Isithombe: I-Homebrewer Iphonsa Imvubelo Emkhunjini Ovulekile Wokuvutshelwa

Kulesi sithombe esinemininingwane nesifana nesempilo, umshini wokwenza utshwala wasekhaya uthwetshulwa phakathi nesenzo njengoba efafaza imvubelo eyomile ngokucophelela ku-carboy yengilazi evulekile egcwele i-amber-colored wort, uketshezi olungavutshiwe oluzoshintsha lube ubhiya maduzane. Lesi sigameko senzeka endaweni yokusebenzela ethokomele, ehlome kahle yokuphisa utshwala ekhombisa kokubili ubuciko nokuzinikela kubuciko bokwenza utshwala. Umdidiyeli wotshwala, owesilisa oseminyakeni yawo-30 enentshebe elungiswe kahle nezinwele ezimfishane ezinsundu, ugqoke ikepisi le-baseball elinsundu kanye nehembe le-plaid le-plaid elibomvu nokumnyama. Inkulumo yakhe ingeyokugxilisa ingqondo nokunemba, ehlanganisa ukunakekela okungokwesiko okuchaza ukwenziwa kabusha kwekhaya.

I-carboy yengilazi, okuyisisekelo sokuvutshelwa kweziqephu ezincane, ihlezi ngokuqinile ebhentshini lokusebenza lepulangwe elibonisa izimpawu zokusetshenziswa—imihuzuko emincane, amabala, nokuguga okugugile okufakazela izikhathi eziningi zokuphisa utshwala zangaphambilini. Ingilazi ecacile ye-carboy yembula i-wort enothile ngokusagolide ngokunsundu, enamagwebu kancane, ibamba ukukhanya kwe-ambient okuhluza kancane egumbini. Isandla sokunxele somshini wokuphisa utshwala siqinisa umkhumbi entanyeni, kuyilapho isandla sakhe sokudla siphethe iphakethe le-foil elincane elitshekele ngaphezu nje kwendawo evulekile, okuvumela umfudlana ocolekileyo wezicucu zemvubelo ukuba zehlele phansi kuhle kwamachashaza amancane othuli olukhanyiswa ukukhanya okufudumele, okungokwemvelo.

Ngemuva kophisi, imvelo ixoxa indaba yendawo yokusebenza yomuntu othanda ukuzilibazisa. Kumashalofu angemuva, izimbiza zengilazi ezihlukahlukene ziphethe okusanhlamvu, amahops, nezihlanganisi zotshwala zihlelwe ngobunono futhi zibhalwe ilebula. Igedlela lokuphisa lensimbi engenasici lithatha ingxenye yangemuva, ukukhanya kwalo okusansimbi kubonisa ukukhanya okufiphele kokukhanya okuthambile kwegumbi. Ishubhu eligoqiwe kanye ne-wort chiller kulenga odongeni, okusikisela inqubo eyandulele lesi sikhathi—ukubilisa, ukupholisa, ukuhlanza, nokulungisa i-wort ukuze ivubele. Izindonga ezithulisiwe ezi-beige, amashalofu enziwe ngokhuni, nezinto zensimbi ziyahlangana ukuze zenze umoya ofudumele kodwa owusizo, ofaneleka kahle kubuhle bokwenza ikhaya.

Ukukhanyisa kudlala indima ebalulekile emkhathini wesithombe. Ukukhanya kwemvelo kuthululela kusuka efasiteleni elingabonakali, kuhlakazeke ukuze kugwenywe izithunzi ezinokhahlo, kukhanyisa izinhlamvu ezinhle zemvubelo njengoba zehlela emkhunjini. Amathoni esikhumba omshini wokuphisa utshwala afudunyezwa kancane yilokhu kukhanya, kugcizelela ukunakekela kanye nokuthinta komuntu okwehlukanisa ukwenziwa kwe-homebrewing kusukela ekukhiqizeni kwezimboni. Inhlanganisela yezinto ezibushelelezi—ingilazi ebushelelezi, ukhuni oluqinile, insimbi exutshwe, nendwangu ethambile—yengeza amaqiniso okuthinta amema umbukeli esigcawini.

Yonke into esesithombeni iqinisa ubuqiniso. Isikhiya somoya nesivalo, amathuluzi abalulekile okuvubela, abonakala ephumula eceleni, okusikisela isinyathelo esilandelayo enqubweni yokuphisa: ukuvala umkhumbi ukuze kuphume isikhutha kuyilapho kugcina ukungcola kungangeni. Le mininingwane emincane kodwa enembile ilungisa iphutha elivamile elibonakalayo emifanekisweni yokuphisa—okubonisa imvubelo ingezwa ngenkathi isikhiya sezindiza sihlala sikhona. Lapha, ukulandelana kulungile futhi kungokoqobo, kubamba ulwazi lomphisi wotshwala kanye nenhlonipho ngesu elifanele.

Ithoni iyonke yesithombe ifudumele, isondelene, futhi isekelwe ebungcweni. Ivusa ukwaneliseka okuthulile okuvela ekusebenzeni ikhono elisekelwe kumasiko nesayensi. Umbukeli angacishe ezwe iphunga lomhlaba lebhali elibolile kanye nama-hops ahlala emoyeni, ahlanganiswe nephunga elibi lensimbi lezinto zokuphisa. Ngaphandle kwemibhalo nje, lesi sithombe sibungaza umoya wokwenza ikhaya—isenzo sokusungula, ukubekezela, nokukhuluma komuntu siqu. Kusikhumbuza ukuthi ubhiya awusona nje isiphuzo kodwa umphumela wezindlela zamakhulu eminyaka ezazenziwa emakhishini, emagalaji nasezindaweni zokusebenzela ezifana nalena, lapho iqoqo ngalinye libonisa khona izandla, ukukhetha, nokunakekela komenzi wotshwala.

Isithombe sihlobene: Ukuvubela Ubhiya Nge-CellarScience Hornindal Yeast