cultivating immortals and planting the fields

Chapter 548 Preparations for Yeast

Finally, around noon, the more than 100 kilograms of grape leaves were all cleaned up and crushed into the vat. The small fermentation vat was filled with more than half of the vat, and the bright red juice and the bright red grape skins floated on the upper layer. , The grape particles are all dusted down, and the crushed grape pulp has all turned into juice, which is as thick as an orange fruit, and there are still many large pieces of pulp that are linked together.

Mr. Zhang, wearing plastic gloves, carefully photographed all the floating peels on the upper layer to the lower layer, and then covered the big stone cover that basically fits perfectly at the mouth of the post. The first step of fermentation preparations for wine making is complete. up.

At this time, the fermentation tank cannot be completely closed, because the fermentation of wine needs oxygen, which belongs to aerobic fermentation, and then needs to discharge a large amount of carbon dioxide. If the sealing is too tight, one is not conducive to fermentation, and the other is that if the fermentation gas is too much And if it can't be discharged, especially if the tank is more than [-] kilograms, the gas produced by fermentation is definitely not what this tank can hold. If you are not careful, it is not impossible to cause an explosion.

Besides, under normal circumstances, according to the current temperature, the grape juice can be stored in the tank for about a day before it can start to ferment. Of course, this mainly depends on the temperature. In winter, don't even think about making it ferment.

When starting the first fermentation, it is necessary to add a certain amount of sugar or rock sugar to the fermentation tank. As for the amount, it is generally enough to add [-]% of the total amount of grapes. Of course, in this way It can increase the degree of fermentation and alcohol concentration, which is good for storage. If you need to increase the sweetness, it is not impossible to add more sugar. However, it is best to place it after the fermentation is complete.

How to distinguish whether this tank of grape juice has started to ferment? In fact, you only need to see if there are bubbles on the top of the grape juice to know whether it is fermented or not.

As for the stone cylinder cover on the fermentation tank, although it is not too heavy, it also takes into account the problem of frequent movement, so one cylinder cover is divided into two parts, which makes it easier to move.

When the must-water mixture in this vat starts to ferment, that's when the sugaring starts.In order to facilitate fermentation, it is best to add sugar in two or more additions, and the total amount generally does not exceed about [-]%.

This one hundred catties of grape juice water mixture only needs ten catties of sugar at most. Considering that there are still more grapes in Zhang Weina's backyard that have not been picked, Sun Xiaolei directly resisted one hundred catties and put them here. It is said that when it is brewing, it will be saved to move to his restaurant. Besides, this is not a good thing, so let Zhang Wei keep it for tea if it is not used up.

Here, Mr. Zhang mixed the distiller's yeast for fermentation in the fermentation tank. Zhang Wei and Sun Xiaolei each sealed the fermentation tank with a stone slab. Over there, Li Qinglong and the others had already started discussing how to divide up the grapes in Zhang Wei's backyard. up.

At this time, even the two boxes of grapes that Zhang Wei cut off at that time have been divided up by everyone. The children each carry three or five bunches, as long as they can take it, take it away as much as possible. Zhang Wei is not so stingy. People, besides, these grapes are really nothing to Zhang Wei, although the taste of this wine is really good.

Everyone knows that Zhang Wei is a man, so naturally he would not be polite to Zhang Wei. Zhang Wei didn't share the grapes because he was lazy and thought there was no need to share them. If anyone wants to eat them, then Okay, just come and eat by yourself, and you are even allowed to take it out when you are full. Of course, if you let an adult come here to eat and take it, you really can’t get rid of the shame. It was a mouthful at the time. However, it was fun to be able to be said by everyone later on.

Therefore, the grapes in Zhang Wei’s backyard, except for some children, are some young people who often come to Zhang Wei’s backyard to chat and do things, and occasionally eat a few. In short, it’s not that Zhang Wei’s grapes are not attractive, but We are all adults now, so we can't save face.

However, Mr. Zhang can’t afford to eat. A lot of them are sent by Zhang Wei. Uncle Zhang and the others come to pull the grass every day, and Zhang Wei asks them to bring a lot. It is also impossible to miss that girl's food.

Now Li Qinglong and the three of them think that they have a good relationship with Zhang Wei. Besides, the young people don’t need to be so polite. Since Zhang Wei has spoken, let them bring some to the family. Besides, Zhang Wei has explained The grapes were bought for everyone to eat, not to sell for money, Zhang Wei said so, what kind of polite words do you have?

Wang Mengyao and Ye Leng immediately grabbed a frame by themselves. Li Qinglong saw that there was nothing left to fill. If he only relied on two hands, even if he could carry a few more bunches of grapes than those kids, there really was no one to put them in a frame. There must be a lot, this girl glanced at it, and at that moment, she took the plastic bucket beside it, and poured the water for cleaning the grape particles in the half of the plastic bucket into the sewer.

Okay, other people's boxes are only a matter of twenty or thirty catties, but he's at least forty or fifty catties when they're full, and everyone's eyes froze when they saw it. Don't be generous, if you feel like eating for nothing, you are an idiot if you don't eat, this kid is going to be an idiot for a while.

Zhang Wei looked at it with a chuckle and didn't say anything. It's better for everyone to eat than a broken one. Not long ago, Zhang Wei finally found a bad melon so far under the small white melon seedling.Only then did I realize that none of these things will go bad, but they are relatively durable and not easy to go bad. However, if they are stored for a long time, they will not go bad later, and they will go bad.

The small white melons in Zhang Weina's backyard have increased in production, and Zhang Weina has grown more and more things, and the village has begun to sell them, so the small melons in Zhang Wei's backyard are left. , and more and more accumulated, so Zhang Wei didn't care about it, of course, it was useless to encounter bad melons, but after several days of continuous rain, Zhang Wei was picking small white melons, and unexpectedly touched a bad melon.

Therefore, this caught Zhang Wei's attention. The things he planted also have a certain storage time and storage conditions.

Having said that, although the grapes in Zhang Wei's backyard can be made into wine, the wine produced by this method can only be stored for more than one to two years at most. Besides, even if the yard is tidied up this year, these grapes If you move to another place, you can still produce grapes and make wine next year, so there is no need to make all of them into wine.

Besides, the most important thing is that although the taste of these wines is unique, it will definitely taste better when mixed with other things, but if it is really compared, it is still far from his mincemeat. Xianniang is comparable, but the taste of the wine is more unique.

Therefore, Zhang Wei plans to brew a few hundred catties, and then share the edible ones. Of course, the premise is that there is enough for his family to eat.If these grapes can be used to make raisins, Zhang Wei doesn't mind making raisins. However, one is that these grapes are not the kind of green grapes that make raisins, and the other is that the climate is not suitable for making raisins.

What's more, the village doesn't use rattan to make things like that.

(End of this chapter)