There is a self -brewing beer master who does not like to drink

Zhuzhou Evening News reporter/Kuang Kunhong

In the hot summer, nothing can be more refreshing than a cup of mellow beer. However, the choice of beer is not only the most common models in supermarkets. Pepper beer, pineapple mango beer, cherry beer ... Based on malt, beer, yeast and water, the self -brewed beer master Li Haopeng adds ingredients to the world, brewing a colorful beer world.

Don't drink but get fascinated by self -brewed beer

Li Haopeng was from Harbin. He sent him to Zhuzhou more than 10 years ago. Life is unfamiliar. In order to pass the time, as soon as he was free, he looked for his hobbies. Once I came online, he saw a post of self -brewed beer, and he was interested. Around 2015, this person who did not like to drink is fascinated by self -brewed beer and is out of control.

▲ Li Haopeng and his self -brewed black beer. Reporter Kuang Kunhong Photo

According to its introduction, in order to cater to the taste of the public and the consideration of commercial costs, the large -produced beer produced by large manufacturers will use many auxiliary materials during the brewing process, such as rice. Most of the craft beer is made of whole wheat, so the taste is more mellow and rich, and it is not greasy. "It's like the former is an instant noodle, the latter is hand -rolled noodles, and it is impossible to replace each other, let alone comparable." Li Haopeng said

At that time, in addition to reading the net post, he also bought the entry book of this self -brewed beer "Drinking the Beer Breeding". "I know you like to drink beer, but you like to drink beer. Is it enough to make you crazy enough to start brewing beer by yourself ..." This opening is enough to confuse people and let everyone embark on their own beer.

The raw material is simple but the process is not short.

Drinking beer is refreshing and smooth, but self -brewed beer is boring. The main component of self -brewed beer is malt, beer, water and yeast. In addition, brewers can also use all the ingredients they can think of to create their favorite tastes, such as oats, coconut milk, chocolate, fruits, spices, vanilla, and so on.

▲ Various flavors of self -brewed beer. Interviewee confidence

Simply summarizes self -brewed beer is to convert malt's starch into sugar. After fermentation of yeast, alcohol and carbon dioxide are produced. Among them, it takes at least 6 hours from grinding malt to starting fermentation, and the process of fermentation takes half a month to one month.

On July 19, in the winemaking room, the reporter recorded the whole process of Li Haopeng's production of beer. There are 5 or 6 kinds of wheat and barley in the room. Because of different types of wine, the raw materials are different. On this day, he made a white beer. At 9 o'clock in the morning, he began to grind the barley. In order to facilitate sugarization, he had to meet the requirements of crushing wheat skin. Then make a malt paste, put the water and grinding malt powder in the pot at a certain proportion, cook at a temperature of 45 ° C for 30 minutes, and keep it at 68 ° C for an hour to sugar. After the malt powder is separated, boil wheat juice again, and put in the beer flower twice. If you want to add taste, add fruits, coffee, chocolate, etc. at this step. After the wheat juice is cooled, enter the fermentation tank, and then put the yeast. For half a month in the fermentation tank, self -brewed beer was completed.

The self -brewing process looks simple. In the production process, when will it be added, how much, and what to add, it determines the slight difference in the taste of beer. This is the fun of self -brew beer. " The parameter range, color, alcohol, and bitterness, etc., have great selectivity, strong operability, fun in this infinite possibility, it can expand your imagination. "

The biggest harvest is the fun of manual and sharing

At the beginning, the beer that Li Haopeng made was not good. In order to make his technology advance, Li Haopeng, who rarely drinks, often invites friends and colleagues to eat and drink. With the continuous research and study of these years, his production process has become increasingly skilled, and his experience has become more and more abundant.

The "Master Cup" home brewing beer prize in 2012 is the most influential and credible home brewing event in China. Li Haopeng participated in several sessions and achieved good results -the 2016 Dalian Station Championship, and 2018 Changsha Station Championship.

On July 19, the reporter tasted the most intuitive feeling after taste the beer of peppercorn beer, Indian light color El, wild fungus Alga cherry, pineapple mango beer and other variety of beer. Compared with the beer sold in the market, it has less astringent and bitterness, more mellow taste, and more unique flavor. It adds beer brewed by fruits. The taste buds feel more abundant.

Li Haopeng said that in addition to various flavors of products, it is more fun and sharing in addition to various flavors of products. A hot afternoon, three or five friends gathered together, found a movie, took out a special beer glass, drank the self -brewed beer after the ice, appreciated the dense bubble, and appreciated the rich bubbles spreading in the mouth. The fragrance of beer is scattered in the mouth ... this happiness cannot be described in text.

Source: Zhuzhou Evening News

Review: Luo Xiaoling

Edit: Chen Chen

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