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Chapter 380 Sweet Potato Wine Distillation

Upon hearing this, Grandpa Zhao supplemented Mu'er with some knowledge about tigers. Xu Han also appropriately talked about what she knew about tigers.

In this way, Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest went away for another five days before returning. This time, they did not hunt a tiger, but unexpectedly hunted a big black bear.

Seeing this, Xu Han looked terrified and said, "What's going on in this mountain recently? Why are there so many large animals?"

Lu Chuan smiled and explained, "The Taoist priest and I have checked in the past few days. There are no wild animals near our home, otherwise we wouldn't dare to let you go out every day.

This black bear was hunted far away from here. When the Taoist priest and I were patrolling the mountains, we found the traces of the black bear. We followed it for a long way before we found it. Just in case, we simply hunted it to avoid any accidents in the future. "

"Yes, what Xiaochuan said is right. There are no large prey in the nearby hills. Even if there are, they will not come to our side. Don't worry."

In fact, neither Lu Chuan nor the Taoist priest told the truth. How could there be only so many wild animals in the mountains? However, considering the distance and the concerns of their families, they did not dare to transport the wild animals they hunted back home in recent times.

The main reason was to avoid scaring Xu Han and the children at home and to avoid making them feel uneasy.

In the past year, the ecology in the mountains and forests has slowly begun to recover. The wild animals that had escaped before have returned to their respective territories, and even many foreign wild animals have joined in.

However, Lu Chuan did not intend to tell Xu Han these. He just wanted Xu Han to know that it was safe near home. As for the rest, he and the Taoist priest would take care of it.

In this way, after finishing the farm work at home, the Taoist priest and Lu Chuan often went into the mountains, but they never brought back large prey. Instead, they often brought back some small prey such as pheasants and rabbits.

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed and Xu Han's sweet potato wine had completed fermentation.

During this period, when it rained, Lu Chuan was at home. Xu Han specially asked Lu Chuan to help make a wine steamer specifically for distilling sweet potato wine.

On this day, Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest went into the mountains again and were not at home.

Xu Han saw that the sweet potato wine in the jar had fermented, so she prepared to start making distilled liquor.

When you open the jar of fermented sweet potato wine, you can smell the strong aroma of wine, and you can also faintly smell the smell of rotten sweet potatoes.

This is also the unique flavor of sweet potato wine. Some people love this taste, while others don't like it at all.

However, after distillation, the smell becomes very light and you can't smell it unless you smell it carefully.

The fermented sweet potato wine is thinner than before, and its shape is like yogurt, even thinner than yogurt.

A big pot is needed to distill liquor, so Xu Han set up the pot outside that he had used in the yard.

Put the fermented sweet potato wine into a large pot, and then add appropriate amount of water to dilute it.

Put the cleaned wine steamer on the pot, then put the hinge used to collect the wine on it, and finally put the top pot on top of the wine steamer.

The Tianguo that Xu Han used was a replacement pot that she had bought before. She had never used it before, so she just happened to take it out and use it this time.

The Tianguo cannot be directly replaced by the pot used for daily cooking at home. The bottom of the cooking pot has been completely blackened by firewood and cannot be cleaned, so it cannot be used at all.

After use, the distilled wine will turn black, contain impurities, and the taste will change.

After doing all this, Xu Han took out the gauze that was used to make tofu, and directly stuffed the gauze soaked in water into the connection between the top pot and the wine steamer to prevent air leakage.

Not only that, even the water pipe extending from the hinge to collect the wine was surrounded by gauze by Xu Han, for fear that air would enter and affect the quality of the sweet potato wine.

The place where the big iron pot below was connected to the wine steamer was also covered with wheat bran left over from grinding flour by Xu Han, also to isolate the air.

The big iron pot below is always on fire. If gauze is used, the temperature will be too high and burn the gauze, so wheat bran is used.

After finishing all this, Xu Han started to light the fire and distill sweet potato wine.

Grandpa Zhao, who was watching the whole process, was amazed and helped from time to time. He even ignored Mu'er's studies and watched Xu Han distill sweet potato wine in the front yard.

The miserable Mu'er was practicing calligraphy and reading books alone in Grandpa Zhao's study in the backyard.

After the fire was lit, the temperature rose quickly. As time went by, drops of sweet potato wine slowly flowed out from the wine pipe.

"Hahaha, Xiaohan, look, the alcohol is really coming out." Grandpa Zhao was as happy as a child and hurriedly pulled Xu Han over to see.

Hearing this, Xu Han took a large bowl, put it under the wine pipe and began to collect the wine. As she collected the wine, she said, "The wine that comes out now is called first wine. This first wine cannot be drunk. It is not good for your health."

Xu Han didn't know how to explain to Grandpa Zhao the various harmful substances contained in the first wine, so she just said it in one sentence, anyway, you can't drink it because it is bad for your health.

After taking a little of the first jar of wine, Xu Han took another jar of wine and started to take the first jar of wine.

The wine we currently receive is called first pot wine, which is the wine distilled from the first pot of water in the first pot.

Compared with the following wines, the first wine has a higher alcohol content and tastes better, so Xu Han bottled it separately.

Xu Han took a small cup of wine from the wine glass and handed it to Grandpa Zhao, saying, "Grandpa Zhao, how about you try this wine? The alcohol content of the first pot of wine is high, so you can take a sip."

Upon hearing this, Grandpa Zhao took the sweet potato wine handed to him by Xu Han with a smile, and took small sips of it as Xu Han said. As soon as the sweet potato wine took a sip, Grandpa Zhao's eyes widened instantly, with a look of disbelief on his face.

Then he reluctantly took another sip of the sweet potato wine and said excitedly, "This wine is really good, strong and fragrant, and the taste is much better than the wine I bought before.

Even the good wine I drank in Beijing is not as good as this, not bad, not bad."

Upon hearing this, Xu Han took a little and tasted it. It was too spicy and she couldn't drink it. She thought that the fruit wine she made was better and it was not suitable for her.

"As long as it tastes good, I'm fine. I was afraid I wouldn't make it well, but I didn't expect it to be so successful the first time."

Although this sweet potato wine looks very simple, when Xu Han wanted to make it, she kept writing and drawing on her notebook. Thanks to the fact that she had seen a lot of short videos before and that she liked these things and had rich experience in making this kind of food by herself, she succeeded in one go.