How to make blueberry home-made wine, liquor, vodka tincture: the best recipes

The article offers you recipes for simple alcoholic drinks from fresh forest blueberries.

How to make blueberries from homemade berries: simple recipe

Wine can be made from almost any berry or fruit, blueberry is no exception. Wine cooked from it has a pleasant red tint and a rich mild flavor, a bit reminiscent of grapes. Prepare blueberry wine can be easily at home in the season of berries.

The berries for wine should be chosen juicy, ripe, large, not spoiled. Avoid berries with a red tint( it's immature and sour), as well as berries, covered with mold. Sluggish berries can make wine cloudy, so be more careful when selecting blueberries.

For blueberry wine it is prepared as follows:

• First go through the blueberry for spoiled and flabby berries, flip them.
• Do not regret any "suspicious" berry, otherwise the whole drink can deteriorate.
• The berry does not wash, because "fermented" yeast is left on its surface.
• If the berries are in the mud( rain has passed or other cases), the berries should be washed with running water, but in this case raisins are necessarily added to the must.

You will need for blueberry wine:

• Blueberry berries selected - 4,5-5 kg.(always fresh, you can combine with other berries).
• Purified water - 5 liters( or cold boiled).
• Raisins ( do not wash or steam) - 100-120 g.( Any raisins)
• Sugar - approx. 2 kg.
• Citric acid - 15-20 g.

IMPORTANT: Citric acid is needed in the recipe in order to stabilize the acidity, as well as ensure normal fermentation and help the wine to stay longer.

Preparation of blueberry wine:

• Unwashed berries, but without any debris, should be poured into a bowl.
• Right in the bowl, you should crush them with your hands, or a crush for potatoes.
• The crushed blueberry should be poured into the wine-making utensils.(Typically, this is a large 5 or 10 liter bottle with a wide neck).
• In water, dissolve sugar and citric acid. Pour water to the berry mass, add the raisins and mix everything thoroughly. To stir preferably a long wooden stick or spoon( iron will promote oxidation).
• Add not all the sugar, but approximately 0.5 kg and mix again.
• Remove the bottle into a dark room at room temperature.
• Be sure to cover the neck with gauze, so that dust and insects do not get inside the bottle.
• In this condition, the bottle should stand for about three days and every day its contents should be shaken or stirred.
• On the third day you will see the first signs of fermentation: smell, foam, hissing.
• After three days, strain the mass through the gauze in several layers and fold the cake. Add another 0.5 kg of sugar to the fermented mass.
• On the bottle, put a gas outlet( from a glove or tube that is immersed in water).
• With a gas outlet, the wine should stand for 4-5 days, after this time drain some wine and dissolve the remaining amount of sugar in it and pour it back.
• Replace the gas outlet and hold the wine in a dark place for 3 more days.
• After 3 days, shake the mixture or mix, check how well the fermentation is.
• Keep wine in a wandering state for about 40 days. When the wine stops "letting the gas in"( the glove will be blown off or the tube will stop taking gas out).
• By this time you will notice a sediment on the bottom of the bottle, and the wine will become lighter and more transparent. Pure liquid with bottles for storage( sterile).
• Blueberries in the cellar or cellar can be stored for up to 3-4 years, provided that all conditions are met: dark, cool.

How to cook delicious blueberry wine from fresh berries?

How to make a blueberry liqueur on vodka: a simple recipe

It's very easy to prepare a tasty blueberry liqueur, in addition, this process will not take you much time. Ingredients for liquor are simple and there are almost everyone. With berry liqueur you can treat guests or add alcoholic cocktails.

You will need:

• Fresh blueberries - 200-250 grams
• Ethyl alcohol 96% - 200-220 ml.(can be replaced with vodka).
• Sugar - 250-300 g.( Adjust to your liking)
• Water - 1 cup( 240-250 ml)

Preparation:

• Blueberries must be carefully combed before cooking by ripping out those that are dented, damaged, moldy orjust not ripe.
• Wash berries thoroughly with running water through a colander and dry, spread out on a towel.
• Dry and clean berries can be poured into a jar( liqueur tank), pre-washed with soda or sterilized.
• Remember berries for a potato and add it with alcohol. Cover the jar with a lid and leave to infuse. The time of infusion of berries in alcohol is 9-10 days.
• You can put the jar in a dark place, or you can put it in the refrigerator.
• It should be noted that the longer you insist the berries in alcohol, the more rich and tastier the liquor will turn out. You can even push a blueberry for 1 month.
• After this time, cook the sugar syrup: boil pure water and dissolve sugar in it.
• Syrup slightly cool
• Alcohol should be filtered through several layers of gauze, wringing and folding cake.
• Frozen syrup pour into alcohol and mix everything thoroughly. Liqueur should be stored in a glass container in a dark and preferably cool place.

Delicious liqueur of blueberries

How to make blueberry tinctures on vodka: a simple recipe

Tincture prepared at home from blueberry berries, it turns out very fragrant and with a pleasant ruby ​​tint. The sweetness of the tincture can be adjusted independently, adding the necessary amount of sugar. Berries for tinctures should be chosen only whole and ripe, without damages and mold( such berries can only spoil the taste).

IMPORTANT: As alcohol for the preparation of tincture, you can use any alcohol( pharmacy, diluted to 40%, ethyl, vodka without flavors, pure moonshine or cognac).

You will need:

• Fresh blueberries - up to 2 kg.
• Alcohol or vodka( or other alcohol) - 1 liter
• Sugar - 200-300 g( at the discretion and preferred sweetness).

Preparation:

• Blueberries should be washed thoroughly with running water before preparation. Leave the berries to dry on a towel.
• After that, pour the berries in a bowl and remember them with a rolling pin, stupa, or a cricket for potatoes in berry puree.
• Berry mass should be mixed with sugar and mix everything thoroughly, then pour into dishes for preparation of tincture, for example, in a glass jar.
• Pour the berry mass with alcohol and cover the jar with a lid, in this condition it should stand for two weeks and every 1-2 days the jar needs to be shaken to mix the must.
• After two weeks, strain the drink, press the cake and flip it.
• It is best to keep the tincture cool for 5-7 days before use. If suddenly a sludge appears in the jar, the drink should be filtered again.

IMPORTANT: The strength of this tincture is 20-25%, and it can be stored in a glass container in a dark room up to 2 years.

Delicious berry tincture of blueberries of own preparation

How to prepare blueberry tincture for alcohol from a berry: simple recipe

It is much easier and more easy to insist an alcoholic drink from blueberries on alcohol than on vodka or cognac. The drink is very fragrant and strong. Before preparing the tincture, it is necessary to dilute 96% alcohol to 40-45% with ordinary pure water.

You will need:

• Fresh blueberries - 1 glass( 220-250 g. Only selected and large berries).
• Alcohol - 200 ml.(glass on the edge)
• Water - 1 glass( 220-250 ml)
• Sugar - to taste( 200-300 grams)

Preparation:

• The berries should be crushed with rolling pin, crush or hands( you can use a blender or a meat grinder).
• Pour the berries into a glass jar and pour alcohol, shake and leave to stand in the refrigerator for 1 week.
• After this, add water to the jar with dissolved sugar, mix and insist another 1 week.
• After infusion, strain the beverage through a thick layer of gauze and pour it into glass containers for storage. You can store tincture 2-3 years in the cellar or cellar.

Fragrant tincture on alcohol made from fresh blueberries

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