The Variant [Part One] [Wanda Maximoff [FF] | Elizabeth Olsen

Chapter 55

“12.5 ABV,” Wanda whispered as she measures the alcohol content of the ale. This is one of the highest the brewery has so far when it comes to the alcohol content, it was one of their barrel-aged programs. Using her powers, she was able to achieve four years of progress in an instant and the results were truly impressive. Milla also taught her how to calculate the alcohol content by using the hydrometer.
“So here we have different pages. These are the core beers, seasonals, small batches, and the barrel-aged. I haven't inserted the cave-cellaring program in the website since we still needed to test it further,” Milla said as showed the site to Wanda.
“Ok,” Wanda replied while scanning the website. The teenager had made a fantastic job making it appear colorful and easy to navigate by the regular customer.

“Oh and here's the deal!” Milla then minimizes the site and creates another tab on her laptop to present a graph test that Wanda easily recognized - it looked similar to the data Vincent showed her last night. Just as she guessed, Milla talks about the cask ales in the cave, and how the yeast strains used to make the beer were hybrids. This meant that depending on the temperature, the yeast could create both ale and lager in the same batch of beer.

The Kveik strain, Wanda thought. She still held the vial Vincent gave her that night. Her thoughts wandered to what happened last night, Leaning in, she planted a kiss on Vincent's lips, her hands exploring the surface of his iron armor suit. Vincent reciprocated the kiss, and even though his hands were gloved in metal, he made an effort to hold her gently.

Her mind was so consumed with the memory that she could only catch the final words of Milla's sentence; which she already know about.
“—With this yeast strain we could create a vast amount of different styles with just one beer strain while at the same time, we could provide our brewery's signature (cave cellaring) whose history extends as far back as the first generation of the sanctum/coven union!” Milla exclaimed happily.
With a smile, Wanda agreed, “That's an excellent idea.” and hugged Milla. After releasing the embrace, Milla informed her mother that she planned to extract the traces from the medieval cave cask ales and synthesize them to replicate the Kveik ale/lager yeast strain herself. The redhead smiled as the teen happily seized her laptop and dashed toward's their brewery's exclusive laboratory.

Throughout the day Milla spent hours upon hours inside the laboratory. Wanda is at the brewing decks from morning up until the afternoon. The redhead saw that the teen went out for a bathroom break when she saw that Milla is out of sight Wanda teleported towards the lab uncork the Kveik strain vial that Vincent gave her and pour its foamy substance into Milla's mix.

This will jumpstart your business. Do it for you and Milla's future...

At 7 pm, Milla presented two test-tube vials containing samples of the isolated Kveik yeast from the cave casks and another version she created. As she lifted the vials, Wanda observed the mysterious frothy bubbling liquid, which appeared to be alive. It was remarkable how Milla had generated a living organism without resorting to her supernatural abilities, instead using only DNA, equations, solutions, and technology.

“All done!” Milla said. To the teen's surprise Wanda grabbed her in a massive bear hug, “I am so, so proud of you,” Wanda said. Milla beamed as she hugged her back. “Thank you, Mom,” she said.

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While waiting outside, Milla rang Vincent's doorbell and held a growler filled with a full-bodied stout made from the Kveik-strain beer yeast that she had successfully replicated. Together with Wanda, they translated and rewrote the recipes of all the cask ales stored in the medieval cave. Among the casks, Milla specifically recreated the XXXXX Stout (from the cave) and brought it with her to share with Vincent.