Blackberry pouring

Homemade alcoholic drinks from a variety of fruits and herbs have always been very popular among the people, not only for economic reasons. After all, a drink made with your own hands carries much more benefits and energy than one that was made in production. And the chokeberry liqueur is almost a cult drink, known since antiquity for its healing and wonderful taste.

How to make chokeberry liqueur

Still, from the very beginning, you should define a little with the terms in order to understand the difference in the manufacturing processes. For most consumers, liqueur and tincture are practically no different from each other. Professional culinary specialists and winemakers know very well that liqueur is something that is prepared by natural fermentation without the addition of alcohol-containing liquids. In fact, liqueur differs from wine only in its high sugar content.

But any tincture is made with the obligatory addition of vodka or moonshine (or other strong drink). As they say, they insist on alcohol. Thus, liqueur and aronia tincture are not at all the same thing. And these drinks differ, first of all, in their degree - the tinctures are much stronger and more suitable for men.

But since this difference in terms in practical application is important mainly for professionals, the article will sometimes use the term "liqueur" when applied to tincture too.

For the preparation of homemade classic blackberry liqueur, only fresh and completely ripe berries are used and without the addition of vodka. But with fresh black chokeberry berries, it's also not easy - it's better to use them for making liqueur after the first frosts, when all the astringency leaves them, and there will be no bitterness in the finished drink.

You can also use frozen berries, sometimes they are even specially frozen to speed up the manufacturing process. But from dry blackberry berries, you can prepare only a tincture with the addition of any alcohol-containing drink.

Before use, the berries are sorted out, removing the spoiled ones and those that are disproportionately small in size. Such fruits are unlikely to make something tasty, they usually taste more bitter than usual.

Of course, it is necessary to remove all twigs, leaves and petioles - in this case, they will not add anything useful to the drink.

If the chokeberry liqueur at home will be prepared according to the classic recipe, then you should not wash the berries - “wild” yeast lives on their surface, the presence of which will help the natural fermentation process.

Otherwise, blackberry berries are washed under running water, and then dried by spreading them out on a cloth or paper towel.

The classic recipe for chokeberry liqueur

It is not for nothing that this recipe is called classic - this method was used to prepare black rowan liqueur at home hundreds of years ago.

To do this, from the products you only need:

• 3 kg of berries of the most black chokeberry;
• 1 kg of granulated sugar.

The cooking process itself is quite lengthy, but the natural taste of the finished product is worth the effort.

1. Fresh unwashed berries are crushed using a wooden crush or, as a last resort, using a hand blender.
2. Place the berry mass in a glass container, add sugar and mix well.
3. Cover the container with a double layer of gauze and place it in a place without light with a temperature of + 18 ° C to + 25 ° C.
4. Thus, it is maintained for several days, once a day, stirring the contents of the jar with a wooden spoon or stick.
5. When there are obvious signs of the beginning of the fermentation process, sour smell, white foam, hissing, a water seal or its analogue is installed on the container - a rubber glove with a small hole in the finger.
6. The filling should ferment within 30-45 days.
   Attention! Signs of the end of the fermentation process are the lowering of the glove or the cessation of the appearance of bubbles in the water seal.
7. Trying not to touch the sediment at the bottom of the container, its contents are poured into another place through several layers of gauze or a cotton filter.
8. Then the filling is poured into bottles, tightly corked and kept for 70 to 90 days in a cool place (+ 10-16 ° C) without light.

Of course, tasting can be done earlier, but aging improves the taste of the drink. According to this recipe, homemade chokeberry liqueur is prepared without vodka or any other strong alcohol-containing drink, so its strength is low - it is about 10-13%.

Chokeberry pouring with vodka

For those who are not satisfied with the strength of the drink described in the previous recipe, there is a more serious version of black mountain ash liqueur with vodka. Using this recipe, you can prepare the liqueur using the natural fermentation method, and at the last stage, fix the drink with vodka. The result is something between a liqueur and a liqueur.

You will need:

• 2 kg of blackberry berries;
• 0.5 kg of sugar;
• 1 liter of vodka.

Preparation:

1. Unwashed blackberry berries are poured into a glass jar of the appropriate volume, alternating with layers of sugar. The topmost layer should be sugar.
2. The neck is tied with gauze and the jar is placed on a sunny and warm windowsill for 5-6 days.
   Important! During these days, the contents of the jar must be shaken at least once a day.
3. At the beginning of fermentation, a glove is put on the neck or a water seal is placed, which are removed after about a month and a half, when the process is completely completed.
   
4. The filling is filtered through cheesecloth, vodka is added and mixed well.
5. Poured into bottles, tightly corked and placed in a cool dark place for 1.5-2 months for infusion.

The strength of the drink obtained at home can already reach 20 degrees.

How to make blackberry liqueur with vanilla and orange

Using the same classic natural fermentation method, you can make a delicious homemade chokeberry liqueur with exotic citrus and vanilla notes.

You will need:

• 3 kg blackberry;
• 1 kg of granulated sugar;
• zest with 3 oranges;
• a few sticks of vanilla.

The cooking process completely coincides with the classic recipe. Vanilla and orange peel are added at the very beginning of the process.

Chokeberry pouring with alcohol

And in this recipe, a variant of the preparation of a real tincture of black chokeberry with alcohol is already presented. Despite the decent degree of the drink, about 40%, it is very easy to drink and tastes good.

You will need:

• 1 kg of rowan berries;
• about 1 liter of alcohol 60%;
• 300 g sugar (optional).

Manufacturing:

1. Pour the washed and dried black chokeberry into a jar.
2. Pour alcohol so that its level overlaps the berries by 2-3 cm.
3. If desired, add sugar and shake well the entire contents in the jar.
4. After closing the lid, put the jar in a warm place without light for 2-3 months. It is advisable to remember the jar and shake its contents at least once every 5 days.
5. Strain the finished tincture through a gauze filter and pour it into bottles, tightly plugging them with corks.

Chokeberry pouring on moonshine

Using exactly the same technology, they prepare a liqueur-tincture from blackberry at home on moonshine.

If you take moonshine with a strength of about 60 degrees, then the ratio of the remaining ingredients will be exactly the same as in the previous recipe.

For taste in such a homemade drink, you can additionally add a few chips of oak bark or pieces of lemon zest.

Chokeberry pouring with cherry leaves

This recipe requires preliminary heat treatment of the black chokeberry, but on the other hand, it turns out to extract the maximum taste and aroma from its berries.

You will need:

• 1 kg of blackberry berries;
• 500 ml of purified water;
• 1 liter of 95.6% food alcohol;
• 200 g cherry leaves (about 300 pieces);
• 400 g sugar;
• 8 g vanilla sugar or half one pod;
• 4 carnation buds.

Preparation:

1. The selected, washed and dried mountain ash is placed together with cherry leaves in a thick-walled saucepan, water and half of the prescribed dose of sugar are added.
2. Boil after boiling over low heat for about 40 minutes, then leave to cool for at least 12 hours.
   
3. The next day, the puree is filtered, slightly squeezing out the pulp, which can already be thrown away.
4. The remaining half of the sugar is added to the resulting juice and everything is slightly heated to achieve its complete dissolution.
5. Pour into a glass jar of a suitable volume, cool, add alcohol and spices, stir well.
6. The jar is tightly closed and left unattended for 3 or 4 months in a cool place without light.
7. After this period, the liqueur from cherry leaves and blackberry is carefully drained from the sediment, filtered, poured into dry, clean bottles and allowed to brew for a couple of days before the first tasting.

Delicious blackberry liqueur with cherry leaf and lemon

This recipe is largely similar to the previous one, only 2 lemons and 100 g of natural honey are added to the active ingredients.

The crushed zest from washed lemons is put into the berries before the very first cooking. And squeezed lemon juice with honey is added to an already strained drink after the last addition of sugar.

Recipe for black rowan liqueur with mint and cloves

The method of making a very aromatic liqueur at home according to the following recipe is also simple.

You will need:

• 1500 g of black chokeberry berries;
• 500 ml of vodka;
• 500 g granulated sugar;
• 50 g of fresh mint leaves or 20 g dry;
• 3-4 carnation buds.

Preparation:

1. Wash and dry the glass jar or bottle in the oven.
2. Pour sugar on the bottom and put a clove.
3. Grind the blackberry in mashed potatoes and add to the sugar and cloves, shaking well.
4. Cover the neck with gauze and leave for 3 days in a dark place.
5. On the 4th day, pour vodka into a container with future pouring, shake everything well again, close it tightly with a plastic lid and leave to infuse for 2-3 months.
6. Strain the finished liqueur, pour into pre-prepared bottles and store in a cool place.

Chokeberry: a recipe for making liqueur with prunes and star anise

The homemade blackberry liqueur prepared according to this recipe will delight you with its somewhat viscous consistency and more intense color.

A three-liter jar will require:

• 1-1.2 kg of chokeberry;
• 1.5 liters of vodka;
• 300 g sugar;
• 100 g of prunes;
• cinnamon stick;
• a few star anise stars.

Preparation:

1. In a clean and dry jar, spread the blackberry berries approximately on the shoulders.
2. They are completely filled with vodka, the jar is closed with a lid and placed in a dark place for 2.5 months, not forgetting to shake it at least once a week.
3. After a set period of time, the pouring is filtered and poured into another container.
4. Add prunes, sugar and other spices to it according to the recipe, close the lid and put it back in a dark place for 30 days, again remembering to stir the contents once a week.
5. The filling is filtered again, spices and prunes are removed and distributed among the bottles, tightly corking the latter.

Homemade black and red rowan liqueur recipe

An unusually tasty liqueur at home can be prepared by mixing both varieties of mountain ash: red and black. True, they differ slightly in the content of juice in the berries, so before use, red rowan must be crushed in order to extract the maximum amount of nutrients from it. The ratio of the ingredients used is approximately as follows:

• 500 g of red rowan;
• 500 g of chokeberry;
• 1 liter of vodka;
• 300 g granulated sugar.

Another feature of using red rowan is the fact that a drink from it requires a longer infusion. Otherwise, the process technology itself is identical to that described in the previous recipe.

Pouring from frozen chokeberry

From frozen blackberry berries, you can make a delicious and healthy liqueur or tincture according to any of the recipes described here. You just need to first defrost the berries and drain the excess liquid from them. Then weigh and use in the same proportions as fresh.

Dried chokeberry liqueur recipe

But from the dried blackberry, it will not work to prepare liqueur by the method of natural fermentation. But dried berries are perfect for making tinctures with vodka, alcohol or moonshine. When using them, you just need to take into account some of the features:

1. The amount of dried berries when using them in recipes should be halved compared to fresh ones.
2. Before starting infusion, it is better to grind dried berries for a more complete and even "return" of their properties.
3. The duration of infusion when using dried black chokeberry berries increases on average 2 times and is about 4-5 months.

Homemade chokeberry liqueur on cognac with honey

A drink infused with cognac with the addition of honey turns out to be very tasty and healthy. This homemade tincture can provide effective relief for colds. In addition, honey enhances some of the other medicinal properties of the chokeberry.

You will need:

• 500 g blackberry berries;
• 500 ml of brandy;
• 3-4 tbsp. l. natural honey.

Manufacturing:

1. Blackberry berries are mixed with cognac in any convenient glass container.
2. Add honey, stir, close the lid tightly and place for 3 months in a warm room without light.
3. Every week the contents of the container are shaken well.
4. The finished tincture is filtered, poured into separate bottles and insisted in a cold place for about a month.

Blackberry pouring with oak bark

Adding oak bark to homemade liqueur can in itself give the drink a cognac flavor. For making, it is best to use any fruit moonshine or grape alcohol.

The amount of ingredients is calculated approximately, based primarily on the volume of a three-liter can.

• from 800 to 1300 g blackberry berries;
• about 1.5 liters of moonshine;
• about 300-400 g of sugar;
• a pinch of oak bark;
• 1 tsp citric acid.

The liqueur is prepared by the double infusion method.

1. The berries are poured into the jar so that they take about ¾ of its volume and sugar is added in the amount of 1/10 of the volume of the blackberry.
2. Close with a lid and leave for about 5 days in a dark room with a cool temperature.
3. Add citric acid, oak bark and pour in moonshine.
4. Insist for about a month in the same room.
5. Then the tincture is filtered, the liquid is poured into a separate container, and the berries are covered again with exactly the same amount of sugar.
   
6. Shake and leave in a warm room for another 5 days.
7. Filter the resulting syrup and mix it with the tincture obtained for the first time.
8. It is bottled and kept in a cool place for another 1.5-2 months.

Pouring "100 leaves" from chokeberry

This recipe is very popular for a reason. After all, the resulting drink is difficult to compare in taste and aroma with anything similar. If you do not know its composition, then, most likely, no one will be able to guess what ingredients such a homemade liqueur is made from.

In the standard version of the liqueur, not 100 leaves are used, but only 99. The number 100 in the recipe is named solely for the sake of a round number.

You will need:

• 250 g blackberry berries;
• 33 cherry leaves;
• 33 black currant leaves;
• 33 raspberry leaves;
• 200 g sugar;
• 500 ml of high-quality moonshine or vodka;
• 800 ml of purified water;
• 1 tsp citric acid.

But there is an alternative version of this recipe, in which the total number of leaves is really equal to 100. But in addition to cherry, currant and raspberry leaves, pear leaves are also used in this black rowan liqueur. They allow you to subtly soften the taste of the finished drink and make it even more interesting.

The ingredients required for this option are as follows:

• 25 leaves of raspberries, cherries, pears and black currants;
• 350 g of black chokeberry berries;
• 1 liter of vodka;
• 300 g sugar;
• 1 liter of water;
• ½ tsp citric acid.

The recipe technology at home is the same and does not depend on the composition of the ingredients. Everyone chooses for himself which composition is closer to him, and if you wish, you can try both options and choose the best one.

1. Blackberry berries are cleaned, washed and dried.
2. Transfer to a refractory container and knead with a wooden pestle.
3. The leaves are kneaded in the hands and attached to the berries.
4. Add citric acid and sugar, and cover everything with water.
5. Place the container on low heat and, without boiling, simmer under such conditions for about half an hour.
   
6. Then the resulting liquid is filtered, squeezing the berries and leaves well.
7. Add the required amount of vodka, mix and place in a dark place for 3-4 weeks at least for infusion.
8. The finished liqueur is filtered again and distributed among the bottles.

Recipe for a healthy and fragrant blackberry liqueur with cardamom and ginger

You will need:

• 1 kg of black chokeberry berries;
• 1 liter of 95.6% food alcohol;
• 1 liter of vodka;
• 3 cm of dried ginger root;
• 3 kernels of cardamom;
• 1 vanilla pod

Preparation:

1. The blackberry is poured into a clean and dry glass jar, all the spices are added and alcohol is poured in.
2. Insist the drink in a cool room without light for about 3-4 weeks.
3. It is filtered, bottled and left to stand for about 6 months to form a full flavor bouquet.

A simple recipe for chokeberry liqueur with apples

The combination of apples with chokeberry is considered to be classic.

You will need:

• 400 g blackberry berries;
• 400 g of Antonov apples;
• 1 liter of water;
• 700 ml of vodka;
• 400 g sugar;
• 1 tbsp. l. honey;

Preparation:

1. Apples are rubbed on a coarse grater, chokeberry is simply freed from twigs, washed and dried on a towel.
2. Boil water with sugar, add rowan and apple mass and cook for 5 minutes.
3. The fruit and berry mixture is cooled, transferred to a clean jar, poured with vodka and left for 3-4 weeks under a lid at room temperature in the dark.
4. It is advisable to stir the liqueur 1-2 times a week.
5. Strain through several layers of cheesecloth, add honey and leave for a couple of weeks in the same place.
   
6. Without touching the sediment at the bottom, strain, pour into bottles and leave for another month, after which you can taste the homemade liqueur.

An old recipe for making black rowan liqueur quickly

Unlike other recipes, in which liqueurs are infused for many months, it is possible to get a drink that tastes great and maturity at home in just a week. True, for this you will need to find ceramic or cast iron dishes with a fairly tight-fitting lid with a volume of at least 2 liters. The rest of the components are quite traditional and their selection will not cause any special difficulties.

• from 1 to 1.5 kg of black chokeberry berries (it is more convenient to measure the amount in liters - there should be about 2 liters of berries, depending on the volume of the vessel found);
• such an amount of vodka so that the berries are filled with it entirely;
• sugar and spices - to taste and desire.

Preparation:

1. Sorted, washed and dried blackberry berries are poured into a prepared vessel, poured with vodka and spices and sugar are added, if necessary.
2. Close with a lid and cover the outside with sticky dough (water + flour) so that not a single crack remains.
   Advice! Do not be afraid to spoil anything here - the dough is necessary exclusively for sealing the container, so that not a gram of alcohol comes out when heated.
3. Place the container with the future filling in the oven at a temperature of + 70 ° C for one hour. It is important that the temperature on the sensor in the oven corresponds to reality, otherwise, even at a temperature of + 78 ° C, alcohol can boil, and nothing good will come of it.
4. Then for 1.5 hours it is necessary to keep the container in the oven, reducing the temperature to + 60 ° C.
5. And, finally, another 1.5 hours - at a temperature of + 50 ° С.
6. Then the oven is turned off altogether and the container with the filling is kept there until it cools completely.
7. Then they move it to any convenient dark place in the room for another 4 days.
8. After 4 days, having previously chopped off all the dough from the cracks, the contents of the container are poured through a colander lined with several layers of gauze.
9. The main liquid is immediately poured into a bottle and corked, and the entire cake is suspended in a gauze bag over the pan, giving it several hours to drain completely.
   
10. Do not squeeze the berries hard to speed up the process, as a result, a cloudy sediment may appear in the liqueur.
11. The drained liquid is added to the previously poured filling, mixed and tasted.
12. The homemade liqueur is ready, but you can add some more sugar to it if you like.

Rules for taking alcoholic beverages from chokeberry

Aronia, or black chokeberry, has long been considered a miraculous healing berry. Liqueurs and tinctures from it can provide real help for hypertension, atherosclerosis, joint diseases, thyroid diseases, intoxication and inflammatory processes.

But, on the other hand, it should be understood that berries also have properties that may not be useful to everyone. Indeed, they contain substances that thicken the blood, impede the work of the heart and slow down blood flow. For some people, these properties can be very dangerous. You should not use black fruit liqueur if you have the following problems:

• increased blood viscosity, high hemoglobin levels;
• varicose veins and thrombophlebitis;
• gastritis and stomach ulcers with high acidity;
• some types of cystitis;
• hypotension;
• hemorrhoids;
• acute liver disease and poor kidney function.

In addition, the insidiousness of blackberry liqueur lies in the fact that it has a very pleasant rich taste, and even the strongest drinks from it are drunk very easily - the degree is practically not felt.

Typically, chokeberry alcoholic beverages are used for medicinal and prophylactic purposes.

• In order to normalize blood pressure and treat atherosclerosis, the liqueur is drunk in a course of 1 tsp for a month. 3 times a day.
• For insomnia, it is useful to consume 40-50 g of the drink in the evenings.

Homemade blackberry liqueur is often added to hot drinks or baked goods.

Of course, it can also be used as a dessert drink, but strictly observe the measure.

Rules for storing chokeberry liqueur

It is advisable to store ready-made chokeberry liqueur in cool conditions in tightly sealed bottles. The stronger the degree of the drink, the longer its shelf life. On average, it is 3 years.

Conclusion

Chokeberry pouring is a very tasty and healthy drink that is easy to make at home even for beginners. But you should be very careful with its use.

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