National Beer

I always want to have a house facing the sea and blooming in spring, where you can hear the sound of the waves, and here, you can also see the white and surging waves...

He stopped, Qin Dong looked at this seaside manor of his own, took a breath of air mixed with the smell of the sea, smiled and walked out of the car.

In the distance is the blue sky and blue sea, the red tiles and white walls are nearby, and there are green trees and flowers all around. He can't imagine how comfortable living here will be.

The yard is very large and spacious. Du Xiaoshu is very energetic with his fist dance. Well, these days, install doors and windows and a glass fiber reinforced plastic ceiling, and then smear the concrete floor, and beer brewing equipment can enter the venue.

"Xiaoshu, next week you will pick up a technician sent by Germany," Qin Dong said, "When the equipment is installed, we are about to brew our own beer."

"Okay, Brother Dong, you will concentrate on your university entrance exams. Leave these little things to me." Du Xiaoshu promised, patted his chest, "I promise to bring the Germans over!"

...

Ralph, a German, is a technician at the Bailong Brewery, and he contracted the installation of the entire small beer equipment.

When he stopped, the serious German couldn't help but admire, "Qin, this is the most beautiful factory I have ever seen..." He pointed to the sparkling sea in the sun in the distance, "So beautiful. Life, it's our beer..."

This set of beer equipment is very complete. A typical two-vessel combination saccharification machine is equipped with a small grinder. The saccharification pot is made of copper and can be used by plugging in... The fermentation is divided into front and rear fermentation, and two pre-fermentation. Open stainless steel tank, eight stainless steel tanks after fermentation...

The equipment is also equipped with a ceiling air cooler. One room in the west wing is isolated as a cold storage, and a small filling machine is also placed in the west wing. What surprised Qin Dong most is that the whole equipment is also equipped with a small microcomputer. It was something that he didn't have when he inspected the equipment that day, and Qin Dong really felt like he had made a profit.

"Qin, look, the whole factory can be operated by one person." Ralph smiled and turned on the computer, Qin Dong stepped forward and cracked the operation, and immediately made the German thumbs up. Ralph did not expect that the young man in front of him People are more proficient in microcomputer operations than he is.

"Well, each feed is about 200 kilograms, and each batch produces 1,000 liters of hot wort. The plan is to produce 1,000 tons of beer per year... Of course, it can also produce more, 5,000 tons?..." Ralph Bian said Bian made notes in a notebook.

"The sales are mainly barreled wine. The beer barrels you order can be shipped to Qinwan next week..."

"Then we can try to brew beer!" Qin Dong smiled, everything is ready, if the fastest, in a week, he will be able to drink the fresh beer he brewed!

"Qin," Ralph is very dedicated and is already preparing to crush barley. "Your beer must have a name..."

"Then it's called Mingcui Liu Beer." Qin Dong did not hesitate. These days, Du Yuan invited a calligrapher in the district to write the plaque of the "Mingcui Liu" restaurant. The wooden plaque will hang soon after it is done. Go to the front of the hotel.

...

This week, Qin Dong almost stayed in the restaurant, discussing beer brewing technology with Ralph. Willow also brought all the guys from the restaurant last year in a cart. Although the restaurant is not open, it can still cook. It's dinner.

The Chinese food is so delicious. After a week, Ralph simply telegraphed to the German headquarters, urging to stay for another week.

"Qin, the food here is delicious, but the beer here is not good, just wait for tomorrow our beer, China's Mingcui Liu beer..."

Qin Dong is also looking forward to it. I don’t know how many beer production lines have been installed in his previous life, but now he is full of expectations for his small beer production line, just like waiting for his child to be born soon, full of joy and joy. Excited

"Hello!" In the evening, when I went to a banquet by appointment, Wu Geng was stunned when he saw German Ralph, and then enthusiastically stretched out his hand.

Tonight, it can almost be called a writer's banquet. Among the people attending, besides Wu Geng and Lu Xuguang, the adults and children of the Qin and Du families also mean warm pot.

Willow branches and Xiaoju were busy in the kitchen. Du Xiaoshu and Zhong Xiaojun set up a round table in the yard, and a few cold dishes were brought up quickly. Wu Geng shouted, "Secretary Qin, go to the bar, let us Taste your beer, what's the difference..."

Ralph held two large glasses solemnly, the golden liquid dazzling under the light.

"Well, Xiaoshu, turn on all the lights," Wu Geng commanded with a smile, "you have to see, smell, and taste the beer..." After being the brewery director for a year, he is now an expert.

At first glance, it depends on the color. Generally, light-colored beer should be light yellow or golden yellow. When poured into the glass, the foam should rise quickly. The height of the foam should account for one-third of the glass. When the beer temperature is between eight and ten At five degrees, the bubble will not disappear within five minutes...

"It's okay." Looking at the delicate and white foam, Wu Geng held up his cup and smelled it. Oh, the hop aroma is obvious, "Then I will try it, Brother Du, let's be together."

The two smiled and touched the cups, and both took a sip.

Ralph was standing around with a smile, waiting for the cheers he imagined!

But no, nothing!

He looked at Qin Dong strangely, and Qin Dong spread his hands like him.

Wu Geng didn't speak, Du Yuan frowned, and took another sip, still not speaking.

"Well," Wu Geng picked up a piece of preserved ginger egg and put it into his mouth, "Qin Dong, what did your kid give us to drink?"

"Beer." Qin Dong walked over quickly.

"I'll try it." Lu Xuguang took a sip of the beer in front of Du Yuan. His big eyes instantly became rounder, "Well, it's not the smell of beer..."

"What's that smell?" Du Xiaoshu took the beer mug in Lu Xuguang's hand and took a sip in his mouth suddenly.

"Tsk," Lu Xuguang seemed to be still smacking his taste. Suddenly, he remembered a word, a word that he had just heard in the brewery or a long time ago, "horse urine!"

puff--

Du Xiaoshu and Zhong Xiaoyong spit out the beer in their mouths at the same time, and the German Ralph who was standing by was stunned!

"Go, what you drink is horse urine!" Du Yuan got angry, and he reached out and knocked on Da Guang's head.

Qin Dong smiled, and he took a drink himself, took a sip, and wanted to take a second sip, but he simply dried up in one bite, "Well, cool!"

He touched the beer foam on his mouth, and his excited voice echoed in the courtyard.

The weather in June, the windows were all open, and the sea breeze at night made him very comfortable.

Under the night, you could also vaguely see the waves rolling and hear the sound of the waves. It has not been such a good day for a long time. He picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of kidney into his mouth, "Well, fragrance!"

Looking at him, Wu Geng took up the beer glass suspiciously again, "You kid, don't fool me, is it so delicious? I have already drunk Qin Beer..." He said, he took another second drink. mouth.

Um, how it seemed that there was an electric current passing through the body, and every cell in the body suddenly became comfortable, hiss——Wu Geng took a long breath, and indeed, the second mouth tasted differently.The foam is rich and delicate, the mouth is smooth and mellow, the taste is not as bitter as the beer in the factory, and it is slightly sweet...

"I'll take another sip to try." Watching the willow twigs served with sweet and sour carp and trout fillets, Wu Geng couldn't wait to take another big sip, but the big sip couldn't stop, and his Adam's apple turned up and down. , Sucking the remaining beer into the stomach like a whale sucking the sea.

"Cool!"

The beer glass was placed heavily on the table. Wu Geng stood up and pointed at Qin Dong and shouted, "You kid honestly confess, is this beer?" He looked at the willow branch smiling softly, "Grandma Yes, did Laozi have lived for more than 30 years and used to drink pot water?"