Alcohol, moonshine and currant vodka at home: recipes

Blackcurrant is a berry that can be called the most popular and most useful. All sorts of sweets are prepared from it, vitamins are stored for the winter, eaten raw. There is another use of this gift of nature – the preparation of tinctures. Anyone can make a drink at home, knowing the recipe for blackcurrant in vodka, alcohol or moonshine.

The benefits and harms of currant tincture

Cooked blackcurrant on vodka at home is not only a tasty, but also a healthy drink. There are several advantages of pouring:

• strengthening immunity;
• antibacterial and antimicrobial effects;
• normalization of metabolism;
• fight against toxins;
• assistance in correcting vision;
• strengthening of the walls of blood vessels;
• improvement of kidney and urinary tract functions;
• neutralization of inflammation of the gums and oral cavity;
• improved sleep;
• analgesic effect.

All this is possible thanks to the composition of medicinal raw materials. The berries contain:

• grape, malic and citric acids;
• vitamins P, C, A, etc.;
• minerals;
• enzymes.

There are some minor disadvantages of an alcoholic drink:

• diarrhea;
• stomach ache;
• problems with the work of the heart.

But all of them can only be a consequence of the abuse of liquor, or intolerance to the components of the drink.

How to make homemade currant tincture

Currant tinctures for alcohol, made at home, are considered the most useful and safe. The main thing is to know the basic principles of creating a noble drink:

1. You need to pick berries in early August.
2. Pluck only black fruits.
3. Carefully sort out specimens unsuitable for food.
4. Rinse.

After the preparatory work, you can proceed to the manufacture of the drink. It is better for him to choose good quality alcohol. It is forbidden to use suspicious vodka or alcohol, since even all the beneficial properties of the fruit cannot be blocked by the toxins contained in the “scorched” products.

Currant tincture recipes at home

To prepare a tincture on currant berries, you do not need to be a professional in moonshining and making alcoholic beverages. Even beginners can cope with this task. The main thing is to follow the preparation procedure, proportions and storage recommendations.

Blackcurrant tincture with vodka

Most often, the simplest ingredients are used – vodka and blackcurrant berries. Although there are more sophisticated recipes.

First filling option:

1. 3 g of fruit should be placed in a 700 liter bottle.
2. Pour vodka – 500 ml (vodka should completely cover the berries).
3. Seal the bottle.
4. Clean in a dark place for 2-3 weeks.
5. Strain through cheesecloth.
6. Pour into suitable containers.

The second option for pouring vodka using frozen berries:

1. Pour 1 cup of water into a saucepan.
2. Heat up, add a glass of sugar.
3. Boil.
4. Pour frozen berries – 400 g.
5. Hold for no more than 3 minutes.
6. Cool to room temperature.
7. Crush the berries.
8. Pour in vodka – 500 ml.
9. Pour everything into a jar and seal.
10. Remove for 21 days in a dark place.
11. Strain and bottle.

The third version of the liqueur with the addition of spices:

1. Pour 500 ml of vodka into a container.
2. Add 2 tbsp. l. Sahara.
3. Pour 600 g of blackcurrant berries.
4. Mix.
5. Add 2 cloves, vanillin at the tip of a knife and 2 allspice peas.
6. Close.

Currant vodka at home will be ready in 20 days. After that, the drink must be filtered and bottled.

Blackcurrant tincture with alcohol

There are also several currant recipes for alcohol that can be prepared at home.

First option:

1. Pour into a bottle of 3 – 4 liters of 700 g of fruit.
2. Add alcohol with a strength of 70 degrees – 500 ml.
3. Put the liqueur in a dark but warm place.
4. Strain after 2 weeks.
5. Pour into bottles.

The second option:

1. Dilute alcohol to 45 degrees to end up with a volume of 1 liter.
2. In two glasses of water, boil the syrup with the addition of 400 g of sugar.
3. Boil 800 g of fruit in syrup.
4. Crush the berries.
5. After cooling the syrup with berries, add alcohol.
6. Remove the container for 3 weeks in a dark place, tightly closing it.
7. Filter and pour into a suitable container.

Tincture on blackcurrant on moonshine

There is also a fairly simple recipe for blackcurrant tincture, which involves the use of moonshine.

The following components are required:

• moonshine – 1,5 liters;
• blackcurrant berries – 1,5 kg;
• granulated sugar – 150

Cooking process:

1. Pour moonshine into the container.
2. Add sugar and mix thoroughly.
3. Add berries.
4. Close container.
5. Remove for 14 days in a dark place.
6. Filter.
7. Pour into bottles.
8. Wait another 15 days.

White currant tincture

Whitecurrant is also suitable for making tinctures, the only negative is the color of the resulting drink. It does not come out as rich and pleasant as from dark berries.

The first option is currant vodka tincture at home:

1. Pour 400 g of fruit into a jar.
2. Crush the berries.
3. Add vodka – 1 liter.
4. Pour sugar – 1 cup (in the future it will be possible to sweeten the drink).
5. Add a pinch of vanilla.
6. Remove the tincture for 3 weeks in a dark place, tightly closing the bottle.
7. Filter out.
8. Put in the refrigerator for 3 days – the time required for the stabilization of the taste of the drink.

The second option is cooking without vodka:

1. Mash 1 kg fruit.
2. Add 30 g of raisins.
3. Pour in 500 g of sugar.
4. Pour in 200 ml of boiled water, cooled to room temperature.
5. Mix thoroughly.
6. Install a water seal on the bottle (medical glove).
7. Remove the container in a dark place.
8. After 10 – 30 hours, fermentation should begin: foam will appear on the surface, the glove will swell.
9. Fermentation should last from 20 to 45 days.
10. After the process is completed, the liquid must be filtered.
11. Pour into bottles.
12. Remove for 3 months in a cool place.

Tincture on currant buds

Blackcurrant bud tincture is a recipe that not all winemakers know about. In fact, such alcohol is no worse in terms of taste and useful properties. For its preparation you need:

• moonshine or vodka – 500 ml;
• black currant buds – 1,5 tbsp. l.;
• fructose – 1 tsp. l.

Preparation:

1. Pour all ingredients into a jar.
2. Add vodka.
3. Mix.
4. Leave for 5 days in a warm dark place.
5. Filter the liqueur from the kidneys.

Tincture on currant jam

Homemade blackcurrant tincture on vodka can even be made from jam. At the same time, it is best to use the fermented “twist” left over from previous years.

The cooking process is as simple as possible:

1. Pour 350 blackcurrant jams into a suitable container.
2. Add there 2 cups of vodka or alcohol, diluted to 40 degrees.
3. To cover with a lid.
4. Withstand 24 hours.
5. Strain.

Then the filling is adjusted to your taste. If necessary, it can be diluted with purified water, pour in a little syrup or add vanillin, cinnamon, cloves or honey.

Противопоказания

Despite all its benefits, any alcoholic drink has direct contraindications for use. Among them are:

• hepatitis and other liver problems, including cirrhosis;
• allergy to blackcurrant and drink components;
• thrombophlebitis;
• gastritis;
• stomach ulcer;
• increased blood clotting;
• condition after stroke and heart attack.

Terms and conditions of storage

A tincture prepared with vodka or another alcohol base must not only be used correctly, but also stored. There are several important aspects to this issue:

1. Storage container material. It is best to use glass containers (preferably dark): jars, bottles with a wide mouth. It is best to refuse the use of iron and plastic containers, since such materials can react with vodka or alcohol. As a result, you can spoil not only the taste of the drink, but also deprive it of all useful properties.
2. Tightness. The lid, which will close the container with tincture, should fit snugly, not let air through.
3. You can store the liqueur in the refrigerator – on the side door, or in the basement. If there are no such places, then the tincture must be removed in a cool room without access to light.

Subject to the above storage rules, blackcurrant tincture with vodka or alcohol can be stored from one to two years. At the same time, the beneficial properties of the drink will not be lost, and the quality will not deteriorate.

Conclusion

The recipe for blackcurrant on vodka is useful to anyone who wants to go into winemaking. After all, even beginners can cook such a liqueur. The main rule of a delicious drink is high-quality raw materials and the right container for storage.