Chapter 144 The Birth of Barley Liquor

When Dunn was making the koji, Durandon, Clotho and the dwarves around him kept staring and observing, but...

They can't read it.

However, just because they couldn't understand, they became even more curious.

It seems that what he is doing has nothing to do with wine making, but after seeing Tang En get out those things, he looks relieved. Doesn't it mean that what he is doing now has a lot to do with wine making...

So they looked more focused.

Tang En didn't pay attention to them and continued to get busy.

The koji is in place, the next step is to use magic to fully steam the barley, then move it into the fermentation tank, sprinkle in the freshly cultivated koji to start saccharification and fermentation.

If it is normal fermentation, it will take at least two or three days, and then it will be transferred to the fermentation tank for a second sealed fermentation, but with the help of Nora, it is completely different.

The life force of this little guy can completely catalyze this process, allowing the fermentation to complete in a short period of time.

[Nora, help me. 】

【Okay, what should I do? 】

【Leave the power to me to control it. 】

Tang En once again relied on Nora's power to catalyze the fermentation. At the same time, the mage's hand kept turning the steamed barley, so that the distiller's yeast and barley were fully stirred evenly. It started to heat up and ferment, and after a while, Tang En directly wrapped all the barley with magic power, completely isolated from the air, and then catalyzed the fermentation again.

The process of secondary fermentation was relatively long, but under the influence of Nora's strength, it took less than an hour to complete, and at this time, it was only noon.

When Tang En opened a gap and smelled the strong smell of alcohol emanating from it, he finally smiled.

Fermentation to this level is enough. If the wine is not steamed and continues to ferment, it will soon turn into vinegar.

So Tang En withdrew Nora's life force, moved the fermented barley into the wine still, connected it to the condenser, and started to steam the wine.

Due to the convenient magic power, the steps of steaming wine are not as cumbersome as on earth. Whether it is water flow or flame, Dunn can control it very accurately, and the condenser is even more effective under the action of ice magic.

When the boiling steam passes through the grain and takes away the alcohol, soon the alcohol begins to flow out of the nearby condenser tube.

About one hundred catties of barley was steamed in this pot. Although the alcohol production rate of barley on the earth is about 30% to 40%, it is almost impossible to produce 40% pure wine. It's a bird, Tang En tasted the last wine that was steamed here, and it was still more than 30 degrees, but in the end, there was more than 40 catties of pure wine after steaming, and the yield rate was astonishingly high!

Tang En fermented a lot of barley at the beginning, so he steamed it all at once, and finally got more than 450 catties of barley liquor, which of course can also be called barley shochu.

Smelling the freshly steamed barley shochu that still exuded the aroma of grain, Tang En started to swallow his saliva, not to mention those dwarves who were good at wine around them, all of them stretched their necks and stared their eyes and leaned forward. His nose sucked in the scent of wine in the air.

Tang En is not a person who likes to drink, but he would occasionally drink some baijiu at some parties before, but since he tried to steam baijiu himself, he will be relieved when he sees the so-called pure grain wine on the market. .

The real pure grain wine can be drunk just by smelling it, just like this barley wine. .

And those so-called pure grain wines on the market? It's a good conscience not to mix industrial alcohol with you...

Dulandon and Cloto, who were standing next to them, were stunned when they saw that Tang En actually distilled the wine in the end, and it was wine that had never been seen before.

Smelling the strong scent of wheat, the wine worm in Du Landon's stomach was aroused, and he looked at Tang En eagerly: "Tang En, what kind of wine is this? It smells so good?"

Tang En smiled lightly: "Of course it's barley wine made from barley, but it's barley liquor, which is different from beer."

"Barley liquor...can I try it?"

"Of course, but this wine is strong, you—"

Without waiting for Tang En to finish speaking, Durandon picked up the spoon next to him, scooped up a spoonful and poured it into his mouth.

The next moment, Du Landon's eyes widened, and he almost spit out the wine in his mouth, but he didn't know if it was because of reluctance, but he held it back abruptly, tasted it in his mouth for a while, and then swallowed it.

Then he stayed there, his face quickly turned red.

"Can I get some to try?"

Clotho is not an alcoholic, but he is willing to try new things.

"sure."

Tang En ordered some wine for him and said with a smile, "Drink slowly so that you can enjoy the taste."

Cloto took a small sip first and frowned, as if it was a bit difficult to accept the taste. After a while, he took another sip. This time, he finally tasted the strong wheat flavor inside. The fragrance smells, and I drink it after I close my eyes and enjoy it for a while.

"It's hard to describe. The feeling in the mouth is... soft, completely different from beer, but when you swallow it, it's like a fire, very powerful, more exciting than lava beer..."

Tang En himself took a sip, shook his head and said, "The mouth is soft, and the throat is smooth."

"I don't understand, but the entrance is indeed very soft, and the rich barley aroma is very good, can you give me some to take away?"

Cloto seemed to like barley liquor, and asked Tang En for a small jug.

"Be careful, this thing catches fire easily."

Tang En reminded me, I don't know if the barley and koji mold here in Prandal are more domineering or Nora's life force is too perverted, the barley is very fermented, so the alcohol content of the steamed is also very high, guess from the taste of the mouth , the degree is probably sixty or seventy degrees.

"This wine, this wine is really... wonderful!"

At this time, Du Landon finally came to his senses, rushed over and grabbed Tang En's hand.

Tang En looked at Du Landon inexplicably, making Du Landon extremely embarrassed.

Du Landon coughed dryly, and said solemnly: "Talk about the big brother..."

"Wait! Your dad Brian calls me big brother, you call me big brother too?"

Du Landon laughed: "It doesn't matter, everyone is a family, isn't it..."

"Don't hide it when you have something to say - can you let go of your hand first? It feels weird."

Du Landon let go of Tang En, and said with a dry smile: "That Tang En, can you save some of these wines for me?"

"Let's talk later."

Tang En rolled his eyes angrily, and then said to Grocca next to him, "I've been waiting for a long time."

Groka swallowed his saliva, but deliberately made a disdainful expression on his face: "Is it finally all right? Get over it soon and then I can go to lunch!"

"please."

Tang En handed the wine barrel over with a smile. He was very wicked. That barrel of wine was the most fragrant and the biggest.

"Hmph, you're doomed!"

Grocca looked disdainful, but couldn't wait to take the barrel.

Tang En was speechless. Are all dwarves so arrogant and arrogant?

"Hmph, let me try this so-called barley liquor you made."

Grocca opened the lid, and the strong aroma of the wine that had already disappeared came out again. The dwarves around watched eagerly as Grocca could enjoy a barrel of new wine to himself, but they could only watch, not to mention how many people there were. Envious.

"Gudu" Groka swallowed again. After just a few hours, the beer he drank before has been drained, and the alcohol has completely disappeared. Now he suddenly smells such a different and strong-flavored wine, He could hardly restrain his urge, and he started gurgling as soon as he raised his head!

Won……

Seeing Groka drinking, Tang En showed an inexplicable smile. These dwarves are used to drinking beer, and they don't know how powerful baijiu is, and this is still a drink with a temperature of more than 70 degrees. It's strange if you're not drunk.

Sure enough, as Tang En expected, after taking a few sips, Groka suddenly put down the wine barrel, sprayed out all the wine in his mouth, and began to pant quickly, his face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye one slice.

Tang En said with a smile: "How? Have you admitted defeat?"

"Nonsense, nonsense! The people of the great land never, never admit defeat!"

Groka yelled with his neck stuck, but he didn't realize that his tongue was getting bigger, not only he stuttered, but his feet also started to flutter.

Tang En shrugged and made a please gesture.

After resting for a while, Groka gritted his teeth, grabbed the barrel again, and drank with his head up under the watchful eyes of all the dwarves!

However, after only a few sips, he couldn't hold it anymore. As soon as his hand softened, the wine barrel slid out, and Gululu rolled under the table. Immediately looting started, and at this time, I didn't care whether there were brothers or sisters beside me, and desperately scrambled for the wine barrel just to drink a new sip of fine wine.

"Get out of the way! It's mine! It's mine!"

"Go away! Obviously I snatched it first!"

"Damn it! You took it from me!"

"Damn it I'm dueling you - I just got a taste of it!"

"You tasted it anyway! I was snatched as soon as I got it-who the fuck kicked my ass!?"

There was a commotion under the table, but Du Landon had no intention of stopping it. He pointed at Grocca and suddenly laughed wildly: "Ahahahaha—Groka, you have today!? Look, everyone, the drunkard champion Ge Rocca is finally drunk!"

There was a moment of silence under the table, and everyone looked at Groka in unison, right? He was completely unsteady, and his body was on the verge of falling. If he hadn't supported the wine barrel next to him, he would have fallen to the ground long ago.

But soon, their attention returned to the half-barrel of wine, and they looted it again.