Berry tincture at home - flavors of the garden at any time of the year

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Such a drink as home-made tincture of berries has been known to Russian people for hundreds of years. And we still have a huge field for experiments and creativity for him today. You can insist on alcohol almost any berries, fruits, leaves and stems of plants, dry and fresh … Almost everything that grows in the garden can be used to make tinctures.

The alcohol base can also be different: from traditional vodka in our area to gin and whiskey. Given that the latest drinks are quite expensive, in this article we will consider only tinctures from berries on alcohol or vodka. Why berries? Because recipes based on their use of alcoholic beverages are almost a win-win for everyone, even beginners in home winemaking.

First, let's look at a few rules, having learned which you will have a better chance of producing a quality and tasty intoxicating product. First, take berries only of home origin. It doesn't matter if the raspberries have grownin your garden or at your neighbor's, the main thing is that you be sure that it has not been treated with any chemicals during growth and maturation. Naturally, a berry tincture made at home on the basis of, for example, strawberries or raspberries bought in a supermarket is absurd.

Secondly, the berries must be frozen before cooking. Thus, their structure is destroyed, and they are more willing to give all their taste and useful properties to alcohol. Thirdly, sugar is an obligatory basis for all berry tinctures. It helps to maximize the taste of the fruit in the drink and gives it an additional strength. And the last of the obligatory: berry tincture at home cannot be infused for less than a month. Therefore, you do not need to open the lid often to see how it "feels" and taste it. The first two weeks of insisting it is better not to disturb her at all.

Now, actually, about how to make a tincture of berries. Let's take raspberries as an example. The simplest recipe is to mix it with sugar in equal proportions and pour vodka over it. You can take any proportions, depending on what strength you want to get a drink. Any berry tincture made at home is infused in a dark place in a sealed container. And the longer it sits, the richer and more refined its taste will be.

Alcohol tinctures are prepared according to the same pattern, only alcohol is diluted with water. Various spices can be added to such drinks,honey, leaves of fruit trees, endlessly playing with taste. By the way, on the basis of such homemade preparations, you can create unique alcoholic cocktails, but this is a topic for a separate article.

Finally, I would like to mention the dangers of such drinks. After all, whatever one may say, a tincture of berries made at home is alcohol. And strong. What can be said here? As they say, in moderation, it's good. And if you are preparing a homemade tincture to cheer yourself up a little on a boring evening at a family dinner or skip a glass or two on a holiday for appetite, then this is possible. The main thing is not to abuse it.