C294 Distilled Liquor Technology with Zero Threshold

Although drinking too much did harm the human body, the harm was not particularly high in ancient times.

At the very least, the lack of drinks hadn't reached the extent where it would affect the development of civilization.

As such, Xiao Wen didn't mind making money on this matter.

Thus, he started to look through the information on distilled wine.

The raw material of distilled wine is rich in natural sugar or starch which can be easily converted into sugar. Such as honey, sugar cane, beet, fruit and corn, sorghum, rice, wheat potato, etc.

Sugar and starch are fermented by yeast to produce alcohol. By heating the original fermentation liquid to the point between the boiling point and the boiling point of water, alcohol and flavoring matter can be obtained from the fermentation liquid. The boiling point of alcohol (78.5 ℃) and water (100 ℃) can be used to heat the original fermentation liquid to the point between the boiling point and the boiling point.

The liquor, mash or fermented grains were heated with a special distilling apparatus. Because of the volatility of the various substances they contained, the relative contents of the various substances in the steam and in the liquor were different when distilling.

Ethanol (ethanol) is more volatile, the steam produced after heating contains an increase in alcohol concentration, while liquor or mash alcohol concentration decreased. Collect and cool the wine, although colorless, but the smell is pungent strong.

The alcohol content of the wine was much higher than that of the original wine. In general, when brewing wine, the alcohol content would be lower than 20%.

Distilled wine can be as much as 60%. The distilled wine in China is mainly produced by distilling the distilled wine from grain raw materials.

The distilled wine that modern people are familiar with is divided into white wine (also known as liquor), brandy, whisky, vodka, rum and so on.

Liquor is unique to China and is generally distilled after being brewed with grain.

The brandy is distilled from wine, and the whisky is distilled from the fermentation of grains such as barley.

The rum was distilled from sugarcane wine.

In ancient China, due to the long history and different geographical location, there are many names of distilled wine left behind. However, the name "white wine" in the ancient literature does not refer to distilled wine.

In fact, in ancient times, white wine referred to a brewed rice wine.

It was only in the modern era that liquor represented distilled wine.

Baking wine and spring began to be used in the Tang Dynasty, but whether the "braising wine" mentioned by the Tang Dynasty referred to distilled wine or not was still controversial.

After the Song and Yuan dynasties, the wine and spring were the true distilled wine.

The process of making distilled wine was actually very complicated, but it was also very simple.

The process of distilling wine was in fact a high purity liquor extracted by vaporizing the alcohol according to its physical properties.

Because the vaporization point of alcohol is 78.3 ℃, the vaporized alcohol can be obtained when this temperature is reached and maintained. If the vaporized alcohol is then put into the cooling pipe, it will be liquid alcohol.

But during the heating process, the moisture and other substances of the raw materials will also be mixed with alcohol, resulting in a different quality liquor.

Most of the famous wines adopt the technology of multiple distilling to get the liquor with high purity and little impurities.

Distilled wine is an alcoholic beverage distilled from a liquid containing alcohol, independent of the amount of alcohol contained in the original liquid.

Alcohol can be obtained by distillation. The principle is very simple. Because alcohol is lower than water is required to become gas.

Because of its high alcohol content and low impurity content, distilled liquor can be stored at room temperature for a long time and can be stored for 5-10 years under normal circumstances.

Even after the bottle is opened, it can be stored for more than a year without spoiling. So in many bars of the twenty-first century, alcohol can be sold, mixed, and even often opened, regardless of its rapid deterioration.

As he read up to this point, Xiao Wen couldn't help but recall some memories from his previous life.

In his previous life, although he didn't like drinking alcohol, he liked drinking coffee.

Moreover, the coffee he drank was not the bitter but tasteless American coffee, but a type of espresso that was extracted from the coffee beans through steam.

He was also used to adding some vodka or rum to this foundation to make the coffee taste more structured.

And he remembered that during the years he had been drinking coffee in the café, the owner had used the same bottle for a long time.

If it was wine, Xiao Wen would have long been in contact with the acetic acid in the air and turned it into vinegar.

But the highs did not.

Thus, Xiao Wen was certain that preserving this high alcohol level wasn't that difficult.

Suddenly, he turned to look at Wang Xuance and asked, "Brother Wang, if I sold wine of the same quality as Song Ming and Chang An, would I be able to make money?"

"Earning money?" After some thought, Wang Xuance nodded and said, "Of course we can. The wine from both Song and Ming countries was called wine. It was extremely satisfying for a person to drink it, as if it was on fire. Every man with blood in him who drank it was full of praise. However, this liquor was only in Song and Ming dynasties, whereas it was not common in the Han and Tang dynasties. Therefore, a pot of top-grade wine can be sold for at least a hundred gold in Chang An Luoyang. "

Xiao Wen was also surprised to hear this.

He didn't expect that liquor could be sold for so much money in this place.

Even though the main reason was still the hype among the merchants, and the liquor was priceless in the market.

If there was anyone who still wished to sell a hundred gold after mass production, their brains must have been squeezed out by the door.

However, Xiao Wen felt that as long as he could manage the brand of the wine well, it wouldn't be impossible for him to sell it to the same price as the Maotai of later generations.

A small pot selling one gold was actually a very reasonable price.

However, at the side, Wang Xuance asked, "Brother Xiao, do you have the ability to make this wine?"

After hearing this, Xiao Wen mysteriously smiled and took out his identity as someone who was only second to that of a common household. He said: "Don't forget that my hometown is in the Southern Tang Dynasty. I have an uncle who runs the distillery. I've been making wine since I was young. Otherwise, why would I think that the wine in this Rites of Rites is bad wine? "

Hearing this, Wang Xuance suddenly came to a realization.

He said, "I heard Wan'er say before that Brother Xiao is from the Southern Tang Dynasty. I didn't expect you to be so capable. "

Xiao Wen smiled but didn't say anything.

Although the origin of distilled wine has been paid attention to since ancient times. There have always been divergent views.

Modern scholars at home and abroad are still collecting data and studying the problem. With the enrichment of archaeological data and the inquiry of ancient literature, people's understanding of the origin of distilled wine gradually deepened.

For this involves not only the distillation of wine, but also the epoch-making distillation unit.

However, the fact was that there was an additional distilling process in the manufacturing process compared to the wine brewing process. The closing equipment was the distilling device.

Therefore, the invention of distilling apparatus is a prerequisite for the origin of distilled liquor, but the appearance of distiller is not an absolute condition for the origin of distilled liquor.

Because distillers can be used not only to steam wine, but also to distill other substances, such as spices, mercury, etc.

In other words, if Xiao Wen spent some time searching, he would probably find a suitable equipment to distill the alcohol and use it to make the distilled wine.

Xiao Wen didn't even need to bring out a new blueprint to complete this item with ready-made technology.

It could be said that the production of distilled wine was a very low threshold for one to get rich.