National Beer

Beer appraisal is a very complicated task. We must first establish a leading organization and organize experts to formulate relevant appraisal standards.

The task of the appraisal committee is to appraise beer by the senses, namely, color and fragrance. Only sensitive senses are not enough. You also need to have a deeper understanding of beer. In the process of appraisal, you must not cheat for personal gains and cheat. .

The sampling, sealing and sample delivery of the 46 manufacturers and 60 kinds of beer in Shanhai Province that participated in the evaluation began one week ago. The participating beer manufacturers evaluated the eight-year beer. They all attach great importance to it. Some factory managers directly sent samples to the Provincial Food Association, while others sent the deputy factory manager or chief engineer of the technical factory to deliver them in person.

"This is another beer competition in our province since 1981, and it is also a major inspection of the quality of our province's beer products..."

Deputy Director Song of the Provincial Second Light Department visited the Provincial Food Association. Leaders from the Food and Food Industry Association, the Provincial Second Light Department, the Provincial Food Industry Company, the Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce, the Provincial Consumers’ Association and the Provincial Department of Commerce all attended. Sixteen judges, leaders of beer manufacturers, reporters and staff members, the conference room of the Provincial Food Association burst into popularity for the first time in recent years!

"Well, whoever can get a higher score in this competition can also represent the province to participate in the quality beer inspection competition in the ministry!" Halfway through, Director Song looked at everyone and suddenly increased his tone, "Who Whoever wins this provincial competition will be able to represent the province to participate in the first China Food Expo..."

In the audience, all the judges and breweries were silent.

"The whole province attaches great importance to it." At the end of the meeting, everyone walked outside, and Chen Shifa glanced at the key to the smile on stage, "How?"

In the presence of so many colleagues, he asked very implicitly. Did you go to the president in advance?"

"Well," Qin Dong answered concisely, "he said there is no doubt."

"Oh," the wrinkles on Chen Shifa's face eased. He is not a talkative person, but today he talks a lot, "There is no doubt that it is a good thing,...I care about whether I can be in the top three. , It’s best to be the first place, Xiao Qin, remember, the first place does not need to be publicized, everyone will know, no one cares who the second and third place are,...well, I’ll be waiting for you in Qinwan news."

He got in the car and left. The leaders also left. The judges were pulled by the car to a guest house under the Second Light Hall.

This is the site of the eight-year provincial beer appraisal. The sixteen members of the third provincial beer appraisal committee are also placed in suitable rooms. There are six public security guards at the entrance of the guesthouse. This week, they Completely isolated from the outside world.

"... There are 813 breweries in the country, and all provinces and autonomous regions all have beer production. Zhejiang Province has the most beer with 118, followed by our Shanhai Province with 59, and the least is Hainan and Tibet, each with one..."

This forty-year-old man with a big back is Xu Changjia from the Provincial Food Industry Corporation. He is the chairman of this competition, and the key is the consultant.

"Our mountains and seas are also a major beer province," this is Li Changyu from the ancient city. "It is also a strong beer province. Like Qin Beer, it has almost won all the gold medals in beer competitions since the founding of the People's Republic of China. However, Qin Beer will not participate in this competition. Which brewery can stand out?"

"Let’s see who can win the crown of our beer province!" Wang Xuemei from Changtan smiled. She is a female judge in her fifties, but she looks very kind.

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Everyone settled down in the guest house talking and laughing. At eleven o'clock, Xu Changjia called everyone together, first announced the work discipline of the competition, and then directly announced the start of the competition and issued the score sheet.

"There are still four major indicators, one is hygiene indicators, including total bacterial counts and coliform groups, and the other is physical and chemical indicators, including raw wort concentration, alcohol content, diacetyl content, carbon dioxide, etc.... These two indicators are still in experiment Room."

He looked at the score sheet in his hand, "Our 16 judges mainly conduct sensory evaluations, as well as beer labels..."

Although the design of beer labels is different, they are roughly the same. The name, formula, net content, alcohol content...product standard code, shelf life...about ten items.

In fact, the judges mainly evaluated the sensory indicators, which roughly included appearance, foam, aroma and taste.

"Look at the first item of the table. If the beer is light yellow or yellowish green, five points will be scored. If it is dark yellow, points will be deducted as appropriate..."

After explaining the scoring table, Xu Changjia explained the procedure of the evaluation, using repeated password tasting three times to score, and finally ranked high-quality products, the top ten won the provincial quality product certificate!

"Preliminary evaluation, re-evaluation, and final!" A judge in his 50s immediately summarized Xu Changjia's words.

After having a meal at noon, take a short break and the appraisal work has officially started!

The samples submitted to the judges had the same temperature and were coded. The judges did not know which manufacturer produced the beer.

When evaluating wine, the combination and arrangement of samples is also very knowledgeable. The evaluation of so many samples in the whole province adopts the elimination method, and the outstanding ones are selected through several rounds of elimination.

"Everyone will be very hard in these two days. In order to reduce the over-saturated evaluation work of the judges, we take ten minutes break every half an hour..." Xu Changjia patrolled the appraisal site temporarily changed into this big meeting.

"It's hard work. After a week, my lips are definitely numb." A judge

He took a sip of beer and smiled.

"That's worth it. See who can have the last laugh in this competition!"

"Like Director Song said, who can win the crown of our beer province and start in the ministry!"

"Director Song meant to represent our province to participate in the first food expo!"

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Everyone was working, and slowly no one was talking at the scene, only quietly communicating.

Dozens of wines were laid out one after another, waiting for the final result.

As the consultant of this evaluation, Zhuan walked in with a smile. Instead of disturbing the judges, he chatted with Xu Changjia relaxedly.

The main ingredients of beer are mostly water, malt, hops, and yeast.

The biggest ingredient is water, and the water quality is different, and the taste of the brewed beer varies greatly.

In addition, when each manufacturer makes beer according to the preferences of the locals, the ratio of the main raw materials blended and the ingredients added are also different, so there will be a difference in bitterness or aroma at the entrance, and the blending ratio is also beer taste Where the secrets are.

"Oh, Laoguan, this beer is good," Wang Xuemei smiled while holding a transparent glass. "Yes, there is no smell of horse urine!" She took a second sip slowly.