Chapter 239: Winemaking Competition

Zhao Ming accepted the invitation to the game, and no longer spoke ill of the two, but talked about the competition between the two seriously:

"Since we want to compare, then let's set the rules: you and I use the same ingredients to make wine, and we will cross blind comparisons of the wines made, and the person with the highest number of votes wins, no problem, right?"

Zhang Dachuan nodded:

"No problem, I believe that all of you here are people with the ability to taste, and I also believe in Master Zhao's character, and will never cheat on this kind of thing."

Zhao Ming snorted coldly, turned around and walked towards the factory:

"Don't worry, I, Zhao Ming, have been brewing wine all my life, and I have never done anything deceitful."

"If your wine is really good, then I'm willing to throw in the towel."

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Under the leadership of Zhao Ming and others, Zhang Dachuan and Su Yun came to the brewing plant of the distillery.

Immediately, Zhao Ming asked Zhang Dachuan:

"If you make a list of what ingredients you need, I'll have people start preparing them right away."

Zhang Dachuan shook his head and said:

"Not to mention the normal winemaking steps, it also takes ten days and half a month in time, and we don't have that much time to waste, so I suggest directly using the semi-finished product after fermentation and rapid winemaking to compare, how about it?"

Normal brewing needs to be completed through the steps of material selection, koji making, fermentation, distillation, blending, and filling.

Each of these steps is extremely demanding, and any step that goes wrong will lead to the failure of the winemaking.

So even Zhang Dachuan can't omit and shorten this brewing step.

But the three-month time is very tight, and it takes ten days and half a month to conduct a competition, which is really too extravagant.

However, if the fermented semi-finished product is used, there are only three steps left to go.

And distillation, blending, filling...... It won't take too long.

Zhao Ming knew everything about winemaking and knew that what Zhang Dachuan said was reasonable, so he nodded and agreed without thinking about it:

"Okay, then do as you say."

Fermentation is a crucial step in winemaking, and a good winemaker can often see at a glance whether the fermented semi-finished product is at its most perfect, so as to give an evaluation before the wine is made.

And only in the most perfect state, the high-concentration raw liquor obtained after distillation is the best to drink.

Therefore, controlling the degree of fermentation of raw materials is also an extremely challenging part of the eyesight.

Zhao Ming didn't believe that this hairy young man could have the eye to see through the quality and fermentation of koji at a glance.

Zhao Ming asked the employee named Wang Peng to fetch some of the fermented semi-finished products.

Pointing to those semi-finished products, Zhao Ming said to Zhang Dachuan:

"This is our latest fermented semi-finished product, you and I can extract some from it and brew a small amount of wine, which saves a lot of time and doesn't need to waste too much food, are you okay?"

Zhang Dachuan nodded:

"No comment."

Zhao Ming said solemnly:

"Let's get started, then!"

After speaking, Zhao Ming had already taken the container by himself, got some semi-finished products and put them in, and began to distill and purify.

And Zhang Dachuan also began to seriously observe the fermentation raw materials in front of him.

His expression was extremely focused, and there was an imperceptible flash of light in his eyes, which was observing with the perspective power of the power of evolution.

Su Yun found that Zhang Dachuan was not in the right state, so she couldn't help but step forward with concern and asked:

"Dachuan, what are you looking at, these semi-finished products are all made in the same batch, the difference is very small, you can use it directly."

Zhang Dachuan shook his head:

"In the final analysis, fermented koji is actually mycelium, and even if it is the same batch of koji, there will be differences in concentration...... The concentration of mycelium has a lot to do with the quality of the wine, and I want to look for the best. ”

Su Yun nodded again and again when she heard this, and then asked with concern:

"Are you sure then?"

Zhang Dachuan subconsciously turned his head and looked at Su Yun:

"Absolutely."

It didn't matter what he looked at, because he was using the power of perspective, so his eyes directly looked through the small suit that Su Yun was wearing, and saw the perfect body under the clothes.

Zhang Dachuan only felt a hot current gushing out of his nose, and almost bleeded out of his nose.

He hurriedly withdrew his ability, controlled his mind, and then said to Su Yun with a smile:

"If I win today, you'll have to come to me tonight."

Since the last time the two of them had each other, Su Yun has never come to Zhang Dachuan again in the past two nights because she was worried about being discovered by Guo Yinyin, but Zhang Dachuan who tasted the sweetness was suffocated.

As soon as Su Yun heard this, Xia Fei's cheeks suddenly flew away, and after hesitating for a moment, she nodded lightly and shyly and timidly, and said in a voice like a mosquito:

"Wait until you win."

Zhang Dachuan was suddenly extremely excited, and said with confidence:

"Then you can watch how I make this stinky old man deflated today."

As he spoke, he had already filled some semi-finished products for himself and put them into the wine jar, and then added a little spiritual liquid to it while stirring, and at the same time controlled the temperature of the jar with water to keep it within a stable range.

The boiling point of alcohol is lower than that of water, so the brewing temperature should not be too high, otherwise the alcohol will evaporate.

This step has a great impact on the concentration of the wine, and any more water or less water will greatly affect the degree and taste of the wine.

This process requires a lot of patience and energy, and the slightest mistake can turn a good wine into a bad one.

Of course, the final distillation and purification are also crucial.

However, Zhang Dachuan has the power of perspective, and it is quite easy to deal with it.

On the other hand, Zhao Ming purely relied on years of experience to control the temperature for stirring, although he did not have Zhang Dachuan's eyesight, but relying on his nose and feeling, he also carried out it with ease.

And, while brewing, Zhao Ming was also teaching Wang Peng's employees:

"This kind of semi-finished processed instant wine is actually very undesirable, because you can never become a winemaker if you only know what it is, but you don't know why."

"I'm doing this today just to teach a lesson to a young man who doesn't know the height of the sky, you must take this as a warning, don't think about taking shortcuts, you know?"

Everyone nodded convincingly:

"Yes."

Zhao Ming was very satisfied, and explained again:

"The most important thing in winemaking is in the word 'brewing'."

"So we must calm down, calm our minds, calm our minds, and not be impatient or impatient, so that we can make good wine."

"If you treat wine with time and patience, it will reward you with deliciousness and mellowness."

Zhao Ming's words benefited everyone a lot, and even Zhang Dachuan couldn't help but take a few more looks.

Although this old man has a bad temper, he does have some real skills.

In this way, time passed slowly, and the time of the morning passed.

Until noon, Zhang Gensuo and those people had not returned.

And Zhang Dachuan and Zhao Ming were still stirring boringly, and they couldn't stop at all.

So, Su Yun simply called and ordered more than a dozen takeaways to come in, and beckoned everyone to hastily solve lunch.