Make wine from hawthorn: from fruits and from flowers

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

Fragrance of autumn… How to understand this definition? First of all, the thought of a rich harvest comes to mind - the collection of late fruits, vegetables, berries. This is the smell of sauerkraut, and the crunch of soaked, sour, cucumbers and, of course, the fermentation of wine must. Along with the traditional production of this low-alcohol drink from grapes, the use of other raw materials is also quite popular. Consider how hawthorn wine is made. This article provides a classic recipe - from berries, and another, not quite ordinary technology - the processing of fresh and dried flowers of this tree.

Preparation of fruits

Fully ripe berries are used for fermentation. Often, in order to get a richer taste, the fruit is dried. Dried berries are also suitable. Then thrifty owners who have made preparations for the future since autumn can make a fresh, light and he althy drink at any time of the year. So, before you start work, select raw materials. Discard all damaged, empty berries. Pay attention to whether fruit aphids have started up inside them. In this case, the use of berries is undesirable. Wash beforefruit processing is not necessary. Remove leaves and wood sticks from the mass. The presence of ponytails on the berries is allowed.

Fermentation stage

Hawthorn homemade wine is prepared according to the usual technology:

• Crush ripe berries and pour over warm sugar syrup.
• After five days of active fermentation, pour the filtered liquid into a bottle, remove the vent tube. The wine should be in a warm room for the first five days, and then in a cool room for another 15-20 (until the signs of fermentation stop).
• Carefully drain liquid, leaving sediment at the bottom.
• Place the bottle in a cool room to ripen.
• Drink the drink cold in small doses.

You can make wine more tart and strong by slightly changing the technology.

How to make hawthorn wine fortified or "fantasy"?

The usual taste of a drink can acquire completely new properties. They also make wine from hawthorn (berries) with the addition of additional components. In addition to combining with fruits (apples, pears, plums), citrus fruits are often used as a refreshing ingredient. They give a special, tart "note" due to the specific features of the peel. In addition, they produce wine with a higher alcohol content. To do this, after the first filtering, an additional sugar syrup is added to the base solution, while the concentration of sand in it should be twice as high as the original one. With this technology, an additional run-fermentation is carried out andonly then the wort is filtered and placed in a cool place.

Wine from hawthorn is considered a kind of medicine. After all, it has a beneficial effect (of course, in moderate doses) on the cardiovascular and hematopoietic systems of the body. Another drink made from flowers also has special properties. Below is a detailed recipe for making a light, refreshing "nectar".

Cooking homemade wine from flowers. Preparatory stage

The amazing aroma and taste of this drink is not familiar to everyone, it is somewhat reminiscent of a fruit cocktail with hints of honey. First you need to stock up on raw materials. When collecting flowers with pinkish petals, follow these rules:

• avoid tree growth areas along major roads and highways, it is better to harvest raw materials in forest or rural areas;
• pick flowers in dry, sunny weather to avoid flower moisture;
• raw materials can be harvested for future use by drying them in shady areas, spreading the mass in a thin layer and covering it with gauze.

So, we prepare wine from hawthorn in a different way at home. The recipe is modified by replacing berries with flowers.

Technology for obtaining a light drink

How to make homemade wine from flower hawthorn? Proceed with the following steps:

1. 4, 5 liters of fresh flowers or 70-80 g of dry raw materials, pour into a gauze or nylon bag and place it in a 5-6-literpot.
2. Pour 4 liters of boiling water into a container.
3. Put the pot on the fire and cook for 15 minutes
4. Drain into a 10 liter enamel bucket, squeezing the bag carefully.
5. Pour 1 kg of granulated sugar into the broth and stir until smooth.
6. From 2 lemons and 2 oranges, cut off the peel, chop it and pour it into a bucket. Squeeze the juice there.
7. Cool the must to room temperature and stir in a glass of strong black tea leaves and a culture of wine yeast (the fermented residue from any wine is 0.5 cups).
8. Cover the mixture tightly with a lid and leave to ferment in a warm place for 4-5 days.
9. Carefully drain the liquid into a bottle (10 l) and fill it up to the shoulders with boiled water.
10. Clog the container with a cork with a gas outlet tube. The wine should ferment in a cool room (usually within 10-15 days).
11. Age the wine for 3 months.

Enjoy the wonderful taste and aroma!