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Homemade blueberry wine turns out to be deep red in color with a soft, velvety aftertaste. Possesses unique taste and subtle aromatic notes, which are lacking in purchased dessert drinks.
Benefits of blueberry wine
Even in the old days, the homemade drink was used to maintain the strength of sick and infirm people. When consumed in moderation, wine:
- helps to cope with vascular diseases;
- prevents atherosclerosis;
- reduces the risk of neoplastic diseases;
- promotes better functioning of the pancreas;
- slows down the aging of nerve cells;
- normalizes bowel function;
- increases hemoglobin;
- removes radioactive metals from the body;
- strengthens the heart muscle;
- has a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin, making it the most elastic;
- normalizes glucose levels;
- stimulates digestive and metabolic processes;
- strengthens the immune system;
- has a choleretic and anti-inflammatory effect;
- helps to cure sore throat faster;
- restores vision.
Due to the magnesium content, a small amount is allowed to use wine as a sedative and for general recovery of the body.
How to make blueberry wine
The berries ripen in August, but it is better to pick them in September after the first frost, thanks to which they gain a ripe sweetness.
The recipes and videos below describe how to make blueberry wine at home, but everyone has the same preparation rules:
- Before cooking, sterilize the container with boiling water and wipe dry. Such preparation will help to avoid contamination of the wort by foreign microorganisms. A 10 liter glass bottle is best suited for the preform.
- Ripe and juicy fruits are chosen for homemade wine. Due to overripe and sluggish berries, the drink turns out to be unclear.
- The blueberries must be sorted out, removing wrinkled, rotten and moldy specimens. One such berry included in the composition can spoil homemade wine.
- The fruits are mashed and poured with water.
Depending on the recipe, add honey or white sugar. Then the workpiece is left for fermentation, putting a water seal or a medical glove on the bottle neck. The ripening drink should not come into contact with fresh air.
Classic homemade blueberry wine
In the traditional version of preparation, in addition to sugar, a little honey is added to the composition, which makes the taste rich. A simple recipe for blueberry wine at home will help you create an amazing drink that will become the highlight of your celebration and will delight the most discerning connoisseur of alcohol.
Ingredients:
- blueberries - 4 kg;
- filtered water or spring water - 2 l;
- granulated sugar - 1.5 kg;
- water for dissolving honey - 1.3 l;
- honey - 300 g.
Preparation:
- Mash the berries with a crush. Transfer to a 10 liter bottle.
- Pour in 2 liters of water, stir and cover with a cloth. Remove for 5 days in a dark place. Temperature + 20 ° ... + 25 °.
- Pass the infusion through the filter. Squeeze the pulp and discard.
- Heat the remaining water and dissolve the sugar and honey. Combine with infusion.
- Install a water seal on the bottle neck. Leave in a cool place until the end of fermentation.
- Using a siphon, pour the wine into a separate container.The sediment should not get into the workpiece. Put on a water seal and leave for 2 months.
- When the alcohol becomes completely transparent, pour into bottles.
The easiest blueberry wine recipe
The delicate blueberry flavor is ideal for making a homemade alcoholic beverage. Would need:
- blueberries - 6 kg;
- water - 9 l;
- sugar - 3 kg.
Preparation:
- Pour the berries into a container and crush with a crush. Fold the cheesecloth in several layers and squeeze the juice out of the puree. Place in the refrigerator compartment.
- Pour the remaining berries with water, mix and leave in a dark place for a day. Squeeze out again. Combine the resulting liquid with juice.
- Add sugar, mix and pour into a prepared bottle.
- Put a rubber glove on your throat and make a puncture in one finger.
- Leave in a dark place. Temperature + 20 ° ... + 25 °. After a day, fermentation will begin, and the glove will rise up. When the process is over, it will return to its original position.
- Drain the formed sediment. Pour the clean drink into bottles and leave in a cool place for 2 months.
Homemade blueberry wine: recipe without yeast
If the berries were harvested after rain, then there is little wild yeast left on their surface and the fermentation process will be defective. The raisins added to the drink will help fix this problem.
Would need:
- water - 2.5 l;
- blueberries - 2.5 kg;
- raisins - 50 g;
- citric acid - 10 g;
- sugar - 1.1 kg.
Preparation:
- Crush the sorted blueberries with a rolling pin or with your hands. Transfer to a bottle.
- Fill with cold water, ideally spring or filtered. Add raisins, add citric acid and 250 g sugar. Mix.
- To prevent insects and debris from getting into the mixture, cover with gauze. Put in the closet for 3 days. Stir daily.
- When a sour smell appears and foam forms on the surface, strain the liquid through cheesecloth, and squeeze the pulp well.
- Pour 250 g of sugar into the juice and dissolve. Attach a water seal on the neck. Leave in the closet for 4 days.
- Drain 200 ml of wort into a separate container and dissolve 250 g of sugar in it. Pour back into the workpiece. Install a water seal.
- After 3 days, repeat the process, adding the remaining granulated sugar.
- When no gas is formed on the water seal, remove the wine from the sediment using a straw so as not to touch the sediment formed at the bottom of the container.
- Leave to ripen for six months. Remove sediment every month by pouring it into a new container.
How to make blueberry wine with honey
Linden honey is best suited for cooking. It gives the wine a subtle aroma. But it is allowed to use any other.
Ingredients:
- blueberries - 5 kg;
- granulated sugar - 1.9 kg;
- water - 4.4 l;
- honey - 380 g.
Preparation:
- Sort out the fruits and crush. You should make a puree. Pour in 3 liters of water, stir and cover with gauze. Leave in the basement for 5 days.
- Strain the workpiece and remove the sediment.
- Dissolve honey, then sugar in the remaining volume of water. Pour the syrup into the infusion.
- Put a glove on the neck. Make a small puncture in one finger to release gases. Leave in the basement until the end of fermentation.
- When bubbles stop forming on the surface of homemade wine, strain through 3 layers of gauze.
- Pour into bottles. Leave the wine to ripen for 2 months in a cool room or refrigerator.
Storage and use rules
Subject to the technology of preparation, homemade wine is allowed to be stored in a dry room for 4 years without loss of taste. Recommended temperature + 2 °… + 6 °. The bottles are placed horizontally.
When using it, it is important to observe the measure. Due to the high antioxidant content in berries, the drink can impair muscle function.
It is forbidden to use:
- pregnant and lactating women.The substances contained in the berries can cause allergies and intoxication in a child;
- diabetics;
- with dyskinesia of the biliary tract, since blueberries lead to an exacerbation of the disease;
- with individual intolerance;
- with inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract and ulcers;
- children and adolescents under 18 years of age.
Conclusion
Homemade blueberry wine will bring pleasure and health. A glass of drink a day can help you cope with the fall colds and flu. In the proposed recipes, the amount of sugar is allowed to increase or decrease according to taste, while creating a sweet or semi-sweet wine.
