Chapter 115: Bagasse

After everyone listened, they began to talk about it.

"That is, we newcomers are just getting in touch with winemaking, and it is normal for our hands and feet to be not sharp, if the old employees are to reward internal digestion, then we will not lose."

"Oh my God, I don't want to be the worst group and hang on the wall."

Hu Changan also smiled slightly when he heard this.

He had expected this for a long time, and he had already thought of countermeasures.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are free to form teams, but there can only be one veteran craftsman in each team."

At present, the brewery is mainly composed of new employees.

Hu Changan calculated that one old employee with three new employees is just enough points.

Seeing this, everyone also nodded with satisfaction.

That seems fair.

Moreover, the free teamwork can also ensure that the teammates are more comfortable people on weekdays, which is more conducive to cultivating team tacit understanding.

Seeing that the grouping problem was solved, Hu Changan planned to show everyone the process of making rum again.

After all, rum has not yet been promoted on a large scale in the market, and except for a few people in Hufu, the vast majority of people have never even heard of rum, let alone brewed it.

Hu Changan felt that he still had to demonstrate the wine-making process to everyone himself, so he was relieved.

When all the craftsmen heard this, they were all stunned.

They jumped ship, originally thinking that they were just producing traditional rice wine and liquor, but they didn't expect this little young master to show them a new wine-making method?

This little young master has thin arms and legs, can he do it?

All the old craftsmen looked at Hu Changan with suspicious eyes.

When they saw Hu Changan take out a bag of bagasse and pour it into the bar, this doubt became even thicker.

They had only heard of making wine from grain, and they had never seen anything that could be made from bagasse.

When Hu Changan brought bagasse from outside, they all thought that bagasse was just fuel, and they didn't think about using bagasse as a raw material for winemaking.

Can you drink this wine?

One of the old craftsmen couldn't help but ask: "Hu Gongzi, are you sure you are making wine?" Isn't it made with grain? How can you use this bagasse, or the old man will help you. ”

It's no wonder the veteran craftsman is so confident.

His ancestors have been in the winemaking industry for generations, and the wine he brews is said to be good.

According to the old craftsman's years of experience in the winemaking industry, he didn't think Hu Changan could make any fine wine.

Seeing this, the rest of the old craftsmen also put forward their own opinions.

"Young Master Hu, I don't know where you got your wine-making method from? You better let us have experience. ”

"I've been brewing wine for decades, and I've never heard of being able to make wine from bagasse, Young Master Hu, I'm afraid you've been deceived, right?"

"It's okay, anyway, even if you're deceived, this bagasse isn't worth a few dollars, don't take it personally."

Looking at the concerned eyes of the craftsmen, Hu Changan couldn't cry or laugh.

These old gentlemen really regard him as a junior who doesn't know anything about the world.

"It's okay, this bagasse can indeed make wine, you just watch." Hu Changan replied confidently.

Looking at Hu Changan's confident eyes, everyone had to honestly return to their original positions.

However, in their hearts, most of them still don't believe it.

Seeing this, Hu Changan also smiled slightly.

Although these ancients knew how to make wine, they did not know the principles of winemaking.

Winemaking is the process of converting starch from grain into wine.

Starch is first converted into fermentable sugars by various biological enzymes, and then the sugars are metabolized by microorganisms to produce alcohol.

Although there is no starch in the bagasse, there is sugar directly in the bagasse!

Alcohol can be produced directly with sugar, and it does not need to be turned into sugar and then wine like starch, which not only saves time, but also makes it more convenient to operate.

Of course, it is useless to explain directly.

After all, these ancients did not systematically study physical chemistry knowledge at all, and without a certain foundation, no matter how they explained, it was meaningless.

As the saying goes, hearing is false and seeing is believing, Hu Changan is going to let everyone see it today, this bagasse can also make wine!

Hu Changan put the bagasse in the vat where the winemaking was made, then added water and yeast and stirred gently, and then closed the lid.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this rum is ready, and then it will be left to ferment in a ventilated place for a day and a night."

Those novices didn't think there was anything yet, but those old craftsmen were shocked when they heard it.

This little master, it's too casual, right?

I don't even put the koji, I don't heat it, and I just live together?

To make ordinary rice wine, you need to steam the rice, add koji to ferment, and then wait another week.

Why is this little young master making wine, as long as he stirs it lightly, he can live?

And said that it only needs to be left for a day and a night? How can it be?

Looking at everyone's suspicious eyes, Hu Changan didn't explain too much, just smiled and said, "Everyone, don't worry, just see the results at this time tomorrow." ”

Looking at Hu Changan's confident appearance, everyone was not able to dampen his enthusiasm.

After all, Hu Changan is the boss who makes money, and he can't offend the boss no matter what.

So everyone had to move the big wine vat into the house and wait for it to ferment.

Seeing that everything was done, Hu Changan stepped on the horse and left directly.

Tomorrow is going to the morning court, and he has to go back early to catch up on sleep.

......

The next day, the crowd opened the jar with suspicion.

Almost no one believed that this young master could make wine.

Sure enough, when the lid was opened, the water inside was still crystal clear, and there was no wine at all.

You must know that in Daming, the wine produced is often relatively turbid.

Everyone looked at the crystal clear liquid and couldn't help laughing.

"This little young master, even if he is young, he still has too little knowledge. No, someone cheated on you, right? ”

"It's just, how can such a clean liquid be wine?"

"I said how can this bagasse make wine, if even the bagasse can make wine, then the old man's skills over the years are afraid that he has learned in vain."

However, when everyone was ridiculing, it turned out that the people who had worked in Hu Chang'an's Mansion had different opinions: "Don't patronize it first, whether it's wine or not, just taste it." ”

That person had also helped Hu Changan brew rum before, and the liquor that was brewed was as clear as water.

So the man thinks that this vat is really wine.