酵母を水麹の入った容器に投入すると、10分もすれば発酵が始まり、二酸化炭素の泡がしゅわしゅわ〜♪と発生します (^^)
Throwing in the yeast into the container with the mizu-koji, the fermentation will start in 10 minutes and generate carbon dioxide gas with fizzy sound♪
水麹とは、
酒母や醪の仕込みで掛米(蒸米)を加える1〜2時間前くらいに仕込み水などに麹を加えて混ぜる作業のことです。
仕込み水に、麹の糖化酵素を溶け出させるのが目的です。
Mizu-koji is a mixture of koji, water and so on prepared 1~2 hours before adding kake-rice (steamed rice) .
The purpose is to dissolve the saccharification enzyme of koji into the water.
The enzyme will convert the starch of rice into sugar.