Chapter 172

They have excellent control over the brewing process.

All three types of wine were fermented very purely, without any off-flavors.

After full fermentation, filtration, and aging in cellars, they will surely obtain the sweetest wine.

Xie Juanhan took a deep breath of the aroma of the wine, then suddenly looked up and said, "The wine yeasts bred by different groups of Pixie are quite different."

Telingewei, true to his word, understood almost simultaneously what he was trying to say, "You mean, we could also try selecting brewing yeast?"

"I think we can give it a try." Xie Juanhan was eager to try. "I'm already quite good at using Blessing Magic, so the technique shouldn't be a problem."

Only Xie Juanhan could successfully breed wine yeast.

Telingewei does not Blessing Magic; any creature blessed by him will be attacked by Dragon Flame.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei specially selected a batch of perfectly ripe Star Berry that had not been inoculated with any yeast.

He plans to use the white bloom on the fruit skins, which is wild yeast, to ferment this batch of berry wine.

Xie Juanhan had never bred brewer's yeast before, but he was very familiar with the Pixie and knew how Pixie did it.

The Pixie typically put wild berries into wine jars to ferment, and then use Blessing Magic to continuously bless them, allowing the yeast that best adapts to their blessings and the wine jar environment to become the dominant yeast.

Under normal circumstances, after a few days of fermentation, the wine will begin to ferment and emit the aroma of the fermented yeast.

If the yeast is what the Pixie want, they will continue to use their Blessing Magic to make the yeast colony grow even stronger.

If it's not the yeast they want, but they still want the fruit wine to continue fermenting, they will immediately introduce other mature yeasts into the fruit wine to replace the dominant yeast in the wine jar, thereby correcting the taste of the wine.

Xie Juanhan planned to use the methods the Pixie used to cast the dragon's blessing until he cultivated the dominant yeast he liked.

This process may be somewhat lengthy.

However, they had a bumper harvest of Star Berry this year, and they had enough time and materials to experiment slowly.

Xie Juanhan developed a new hobby after trying to cultivate wine yeast.

Every day, he would take the opportunity to smell the wine jar while stirring it, in order to determine whether the wine inside was the wine they wanted.

Moli has the most acute sense of smell.

Xie Juanhan not only smelled it himself and let Telingewei smell it, but also pulled Moli over to smell it together.

Every day, Moli tilts his big head, looking confused yet loyal as he helps Xie Juanhan sniff.

Xie Juanhan couldn't say what scent he wanted, nor could he say what scent he wanted Moli to smell for him.

It can only carefully sniff to ensure that the wine in the jar has no off-odors.

Moli sniffs every day, Harper and the others crowd over, all demanding to sniff, sniff, sniff.

Moli had no idea what he was looking for by sniffing the liquid, let alone the other furry creatures.

They are content as long as they can join in the fun, and don't really care what they smell.

This behavior lasted for a short period of time.

One day, when Xie Juanhan smelled the wine again, he suddenly detected a scent that stirred his heart in the wine he had blessed.

He immediately grabbed Telingewei and put the wine spoon under Telingewei's nose. "Quick, smell this for me, doesn't it smell especially good?"

After carefully sniffing the wine, Telingewei said, "There seems to be an icy scent in this wine?"

Moli sniffed it too, her eyes still filled with great doubt.

It can smell the pleasant aroma inside, but it has no idea what it means for the wine to have an icy scent.

Ignoring the other furry creatures, they pressed down on Xie Juanhan's wrist with their paws, indicating that they wanted to smell it too.

Then they all fell into confusion.

Xie Juanhan looked at the orange-yellow liquid in the wine jar and a thought struck him, "Why don't we try some?"

Although the fermented liquid has not yet fully fermented and is still somewhere between fruit juice and wine, it is definitely not spoiled.

As an alcoholic beverage, it is drinkable now.

Xie Juanhan immediately directed the furry creatures to get cups and pour out the alcoholic beverages to taste.

"Chirp!" Harper and the others turned around without hesitation and happily brought over a stack of golden cups.

Telingewei cleaned the glittering gold cups again with Dragon Flame.

Xie Juanhan lowered the glass to freezing point and poured in the alcoholic beverage.

After the alcoholic beverages were distributed, Xie Juanhan took a sip.

The wine chilled the tip of his tongue.

He couldn't tell for a moment whether he had cooled the glass too much or if the alcoholic beverage simply carried his icy aura.

This alcoholic beverage tastes cool and sweet, with a little bit of unfermented bubbles.

Taking a sip, it's like drinking a sweet and icy Star Berry cocktail on a sweltering summer day—very refreshing.

Xie Juanhan placed the cup in front of Telingewei without hesitation.

Telingewei released a small amount of Dragon Flame on the outside of the cup in perfect unison.

The alcoholic beverage inside had warmed up, Xie Juanhan took another sip.

It's a warm alcoholic beverage, but it has a strangely refreshing, icy taste.

Xie Juanhan immediately understood that this was all thanks to the new brewing yeast!

They have bred a new brewing yeast!

==========Author's Note:=========

See you tomorrow!

Chapter 172 [VIP]

In the afternoon, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei brought out all the newly brewed wine they had made recently.

Various kinds of wine jars were lined up in the corridor.

The warm glaze on the wine jar gleamed slightly.

Xie Juanhan placed the small wooden spoon on the wine jar, and the furry creatures stared intently at his movements.

"Wait a moment." Xie Juanhan looked at the little guys and gestured for them to sit still.

He placed the golden cup in front of the little ones and then scooped up the fermented juice with a wooden spoon.

Although the alcohol content wasn't very high, he still didn't scoop too much for the little ones, only about half a sip of each type of liquor.

Harper and the others stared intently at the golden cup, and every time the wooden spoon scooped the liquid in, they lowered their heads and quickly licked the fermented juice with their tongues.

Xie Juanhan scooped out much more fermented fruit juice for him and Telingewei, filling almost every cup to the brim.

He even deliberately released cold air to freeze the fermented juice in the cup before slowly savoring it.

Xie Juanhan would squint his eyes almost every time he took a bite.

His expression clearly showed that he was very satisfied with the fermentation process of the juice.

These juices are indeed fermented very well; no matter when you open them to taste them, there is no off-flavor.

Its flavor changes slowly, but it's fantastic in every stage of that change.

Xie Juanhan's breath carried the sweet aroma of fruit juice. He raised his golden cup and took a sip. "This batch of level-three Star Berry will definitely ferment into level-three magic wine."

Telingewei nodded. "I agree."

Xie Juanhan: "Level 3 magic wine is so much better than level 2, both in taste and Magic Power. I feel like after drinking level 3 magic wine, I can never go back to drinking level 2 magic wine."

Telingewei thought about it seriously, "Maybe it's been a long time since I've had any. When I really crave it, even a level two magic wine will taste great."

It's hard to imagine what it would be like to only be able to drink level two magic wine when you're craving it. However, this incident has piqued Xie Juanhan's interest in his family's level three magic wine.

He went to great lengths with Telingewei to visit the dragon's cave, overcoming numerous protective spells, and finally brought out a barrel of newly brewed level-three magic wine.

This batch of magic wine made from level three Star Berry was actually a little short of being perfect when it was put into the Goddess Wood barrels; it was somewhere between level two and level three magic wine.

It will probably take some time for the wine to stabilize and truly become a level three magic wine.

Xie Juanhan was already impatient; the more they talked about it, the more he wanted to drink.

Anyway, they have so many level Star Berry, they can brew enough wine.

Even though the wines weren't fully matured, there was nothing wrong with them opening them to taste them first.

The Goddess Wood barrel was sealed with wooden wedges; to open it, the entire barrel would have to be chiseled open.

This barrel hasn't fully aged yet; it's still quite brittle.

Xie Juanhan wasn't confident he could make only a small opening without cracking the entire barrel.

He handed the dagger to Telingewei, asking Telingewei to open it.

Telingewei took the dagger, found the right spot at the top of the barrel, and gently stabbed it.

After a crack was made in the wine jar, a rich aroma of wine wafted out with a "poof, poof" sound.

The aroma of this wine is extraordinary, even just from the first whiff.

Xie Juanhan glanced at the markings on the barrel. "This barrel of liquor uses Tammi Golden Wine yeast."

This is also one of the earliest two types of third-grade Star Berry wines they fermented.

The Wraith Wine yeast sent by the mage tower Pixie and the dragon wine yeast bred by Xie Juanhan were both recently put into fermentation.

Harper and the others couldn't wait any longer; they paced back and forth, patting the barrel with their paws, as if they wanted to speak.

Xie Juanhan had them bring him a golden cup. "Let's try this wine."

With only a small opening in the barrel, Telingewei, holding the entire barrel, deftly turned the massive vessel upside down and poured a sip into each golden goblet.

The third-grade Star Berry Wine, fermented with Tammi Golden Wine yeast, has a rose color when poured, giving it a feel of intertwined gold and red.

The color of these wines is different from every angle you look at them.

It resembles the concentrated rays of sunset, which eventually drip into the wine glass to form the liquid.

All the creatures present stared at the wine in the golden goblet with admiration in their eyes.

They soon realized it might not be an illusion; the wine in the glass evaporated quickly, forming a thin layer of mist on the surface.