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Although bourbon distillery originates in Bourbon County, Kentucky, it is now mostly concentrated around the city of Louisville, where large areas of plains are used for growing corn. Genetically modified corn from Monsanto has high yields, larger particles, higher starch content, and more convenient for mechanized planting.

Chenfang's winery is still located in the suburbs of Bourbon County, Kentucky, where the most traditional whiskey brewing process is still preserved. The raw materials used for brewing are also traditional corn that is not genetically modified. Chenfang's 20 hectares of farms are all grown in this kind of corn.

The starch content of this corn is low, not drought-resistant, and the harvest is not high. According to the traditional brewing skills that the original owner has always insisted on using, the corn accounts for 85%, far exceeding the current 51%. After fermenting with high-quality barley and wheat slurry, it can make its alcoholicity and taste more mellow. The corn harvested in twenty hectares can only brew dozens of barrels of whiskey at most. In the United States, farmers pay a large amount of tax every year, and the unsustainable heir of the winery sold the winery to Chenfang when his father went there.

After Chen Fang took over, he reorganized the farm that was about to be abandoned, and he found the brewers who had cut him one by one. Because Chen Fang was not short of money and did not expect the winery to make money. He just wanted to satisfy his personal preferences, so he asked for excellence in the production process. Even the grains that matched were required to choose the best one. He still brewed his favorite whiskey according to the most traditional skills.

Standing in the winery's underground cellar, Chen Fang proudly told Qin Mohan about the process of purchasing the winery. Although the winery produces very small, the whiskey produced is the best in Bourbon County.

Pointing to the oak barrels marked with different years, Chen Fang said with a smile: "My biggest gain in the past years in the United States is actually these. Perhaps it is the difference in social circles. After several cocktail parties, I fell in love with many friends and helped me connect with each other." These wines that were originally unable to produce benefits in the wine cellar have become the private favors of many Internet giants in Silicon Valley under the promotion of Shen Fang. Moreover, the number is limited, and it is only given away but not sold, so many people who love wine have become friends with him.

Qin Mohan curled his lips and said, "Should I show admiration, then look at you and say, "Wow, you are so awesome, I admire you so much!"

Shen put it on her butt and patted it: "Stingy, I haven't calmed down yet. I said that I have nothing to do with her. She is only eighteen years old. When I met her for the first time, she was still a little girl. Besides, she is not the type I like, I like you."

Qin Mohan curled his lips and said, "Hmph, I feel uncomfortable when I see her hugging you so kindly."

After arriving at the winery today, Chen Fang was hugged by a blonde girl at the gate. This is Meghan Hart, the granddaughter of the winery chief brewer Jack Hart, a sexy girl with a figure comparable to that of Meghan in Hollywood. In contrast, looking at the other party’s towering mountain peaks, Qin Mohan felt a sense of crisis. Although he knew that Chen Fang had nothing to do with her, Qin Mohan was still a little jealous when he saw the familiar communication between the two.

Sensitive Chen Fang clearly felt the recent changes in Qin Mohan's emotions. At first, Chen Fang thought it was the arrival of her relatives, which made her feel a little emotional out of control. Later, she gradually realized that this was as the media reported Chen Fang continuously, Qin Mohan felt insecure.

"Jealous?" Chen Fang surrounded her from behind: "No need at all, where did I go, that confident girl?"

Feeling the temperature coming from behind, Qin Mohan said quietly: "I feel that the gap between me and you is getting bigger and bigger, and I can no longer keep up with you."

"Follower, it is extremely stupid to care about other people's perceptions. Comparing achievements with your lover is an extremely stupid thing. We must always live for ourselves, and our smiles must be particularly bright, and we don't have to care about other people's opinions. We do not live for others. You are mine, and I only belong to you. This will never be changed."

Chen Fang's words made Qin Mohan's tense emotions that had been tense during this period slowly soften, and he also limped in Shen Fang's arms, making him hug him tightly.

In the next few days, the cheerful and atmospheric Qin Mohan came back. She took the initiative to communicate with Meghan Hart, and the two rode together, went shopping or watched Old Jack and the others make wine with Shen Fang.

Unlike the large wineries that make whiskey year-round, this winery harvests corn in September every year. After three months of natural air drying, it starts brewing in December.

Chen Fang will come to participate in the brewing every year whenever he has time. Watch the air-dried corn grinding into ultra-fine powder in the grinding machine, then mix rye, fermented barley, and small wheat slurry thoroughly, and finally put it in a cereal cooking pot and steam it at high temperature and high pressure.

The steamed grains will be transferred to the fermentation tank for fermentation, and at this time, you will need to use the secret recipe made by the family winery.

The entire Kentucky is in mainland China, with basically the same climate. Even the corn that produces whiskey is basically the same. With the same mechanical equipment, the bourbon whiskey produced by different distillery has different taste characteristics. The old brewer will tell you that in addition to the ratio of grain raw materials, what is more important is fermented strains, new white oak barrels and storage warehouses.

Each winery has its own yeast strain. In addition to the oak barrels, the unique fruit aroma of bourbon is also due to yeast. They all survived the ban from 1919 to 1933. The yeast strains of Chenfang this winery are even more special and bring a richer taste. In order to keep these yeast strains strictly confidential, Chenfang also applied for a patent for them.

After a few days of busyness with Old Jack, you have to wait for them to ferment naturally. According to traditional methods, the brewer will store the steamed cereal acid solution in the fermenter for three days, and wait until the yeast inside it begins to change and convert the sugar into alcohol. At this time, you can start distilling and loading the barrel. The sinking distilled wine adopts the mechanized treatment commonly used by American distillers at this stage, which can achieve the full sterility. The distilled raw wine is directly poured into fresh white oak barrels through the condenser, avoiding external pollution and affecting the quality of the wine.

After a busy day, Qin Mohan massaged him to relax his muscles and bones: "Megan doesn't want to stay in Bourbon. She wants to go to Hollywood or Bainaohui. She was very envious when she knew I was an actor." Megan's performance was not very good, and she was also the cheerleader of the school's American football team, the stolen figures in the school, and the praises of her classmates made her feel even more excited.

Chen Fang said: "Don't encourage her, old Jack will not allow it. According to Jack's idea, he wanted her to inherit the skills of brewing. This girl has been very sensitive to whiskey since she was a child and is very talented in the brewing industry."

Three days later, the whiskey this year has been fermented. Old Jack can tell the quality of this batch of wine through a slight change in breath. The fermentation broth is distilled, condensed and then filled with barrels through a column still. As the owner of the winery, he needs to personally close the first barrel of oak barrel. Qin Mohan is deeply interested in this very ritual work. After soliciting Old Jack's opinions, Qin Mohan asked Qin Mohan to block the first barrel and burn the branding of Q.M.H and the production date.

Seeing his achievements being stored in a large wine cellar, Qin Mohan felt very accomplished.

"Wow, this barrel of wine belongs to me, you can't drink it secretly."

"Definitely not. I will keep this barrel of wine until our children are adults and we will give them an adult gift."

Listening to Chen Fang's words, Qin Mohan did not refute, touched the date on it with his hand, looking forward to the moment when the barrel of wine was opened.

It took two days for Old Jack and the workers to barrel, encapsulate, brand and store the whiskey. Chen Fang paid them generously to make their income reach the level of the middle class in the United States. This is another reason why Old Jack opposed Meghan's trip to Hollywood.

After all the new wines were put into storage, Chenfang began to select aged wine and let the workers bottling. Although the winery is relatively small, it also has its own bottling production line. A standard barrel has a capacity of 200 liters. After aging, alcohol volatilization and other reasons, it can still hold about 150 bottles of a size of 1 liter.

Chen Fang opened 20 barrels of whiskey from different years this time. The longest barrel of 1970 whiskey has been concentrated to only half a barrel. The wine has been viscous and has a very mellow taste.

Bottled, labeled, sealed red wax, and looked at the full five hundred boxes of whiskey. Chen Fang felt very accomplished, but he felt very distressed. Most of the wine would be distributed to different friends. Chen Fang waved his hand and signaled Qian Bin to deal with it, asking him to contact D.H.L based on the list he gave to send it out.
Chapter completed!