Isithombe: I-Amber Beer kuCarboy Fermentation

Ekufudumaleni okusagolide kwesibani se-cellar, i-carboy enkulu yengilazi ithatha indawo emaphakathi, ifomu layo eliyindilinga, elisobala ligcwaliswe cishe ehlombe ngoketshezi olujulile lwenhlaka oluphila nokunyakaza. Ubhiya ongaphakathi awukakaqedi, awukakapholishwa, kodwa kunalokho ubanjwa ushintshashintsha, ubuso bawo bumbozwe ungqimba olunamagwebu okufakazela ukusebenza ngokungakhathali kweyeast ngaphakathi. Amabhamuza akhuphuka emifudlaneni engapheli, egijima ebheke phezulu, eqhuma onqenqemeni lwegwebu ngaphambi kokuba aqale futhi ekujuleni, enze isigqi esingaguquki njengokuphefumula. Amaconsi okujiya anamathela ngaphandle, afiphaze umugqa phakathi komhlaba ngaphandle kanye nekhemistri ephilayo ngaphakathi, kuyilapho isikhiya somoya esifakiwe simi njengomlindi, sidedela buthule ukuqhuma okulinganiselwe kwe-carbon dioxide emoyeni ozungezile, kuphawula isigaba ngasinye sokuvutshelwa ngezimpawu zokubhala ezithambile.

Umkhathi ucwile esikweni, kugcizelelwa ingemuva lemiphongolo ye-oki enqwabelene endaweni ethambile, imifanekiso eyindilinga ekhumbuza isibukeli ukuthi ukwenza utshwala akuyona nje inqubo kodwa kuwubuciko obuye badlula emakhulwini eminyaka. Imiphongolo, nakuba ingagxilile, inika isisindo ekubunjweni kwayo, iphakamisa ukuguga, isineke, nesikhathi njengezici ezibalulekile emsebenzini womshini wokuphisa utshwala. Ukuba khona kwazo kuxhumanisa ukushesha kwe-carboy ebilayo nomlando oqhubekayo wokwenza ubhiya, ibhalansi phakathi kwesayensi enyakazayo kanye nobuciko obugxile enkumbulweni.

Eceleni kwe-carboy kuhlezi ingilazi kabhiya ende, ubuso bayo buhlotshiswe ngekhanda elithambile kodwa elinokhilimu. Ngokungafani noketshezi olubilayo, le ngilazi imelela ukuqedwa, isithembiso sokugcina senqubo i-carboy esanda kuyiqala. Umbala wayo ocebile wenhlaka osagolide ubonisa uketshezi olubilayo eduze, okubonisa ukuqhubeka phakathi komsebenzi wamanje nokuzijabulisa kwesikhathi esizayo. Eceleni kwayo, isitsha esincane siphethe inqwaba yama-hop cones, indawo yawo eluhlaza, enziwe ngendlela efana nenhlabathi futhi eluhlaza ngokumelene nokucwebezela kwengilazi namagwebu. Ziyisikhumbuzo sezithako zemvelo eziqinisa le nqubo—indima ethobekile kodwa eguquguqukayo yama-hops ekubolekiseni okubabayo, iphunga elimnandi, kanye nezinhlamvu kubhiya.

Ukukhanya kwendawo yesehlakalo kuyasebenziseka futhi kuyinkondlo. Igeza i-carboy nendawo eyizungezile ngokukhazimula okusagolide, ikhulise amathoni enhlaka oketshezi futhi isakaza okuvelele okuthambile kuma-arcs engilazi negwebu. Izithunzi zihlala zithambile, zisakazeke emakhoneni, zivusa ukufudumala kunokungacacile, futhi zidala isimo esiseduze esihlanganisa ukunemba komtholampilo kokuvutshelwa kanye nothando lokuphiswa kwendabuko. Lokhu kukhanya, okusikhumbuza ngezikhathi zantambama noma izindawo ezikhanyiswe umlilo, kugcwalisa isithombe ngomuzwa wokunethezeka, kusigxilisa esigqi esingapheli semijikelezo yokuphisa.

Yonke imininingwane yokuqamba ibonakala yakhelwe ukuhlonipha isikhathi esiphakathi kwamandla nokugcwaliseka. Ukujiya engilazini kukhuluma ngendawo epholile edingekayo ukuze kubiliswe okunempilo, kuyilapho amabhamuza agelezayo ngaphakathi afanekisela ubungqabavu noguquko. Ukuhlangana kwama-hop aluhlaza kanye nephayinti eliqediwe kunanela i-arc yokuphisa ngokwawo—kusuka esitshalweni kuye komunye, kusuka ensimini kuya engilazini. Futhi enhliziyweni yakho konke, i-carboy imelela ibhuloho, umkhumbi lapho umlingo ophilayo we-yeast uxhumanisa phakathi kwezithako eziluhlaza kanye nezinjabulo zokuphuza kokugcina.

Kukhona futhi ukulandisa okuthulile okulukelwe esigcawini: i-airlock yodwa ebhavumula kancane endaweni ethule, i-carboy egcwele ukuphila okungaphumuli, imiphongolo elinde ngesineke ethunzini, kanye nephayinti emi njengesikhumbuzo nokulindela. Ndawonye bakha ithebula elikhuluma ngesikhathi nesineke njengoba limayelana nesayensi namasu. Ukuphuza utshwala akusheshi; kuyinqubo yokubuka, ukulinda, nokwethemba abasebenzi abancane abangaphakathi. Lesi sikhathi esithwebuliwe siwukuzindla ngaleyo nqubo, isithombe esinganyakazi esithwala ishayela lokuvubela siye phambili emcabangweni.

Kulabo abajwayele ukuphisa, lesi sigcawu sihambisana nokujwayelana: iphunga lewort fermenting, elimnandi kancane nemvubelo, ukuhayiza okuthambile kwegesi ephumayo, ukwaneliseka kokwazi ukuthi yonke into iqhubeka ngendlela efanele. Kumuntu ovamile obukele, inikeza umbono wempilo efihliwe ngaphakathi kukabhiya, isikhumbuzo sokuthi ngemva kwayo yonke ingilazi ethelwayo kukhona uhambo oluyinkimbinkimbi, oluphilayo. Ukukhanya kwenhlaka, imiphongolo yesiguli, ama-hop asemhlabeni, kanye nengilazi enegwebu konke kuhlangana kube isithombe esikhuluma ngakho kokubili ubuciko nokugubha.

Okuvelayo kungaphezu nje kwerekhodi elibukwayo lokuvutshelwa. Kungumfanekiso wokulinganisela: phakathi kwesiko nesayensi, phakathi kokulinda nomvuzo, phakathi kwezinto ezingavuthiwe zemvelo kanye nezinjabulo ezicwengisisiwe zesiko. I-carboy, nokugezela kwayo, okukhihliza amagwebu, ayigcini nje ngokubamba ubhiya oqhubekayo kodwa nengqikithi yokuwupheka ngokwawo—i-alchemy ethule, ephilayo eqhutshelwa phambili ngemfudumalo, isineke, nobuciko.

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