6 simple recipes for making fresh hawthorn wine at home
Fresh hawthorn wine is an extraordinary alcoholic drink. Even those who prefer very light drinks, like light wine or fruit liqueurs, will like it due to its mild aroma and non-repulsive taste. You can add flavoring accents with apples, grapes, chokeberry, lemon or orange.
Is it possible to make wine from hawthorn
If earlier hawthorn wine was prepared only by those who thoroughly knew the technology, now, with the development of the Internet, everyone could acquire the necessary knowledge. You don't need to study a lot of literature to make delicious and safe alcohol. At the same time, it is great that the drink turns out not only fragrant, beautiful, but also useful for the body (of course, in limited quantities).
Benefit and harm
Garden hawthorn has a lot of positive properties, and it retains them in an alcoholic drink. This is also due to the fact that in the pharmacy you can find a lot of tinctures, medicines based on it. Doctors identify the main positive actions:
- relaxation of muscles and nervous system;
- control of cholesterol levels in the body;
- acceleration of metabolism - will help to lose weight;
- elimination of puffiness;
- improved heart function;
- fight against neuroses, anxiety and depression;
- prevention of colds.
But there are also certain negative effects, especially for those with some health problems. So, it is forbidden to use hawthorn wine for people suffering from:
- from low blood pressure;
- from indigestion;
- various allergic reactions;
- serious diseases of the cardiovascular system.
You can not drink hawthorn wine for those who are in a position, breastfeeding.
How to make hawthorn wine at home
Yeast or raisins are added to enhance fermentation. It is important to follow the sequence in any recipe. Alas, if the house or apartment is cold, then the drink will not work. For its fermentation and infusion, a constantly rather high room temperature is needed.
Simple recipe
The simplest recipe is available to novice winemakers. No specific knowledge is required, while the result is almost 100 percent guaranteed. It is taken:
- 5 kilograms of hawthorn;
- 10 liters of water;
- 10 grams of wine yeast - can be bought in specialized stores;
- 4 kilograms of white sugar.
First, a syrup is prepared: sugar is mixed with water, heated, boiled until thickened.Hawthorn berries are spread on the bottom of the container, poured with hot syrup. The yeast is prepared, diluted with water, as stated in the instructions for use. Wait a few minutes and add them to the bulk.
The jar is closed with a water seal and left alone for three days. Next, drain the wort, add half the sugar. They wait a week again, repeat the procedure. The drink will be ready in 1.5 months.
Yeast-free option
Yeast gives confidence that the wine will turn out, but not always their taste is not felt. Those who are worried about the hoppy aroma can try to make a drink from:
- 200 grams of hawthorn;
- 5 plant flowers;
- 1 liter of red wine;
- 70 grams of natural flower honey.
The berries are washed and dried. Warm wine, honey, hawthorn are added to one container and simply sent to ferment in a warm place for three weeks.
Be sure to filter after this period and pour over the banks.
With apples
The apple drink tastes very much like mulled wine. You will need to take:
- 2 liters of water;
- 100 grams of late apples;
- 1.5 kg of sugar (if the apples are unsweetened, then you can take more);
- 1 kilogram of hawthorn.
Apples are chopped in any convenient way - in a meat grinder, on a grater, in a blender. Mix applesauce with berries and pour in a liter of water. For three days they are removed to a warm place, then filtered and sugar is added.
After 4 days, 200 ml of wort is poured, mixed with 400 g of sugar, left for three days, then the procedure is repeated again.
With grapes
To prepare this drink you will need:
- 4 kg of granulated sugar;
- 5 kg of hawthorn;
- 10 liters of water;
- 200 g of raisins.
Mix raisins, sugar and water, leave in a warm place for 4 days. The fact that the leaven has been prepared can be understood by the violent fermentation and the formation of a thick foam.
Sugar is dissolved in water, hawthorn is poured into the composition. Sourdough is added, removed for three days. Then mix 1 liter of wort with an identical volume of sugar, return, leave for three days. The procedure is repeated two more times.
With chokeberry
Take;
- 2.5 kg of hawthorn;
- 3 kg of sugar;
- 1 kg of mountain ash;
- 100 g raisins;
- 6 liters of water.
In general, the recipe is identical to the previous one. Rowan must be kneaded for aroma.
With lemons and oranges
For 1 kg of the main ingredient you need:
- 0.6 kg of oranges;
- 2 kg of sugar;
- 0.4 kg of lemons;
- raisins.
The leaven is made in a standard way. Lemons and oranges are added in the second stage of cooking (when the hawthorn is mixed with sourdough and allowed to ferment).
Expiration date and storage rules
Stored in a warm and dark place. The maximum term is up to 2 years.
