Wine is a pleasant drink that not only tastes great but is also very healthy. This drink can be prepared from several ingredients, including: apples, grapes and various berries.
It is necessary
- - apples
- - pears
- - berries
- - sugar
Instructions
Step 1
How to make wine from apples
So how to make apple wine? It is worth starting making wine by squeezing the juice. Remember, apples cannot be washed. Their skin contains a huge amount of yeast beneficial for fermentation. Dirty or damaged apples are enough to wipe and remove the rotten surface. In order for the wine not to turn out bitter, it is necessary to remove the core from the apples.
Step 2
The apples are peeled - start processing them. If your home has a good juicer, it's best to use it. It will cleanse the juice from the pulp as much as possible. Instead of a juicer, you can use a powerful mechanical grater. The resulting product must be squeezed out, and then placed in a container with a wide neck for a period of 2-3 days. During this period, applesauce is divided into juice and pulp. The pulp forms on top of the juice. It is dense, so the puree must be mixed for the first 2 days, 2-3 times. On the third day, the pulp is left alone, and at the end of the term, it is removed with a colander. It's time to add sugar. The amount of added sugar depends entirely on how strong you want the wine to be. If you want to get fortified wine, add 250 grams of sugar to 1 liter of wine. The more sugar, the stronger the wine. Apples themselves are sweet, so the main thing is not to overdo it with the amount of sugar.
Step 3
The wine is ready to ferment. Place the juice in a container or container that can be sealed. Foam forms during fermentation, so the container should be 45% empty. During fermentation, gases are formed; to exit them in the container, it is necessary to make a small hole and insert a thin tube there. The outer end of the tube should be released 2-3 centimeters into a glass of water. Place the container in a cool place. Throughout the entire fermentation period, gases are released into the glass. As soon as the gases have disappeared, the wine is ready. However, don't open it right away. Let it brew. On average, fermentation lasts from 1 to 1.5 months. The longer the aging, the tastier the wine. You can also add rowan or pear juice to apple wine. This will give it astringency.
Step 4
How to make wine from grapes
So, it is worth starting making wine with the most painstaking work, selecting good berries from dry ones. If you want to get a tart wine, then the grapes should be pressed together with the twigs. However, in this case, there is a threat that the wine will taste bitter. The torn berries must be placed in a large container. It is undesirable to store berries in this form for a long time, since the fermentation process may begin earlier. Once the berries have been sorted, start processing them. To do this, you must use any tool that can crush the grapes. Grind the grapes until the cake remains at the bottom of the container. The resulting grape juice must be squeezed out.
Step 5
Before pouring the grape juice into the fermentation vessel, calculate the amount of space required for the resulting froth. Add sugar. Pour the juice into a container and seal carefully. A prerequisite for the fermentation of wine is a special pipe for removing gases, which was described above. The container should be placed in the basement for fermentation, which will continue for 2-3 months. To make sure the wine ferments, watch for gases and bubbles in the glass. Occasionally the water needs to be changed and the glass washed. After the wine is ready, it should be poured into another container. There is no need to rush when draining, since sediment always remains at the bottom of the container. The wine is ready to drink!
Step 6
How to make wine from plums
Plum is a universal berry, it is perfect for making both white and red wine, depending on the variety of the plum itself. Plum wine is not an elite drink, but it is tasty and well-deserved love. The taste of this drink is, of course, specific, the aroma is original; connoisseurs of grape wines with a rich bouquet may not like it. But plum wine goes well with many dishes, complementing them perfectly and highlighting the taste.
Step 7
Plums before cooking wine, like apples, it is also better not to wash, but just wipe slightly from dirt. When this is done, carefully separate them from the seeds and place them in a suitable dish, it should be large enough. Right there with a crush, preferably a wooden one, grind the berries, turning them into a homogeneous (homogeneous) mass. Add one to one water to the mashed plums. Then cover the mixture with a clean cloth or towel and immediately remove to a warm place. Watch the resulting raw material carefully: after a while, bubbles and foam will appear on the surface of the mass. This means that fermentation has begun, that is, you did everything absolutely right. When the fermentation process becomes a little less intense, that is, after about a week, strain the liquid through cheesecloth and pour into a pre-prepared clean bottle or large jar.
Step 8
Next, you need to mix the liquid with sugar, its amount depends on what kind of wine you plan to make. If dry or semi-dry, 250 grams will suffice. If sweet or semi-sweet, you need at least 350 grams. Stir the granulated sugar until completely dissolved and close the jar or bottle with either a rubber glove or a lid with holes through which gases will escape. It is even better to take a tube out of the hole in the lids and lower it into a jar of water so that the bubbles come out there. Slivovitsa will be infused for about one and a half or two months, the temperature in the house should be room temperature. At the end of the process, the wine must be carefully drained into a clean container, leaving the formed sediment at the bottom. That's it, plum wine is ready, you can bottle it and treat your guests.
