forget it, take some of it and distill the rest, and use it as a drink. Maybe Yuxiang will like these light wines. "For distillation, there is a complete set of equipment in the real room, Ye Yu simply took out a newly made wine jar and put about a quarter of the water out of these wines into it, and took the rest to distill. I guess this stock can last until the second course of sake is produced......
Distillation is a process of separating solutes according to the different boiling points of the solution, and the separated steam is then passed through a long condenser tube and finally becomes a liquid again...... The downside is that it's often good to have a third of a large jar of wine left in the end......
In the later generations, if you want to control the temperature, there is naturally a set of quite complex equipment to complete it, but here these tasks must be done manually by Ye Yu. He carefully carved a heating circle on the outside of the distillation tank to heat the drink, but it was he who provided the magic to the circle, which would be a little easier to manipulate than using some magic crystals and the like, and he didn't care about that little bit of magic anyway.
After a while, the whole room was filled with steam, and the outlet of the condenser tube placed at the other end gradually flowed out, and you didn't have to taste it to know that it was good wine......
"It's about 20 degrees, so you don't need to steam it anymore!" The alcohol concentration of more than 20 degrees is just right for daily drinking, and the degree is high...... There's so little wine left! After distillation, it has a transparent golden yellow color, probably because it is rich in light elements, and it looks very beautiful.
"It looks so good, but in the end, it's cellared......" Ye Yuqiang couldn't resist the idea of drinking a big meal, the wine that has not been cellared is always less mellow, and drinking it at this time is purely a waste of things...... He frowned, sniffed the smell of wine in the jar one last time, and then sealed it tightly...... You don't have to see it again in this cellar for three or five years......
Ye Yu found a note and carefully wrote on it [Toudao Wine] and today's date, and then carefully pasted it on the altar, the words of the paper were made up when he was idle two years ago, but who knew that even if it was made, it would be useless, who would have thought that it would be used today...... As for the date calendar and the like, it was something he set on his own, but as he got closer and closer to obtaining the solar priesthood, he became more and more sensitive to things like time and seasons. Originally, the calendar was determined by the position of the sun......
"Is my father's sake brewed?" Regarding the place of the cellar, Ye Yu has already chosen, just dig a pit and bury it in the place where Youxiang usually cultivates, anyway, it is not worth it to deliberately make a cellar with only a jar of wine. This place has plenty of life aura, and maybe it can add some special flavor to this wine.
"The first wine that just came out today, do you want to taste some of the fragrance?" Youxiang usually spends most of her time in cultivation, Ye Yu has persuaded her a few times, but there is no good effect, and after a long time, she will go with her, and it is natural that Ye Yu will meet her when she comes here.
"The ones in this jar?" Yuka walked over with a smile, it would be more perfect if she had another umbrella in her hand...... Somehow, Ye Yu suddenly thought of this. He decided to go find something to make her an umbrella for the next two days.
"Well, I have to save this for a few years before I can drink it, and I have to keep it for your share." As he spoke, Ye Yu put the jar in his hand on the ground, "Youxiang, help me dig a pit, I want to bury this jar." ”
Ye Yu took out two shovels from his pocket space and handed one of them to Youxiang. The two of them have a very tacit understanding, neither of them uses their own strength, digging the soil with a shovel like an ordinary person.
"Hey, okay, the depth of Yuxiang is about the same." A large pit that is about 4 meters deep is more than enough to fit the wine jar in, "When I put it in, I will fill in the soil." ”
Youxiang nodded and didn't speak, still chuckling and watching Ye Yu move, with the height difference between the two, she was like a big sister who was messing around with her younger brother...... Fortunately, Ye Yu didn't seem to notice this
Somehow, after the transformation, Youxiang rarely clearly expressed her inner emotions, and she usually didn't even say much with a smile on her face, for which Ye Yu just attributed it to her daughter's rebellious period and the role of the queen's genes...... Fortunately, although she spoke very little, Yuxiang's mood could still be felt by Ye Yu, just like when she was still a sunflower.
Now, Youxiang should still be very happy, although she has always been smiling, Ye Yu can still tell whether she is really happy or not. Ye Yu felt that she might have to spend more time with her, her daughter always had to be spoiled, didn't she.
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