Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 117 Stills and Blueberry Wine

The Bachelor's Tower in Winterfell and the surrounding courtyards have become the "research base" of Winterfell.

The unkempt and sloppy Bachelor Farmer would go to the manors and mountains around Winterfell every day to collect plant and mineral specimens and bring them back to Winterfell for research.

Maester Luwin holds a bronze Myr lens every day, observing the stars at night and early morning.

Alchemist Ginter's yard is always smoky and smells of sulfur and saltpeter. Recently, he has been cooperating with glass master Ortega to improve glass and complete the secret task assigned to him by Ed.

Bachelor "Pulsatilla" Norman, behind closed doors every day, developed a cold spirit according to the prescription prescribed by Duke Ed.

Bachelor Dost, who is obsessed with occultism and magic, spends every day with the old nan, listening to the old nan telling stories about the night king, the long night and the ghosts. He writes down everything about the ghosts, the night king and the ghosts .

The assistant bachelors and apprentices also had a good time in Winterfell. Robb, Jon, Theon, and Domeric often took the apprentices to the godswood to soak in the hot springs, and trained with the apprentices on the school grounds.

Laresa, who is dark-skinned and of Dorne blood, has become a star figure on the school field. His archery skills are superb, not inferior to Theon or Domilik.

On this day, Ed and Bachelor Luwin came to the courtyard of the alchemist Gentle, and the air was full of pungent smells.

Maester Luwin covered his nose with his sleeve, and said disgustedly: "Master Ed, Gentle won't be in this yard, studying wildfire, right? Wildfire is the excrement of alchemists, it is very dangerous. If Gentle is allowed to Create wildfire here, maybe one day, Winterfell will be destroyed in the bright green wildfire!"

"Lord Ed, whoever plays with fire must set himself on fire."

Facing Maester Luwin's warning, Ed said: "Don't worry, Gentle is not studying wildfires, he is doing other things."

Eddard and Maester Luwin pushed open the door, and a gust of hot air rushed towards them.

Ginter's clothes are ragged and his blond hair is disheveled.After coming to Winterfell, Ed rewarded Gentle with some clothes and coins, but the alchemist didn't seem to care much about his personal image, he was obsessed with research and invention every day.

"Lord Ed, the still is done!" Gentle bowed his head and introduced the device in front of Ed and Maester Luwin.

Maester Luwin's eyes widened, looking at the magical device in front of him, "Alembic?"

The base of the still was a brick hearth, in which a fire burned, and a cauldron boiled on it.On the top of the cauldron, a steaming barrel is placed. On the right side of the steaming barrel is a condenser. The condenser and the steaming barrel are connected by a pipe.

Inside the condenser, there is a tortuous condenser tube surrounded by cold water.

At the rear of the condenser, there is a water outlet, and the outflow of wine will fall into the barrel below.

Ed patted the steaming barrel with his hands, "The steaming barrel contains blueberry wine. After the blueberry wine evaporates, it passes through the pipeline, enters the condenser, passes through the condenser tube, and completes the distillation. The distilled wine has a higher concentration."

Gentle rubbed his hands, "Master Ed drew me the blueprint and let me complete this distiller. This is such a great invention! I tasted this delicious wine, and I have never drunk such a high-strength wine .”

Maester Luwin picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and had a long aftertaste, "Lord Ed, this blueberry wine is really delicious. With this still, Winterfell's winemaking technology can be ahead of Westeros. "

The climate in the north is cold, especially in the years-long winter season, the residents of the north need spirits to keep warm.Even in the southern region with a warm climate, many aristocrats and wealthy businessmen have a preference for spirits.

Ed's good brother, King Robert of King's Landing, is a drunkard, an alcoholic nobleman, patrons of brothels, prostitutes, knights and monks, even gamblers, villains, peddlers, and ordinary people cannot do without alcohol.

Ed believes that after Winterfell has mastered the distillation technology, the high-quality alcohol in Winterfell can sell well in Westeros and bring wealth to Winterfell.

After having a distiller, Ed decided to focus on the development of blueberry wine.The wild blueberries in the north are distributed all over the north, especially the wild blueberries in Lonely Mountain, Northern Mountains, Skagos Island and other places are of the best quality.The rock species on Skaggs Island even named the local wild blueberries "Blue Nobility".

Although the southern region of Westeros also produces blueberries, the taste of blueberries in the south is much worse than those in the north.

"If the people in the Reach, Dorne, Tylosi, and King's Landing can taste the high-quality blueberry wine in the north, I believe they will pay for it. Maybe one day, our blueberry wine in the north can be compared with more En red wine, even the golden wine of Qingting Island is famous."

Maester Luwin smiled and said, "Master Ed, high-quality blueberry wine is delicious and full-bodied, but blueberry wine is not affordable for the poor. Residents in the northern region still prefer ale and mead."

Ed nodded, "In the future, blueberry wine will be exported, and ale, mead, etc. will be supplied to the residents of the northern border and stored in the cellar. When the cold winter comes, the situation in the northern border can use wine to warm the body. By the fire, put the wine Yan Huan, laughing and talking about the cold winter and blizzard!"

The brewery in Winterfell is brewing wine every day, and the wine in the wine cellar in Winterfell is increasing every day, but this is far from enough.Ed hopes that in the future, not only Winterfell can store a large amount of wine, but also barrels of wine can be piled up in Fort Greenguard, Westbridge Lookout and Long Night Fort on the Great Wall.

In this way, both the brothers of the night watchman and the soldiers of Winterfell can drink delicious wine.

In the evening, Ed called the family members, Caitlin and the children sat on one side, Mrs. Ballerina, Helen Parker, sharpshooter Ferran, Syrio, woodcarver Guzan, glass master Ortega and others sat The other side.

"Tonight, let's taste the blueberry wine in Winterfell."

Mrs. Ballerina chuckled and said, "Master Ed, I thought it was some pearl baby. Outsiders may not drink blueberry wine, but I often drink it!" Recently, Mrs. Ballerina drank with marksman Ferran every day.

"Mrs. Ballerina, this is a high-quality blueberry wine. You must have never drunk it!" Ed waved to the guard Dawson.

The guard Dawson turned and left. After a while, he returned to the dining table with a few soldiers and several barrels of blueberry wine.

The wine barrel was opened, and the aroma of the wine was overflowing. Every adult's glass was filled with blueberry wine.As for Ed's children, Robb, Jon, Sansa, Arya, and Bran, they are only allowed to drink half a cup.

(End of this chapter)