Isithombe: I-Rustic Homebrewer Ivuselela i-Mash

Isithombe sibonisa indawo eshisayo, efudumele yokukhiqiza i-homebrew, lapho ukugxila okumaphakathi kuwumshini wasekhaya osebenza ekhaya, enyakazisa ngokucophelela inhlabathi ezoba ubhiya welager ngolunye usuku. Umdidiyeli wotshwala, owesilisa oseminyakeni yawo-30 nentshebe elungiswe kahle, ugqoke ihembe le-plaid flannel elendlalwe ngaphansi kwephinifa elinsundu ngokumnyama. Ikepisi elilula livala ubuso bakhe, futhi isimo sakhe sidlulisela ukugxilisa ingqondo ethule, ukubukeka komuntu ohileleke ngokujulile kukho kokubili ubuciko nenqubo. Izandla zakhe ziqinile—esinye sibambe isibambo seketela elikhulu lensimbi engenasici, kuyilapho esinye sigwedla isigwedlo eside sokhuni oketshezini olunyakazayo, olunamagwebu.

Igedlela ngokwalo likhulu ngosayizi, libanzi futhi liyacwebezela, isizinda esisebenzayo sokusethwa kokuphisa. Ngaphakathi, i-mash ewuketshezi iyabila futhi iyashwibeka, ikhiqize amagwebu acashile phezulu abamba ukufudumala kokukhanya okuzungezile. Umusi omnene ukhuphuka ebhodweni, unezela esenzweni sokusebenza nokuguquka, inqubo ephilayo eyenzeka ngaphakathi komkhumbi womshini wokuphisa utshwala. I-mash, inhlanganisela yokusanhlamvu namanzi, inombala onsundu osagolide obonisa amathoni e-amber esikhathi esizayo kabhiya, ahlanganisa kokubili ubuluhlaza namandla.

Isilungiselelo si-rustic ngokungangabazeki, sihlanganisa ubuhle be-workshop kanye nekhishi. Ingemuva liqukethe imishayo yokhuni ebaziwe kanye nezindonga zamatshe noma zezitini, ukwakheka kwazo okunesimo sezulu esikhipha ubuqiniso nesiko. Ukuphumula ngokumelene nalezi zindawo kukhona amathuluzi ajwayelekile okuhweba: ama-glass carboys amakhulu okuvutshelwa, iziqukathi zensimbi, kanye nezitsha zokuphisa utshwala ezengeziwe. Umphongolo wokhuni, obonakala ngokwengxenye kwesokudla, unomthelela emkhathini, uphakamisa kokubili imikhuba yakudala yokuphisa kanye nobuciko bale ndawo. Ukubekwa kwalezi zakhi kuyinto evamile kodwa kunenhloso, kuvusa umuzwa wesikhala esiye sashintshwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ukuze kuqhutshekwe nokuphishekela ukwenza kahle.

Ukukhanyisa kudlala indima ebalulekile ekusetheni isimo. Ukukhanya okufudumele, okungokwemvelo—mhlawumbe okuvela efasiteleni eliseduze noma isibani esihlakazeke kancane—kugcwala indawo, kusonge indawo yokuphisa utshwala, igedlela, nangemuva ngemibala ewumhlaba yenhlaka, i-chestnut, noju. Ukukhanya kugqamisa ukukhanya kwensimbi engagqwali, ukuthungwa kokhuni netshe, kanye nokudlala kwamagwebu ku-mash. Izithunzi zithambile futhi zinwetshiwe, okunikela emuzweni wokusondelana, njengokungathi umbukeli umenywe endaweni yokusebenzela yangasese ukuze abonele isiko elihlonishwa isikhathi.

Umdidiyeli wotshwala uqobo uboniswa ngesimo sokuma esikhuluma ngesineke nokunaka. Ukuma kwakhe kuqinile, encike kancane eketelani, kuyilapho amehlo akhe elokhu egxile oketshezini olungaphakathi. Ubulula bezingubo zakhe—isikepisi, iflanela, nephinifa—zibonisa kokubili ukusebenza nokunethezeka, izingubo ezikhethelwe umsebenzi kunokuba zibukiswe. Iphinifa, ikakhulukazi, libonisa ukulungela isiphithiphithi nomsebenzi, liqinisa izandla, imvelo ethintekayo yokuphisa.

Sekukonke, le ndawo ikhuluma okungaphezu nje kwesinyathelo sobuchwepheshe enqubweni yokuphisa. Ivusa ukulandisa kobuciko, isiko, nokunakekela. Imvelo ye-rustic ihlanganisa inqubo engaphandle kwamalabhorethri angenalutho noma izindawo zokuphisa utshwala zezimboni, esikhundleni salokho igxile esimweni somuntu, sobuciko. Umdidiyeli wotshwala, nakuba engaqondile futhi engaqondile, umi njengomuntu ongokomfanekiso omelela ukuzinikela nothando lwabadidiyeli basekhaya abangenakubalwa abaguqula izithako ezilula—amanzi, okusanhlamvu, imvubelo, kanye nama-hops—kube okuthile okukhulu.

Isithombe silinganisa okusebenzayo nesinkondlo: isenzo esinembile sokunyakazisa i-mash kokubili isidingo somshini kanye nesingathekiso sokusungula, isiko, kanye noguquko. Ngokusebenzisana kokukhanya okufudumele, ukuhlelwa kwe-rustic, nokunaka komuntu ngokucophelela, isithombe siphakamisa inqubo yokwenza ubhiya ekhaya ibe umkhuba ongaphelelwa isikhathi, oxhumanisa abathanda isimanjemanje namakhulu eminyaka efa lokuphisa.

Isithombe sihlobene: Ukuvubela Ubhiya Nge-White Labs WLP850 Copenhagen Lager Yeast