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My ladies, or rather my wife and sister, love to sit in the evening in the gazebo with a glass of wine. I often make different wines, but this year has been experimental for me. I decided to put a wine that I had not made before.
For the first time in my life, I decided on wine from dried berries, that is, from prunes. On plums – I’m no longer interested, in this matter I can be said to be a professional.
Story from my subscriber Igor.
Why I decided to make alcohol myself
This year, an unusually large number of plums were born, which means a lot of prunes turned out. My wife and I thought for a long time what to make of this crop, we scoured the Internet. Compotes and jams have been with us since that year, something no one eats them.
My attention was drawn to an article where wine is made from prunes. Without thinking twice, I decided to try, what if it works? The risk is a noble cause, and the wife agreed.
But it seemed to me that she did not really like this idea, since she did not help me in making wine. And I was preparing wine, hoping to surprise her. Looking ahead, I will say that she really liked it.
What ingredients are needed for prune wine
The ingredients are the same as for making wine on plums, that is, prunes, water, sugar. I decided to try it for the first time, so I chose a 3-liter jar (with a margin), and I decided to make only 2 liters of wine.
The wine is made in a 1:1 ratio, that is, I need 1 liter of water and 1 kg of berry pulp. Sugar 600 grams – 300 grams per kilogram of wine.
We need:
- capacity;
- gauze;
- glove.
We also need patience, as this is a very painstaking task.
fallen plums
The process of making wine
The first thing to do after drying the berries is to chop them. We select the bones (if dried with a bone) and make a gruel. I took about one and a half kilograms of raw materials.
After I removed the bones, I got a kilogram, and I need so much. We place our slurry in a jar or bottle, as it suits you. Berries do not need to be washed, otherwise the fermentation process will not start.
The next step is to add a liter of water. I bought water. It is best to take spring water. If there is no way to find one, then distilled will do. Pour water, mix, put on a glove on the neck of the jar.
Be sure to poke a needle in one of the fingers of the glove, otherwise it will simply fly off when fermentation begins. We remove the jar in a dark place for two days. Remember to stir the contents at least twice a day. Sometimes it is enough just to shake the bottle a little.
The first day of fermentation – this is the mixture
As soon as the glove on the jar has risen and fallen off, it’s time to drain the wort. You can also focus on the fact that the peel has risen up and foam has formed. We filter our wine through gauze, we no longer need the peel.
Many people pour wine through a drip hose so as not to shake the sediment, but I just carefully drain and filter twice. Now the most interesting thing is that we add half the required sugar to the jar, that is, we pour only 2 grams per 300 liters.
We divide the remaining sugar into 2 parts and add 150 grams each on the 5th and 10th day of fermentation. At this time, fermentation is no longer so strong and the sugar will sweeten the wine, and will not go into alcohol.
Fermentation with added sugar
The wine will be ready as soon as the whole fermentation process is over and the sediment is formed. The jar will stop showing bubbles. Then it should be poured into a bottle and put away in the basement for 2-5 months. During this time, the wine is finally released.
What result did I get
I removed the sediment and put the wine in the cellar, but then I didn’t even know that it would change color. It turns out that if you remove the sediment, then over time the wine will turn pink. Wow, very pretty color! So it happened to me, and the wine began to resemble a noble pink champagne.
Separate the wort
My wife really liked my wine, she even treated her friends to it. By the way, for a fortress, you can add vodka, about 15% of the total volume, or add sugar again, but then you have to put on a dispenser.
The wine turned out to be very tasty, and most importantly, it can be stored in the cellar for almost 5 years. Now I’m thinking of putting in a new batch of wine, since the experiment was a success. Have you ever made wine from dried berries and fruits? What did you get?