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Lin Weiye said to Master Tian: "If you don't say it, I also know that the selling price of rice and wheat liquor is higher, but the cost is also high, the profit is very low, and the selling price of coarse grain liquor is low, and it is not profitable." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoNow I just make a kind of wine from coarse grains, and the price of selling rice and barley wine is even higher, do you think I can make money? ”

After listening to Lin Weiye's words, Master Tian and Master Yuan's eyes lit up, no wonder the owner had the confidence to build such a large scale of the winery, it turned out to be a unique secret.

"However, I said ugly things ahead, all your masters and apprentices must sign a contract with me to bring all your family members here, and you will not be able to go to the top for five years. Of course, the wages are doubled, the wine is sold well at the end of the year, and there are rewards. ”

This is to keep the secret of the sake brewing method, and the two masters don't think it's strange, this is a rule, not to mention that the salary is doubled, and there is a reward at the end of the year, which is much stronger than losing your job in the original sake brewery, so there is no objection.

With the idea clear, the next step is to make wine. There is silver to open the way, and all the facilities of the distillery are soon in place, and the next step is to soak the grain, the first steam, the stewed grain, the second steaming, the addition of koji, etc., these are the processes that the original distillery has cooked. Under the leadership of Chef Tian and Chef Yuan, the distillery quickly got on the right track.

After a few days, the fermented sorghum had changed color, and the apprentices stirred it vigorously with wooden rakes. Master Tian reached out and grabbed a handful, squeezed it hard, and it became a ball, and after letting go of his hand, it fell to the ground and immediately scattered into powder. Master Tian nodded and said to Lin Weiye: "Owner, the fermentation of wine and grain pays attention to the formation of a ball and scattering on the ground, this sorghum is fresh, the well water is good, and the wine and grain are good." ”

From the beginning of sorghum fermentation, Lin Weiye has been staying in the distillery. Although he is confident in this idea, after all, he has not practiced it, and he is still a little apprehensive in his heart. He didn't understand Master Tian's rhetoric, but he also nodded, so as not to show timidity: "Not bad." Now it's all about getting into the pot. ”

Isn't it time to serve wine after serving it? Master Tian was quite disappointed in his heart, and thought that there was a secret to going from steaming grain to adding koji, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

After the process came down, it took less than 20 days to get to the pot. Lin Weiye called Xia Nan, Sima De, Tan Shan and others to witness the birth of a miracle.

Everyone followed Master Tian into the steaming house, and when they arrived at the door, their foreheads were sweating, and the steam inside came to their faces.

"How many times have I told you, pulling the bellows is not a saw, hold it down and take your time!" Inside, Master Yuan was scolding the apprentice. The apprentice pulling the bellows next to the wine steaming stove quickly slowed down.

Master Tian explained: "The owner, the steamed wine must be steamed slowly and carefully in order to steam all the wine gas. ”

A cauldron with a diameter of seven feet is placed on the stove, but only the edge of the pot can be seen on the outside, because there is a large wooden barrel in the middle of the pot, which is completely encased inside, and the wooden barrel is tightly fitted, and the wooden planks are smoothed with materials, and the outside is surrounded by several layers of thick cloth. In the upper part of the barrel there are several small openings, and several copper pipes protrude from it, and directly above the barrel is a large cauldron with a shallow bottom, and a wooden ladder is erected on the side.

Master Tian introduced to everyone: "The cauldron below is called the earth pot, the middle one is called the steaming barrel, and the top one is the heavenly cauldron. ”

Lin Weiye listened very attentively, Master Tian observed his expression, and found that the owner was actually not very clear about the specific process of winemaking, so the so-called secret recipe he was looking forward to was probably also the sorghum wine made in the moon's water in the mirror, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart.

Over there, Master Yuan touched the steaming barrel, looked down at the fire in the stove, looked up and said, "Boss, you can steam wine." ”

Master Tian looked at Lin Weiye and nodded, and hurriedly shouted: "Get up the steaming barrel, put down the wine and grain, and go to the well outside to fetch water." ”

There were wooden bars on the steaming barrel, and several apprentices went over, shouted, and lifted the steaming barrel in unison, and someone on the side of the pot had already prepared, pouring barrels of wine and grain into the large steaming drawer of the pot, and when it was almost poured, the wine and grain were flattened with a wooden rake.

The apprentices shouted the trumpet, put down the steaming bucket, and carefully wrapped the wet cloth that had been prepared long ago around the junction of the steaming bucket and the pot to prevent the steam from being exposed.

Master Yuan kept looking at the steaming bucket, and when the fifth person came in with water, steam began to come out of the upper part of the steaming bucket, and he immediately shouted, "Add water!" ”

Immediately, an apprentice stepped on a wooden ladder and passed it by hand, pouring buckets of cold well water into the heavenly cauldron. There are four protruding copper pipes in the upper part of the steaming barrel, and a wine jar has been placed under each copper pipe.

"It's out of the wine!" Someone shouted, and a strong smell of wine spread, which was very strong, not fragrant at all, and everyone frowned.

Seeing this, Master Tian explained: "The wine in front of this is called the pot head, also called the wine head, and when the second and third pots of wine come out together and mix together, they can be sold." ”

The key is here, Lin Weiye instructed: "Pour out the head pot and tail pot, and only leave the second pot of wine in the middle!" ”

Master Tian was stunned, whether it was sorghum or rice and wheat wine, he had never heard of such a practice. However, the owner said so, so he could only do so, and immediately commanded Master Yuan to carry out the first pot of wine and the last pot of wine and pour them out.

Without the pungent smell of the first pot of wine, after the second pot of wine came out, the steaming room was suddenly filled with this fiery but not pungent aroma of wine. Everyone smelled the wine and showed incredible expressions, and even the apprentice who pulled the bellows slowed down.

Tan Shan closed his eyes, twitched his nose, and muttered, "It smells good, this must be good wine!" ”

Master Tian and Master Yuan were stunned, obviously it was a wine made of sorghum, why was it so fragrant. Lin Weiye urged: "Don't be stunned, hurry up and make a few bowls out for everyone to taste." ”

The two hurriedly took out a few bowls of wine from the steamer for everyone to taste.

Sima De tasted this wine according to his three-step theory of looking, smelling and tasting, and was full of praise: "Clear and transparent, fragrant and fragrant, soft in the mouth, good wine!" ”

Tan Shan took a sip of tears and tears flowed out, "This is even better than what I drank back then, and it is worth it to be able to drink this kind of good wine in this life."