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2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
The wine will turn out to be light, sweetish and very aromatic.
What do you need
You can make wine from black, red or white currants. The drink will be tasty in any case, but the most beautiful it will come from black or red berries.
White berry wine will be almost transparent, but you can give it a richer shade by adding other types of currants in an arbitrary proportion.
The strength of this homemade wine is about 8% vol.
For black currant wine:
- 3 kg of berries;
- 1½ kg of sugar;
- 5 liters of water.
For red or white currant wine:
- 3 kg of berries;
- 2 kg of sugar;
- 5 liters of water.
How to make currant wine at home
Rinse the currants from dust and dirt. If there are twigs on it, you can leave them - this will not spoil the taste of the wine. Place whole berries in a large glass or plastic jar, top with sugar and cover with water.
It is better not to reduce the amount of sugar. If there is not enough of it, the fermentation process will go poorly, and the wine may turn into vinegar.
Stir the ingredients and put a medical rubber glove on the neck of the container. Put the future wine in a warm place for three weeks.
For reliability, you can tie the neck of the container with thick threads or an elastic band. Gradually, the glove will inflate - this means that the fermentation process is in progress.
After three weeks, you can taste the wine. If you find it sour, add a little more sugar to taste and stir. Close the container again with a glove and leave in the same warm place for another three weeks.
Then strain the wine through cheesecloth folded in 2-3 layers. All the berries should remain in it. Do not squeeze the cheesecloth, otherwise the wine will turn out unclear.
Rinse well the container in which the wine was fermented and pour it back. Taste the drink.
At this stage, it is better to add at least a little more sugar so that the next stage of fermentation goes well.
Cover the wine tightly with a glove and leave in a warm place for another two weeks.
Then place the container with the drink on a slight rise, such as a chair. Take off your glove and dip a soft straw a few centimeters into the wine. You can use, for example, a dropper tube - one can easily find one at a pharmacy.
Draw in air from the other end of the tube so that wine flows through it. Dip it in a glass bottle or jar and wait for the drink to drain.
Store homemade currant wine tightly closed in a cool, dark place.
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