Blueberry wine: 2 recipes at home

Wine and blueberries have a pleasant purple hue and a soft, velvety taste.

Before starting cooking, the berries must be sorted out, cleaned of debris and leaves, and not washed.

Easy Blueberry Wine Recipe

To infuse wine, you will need a large glass container or 2 smaller vessels so that part of the space in them (about ¼) remains empty.

Ingredients

  1. Blueberries – 4 kg

  2. Sand sugar – 2 kg

  3. Water – 6 L

Method of preparation

  1. Grind blueberries with a wooden pestle (crusher), squeeze through a sieve or gauze. Put the resulting juice in the refrigerator.

  2. Pour water into the mass of berries, insist the pulp for 1 day in a place protected from light.

  3. Strain the infusion through cheesecloth and add the remaining berry juice to it.

  4. Pour granulated sugar into the resulting liquid, mix thoroughly.

  5. Pour the syrup into a glass vessel, leaving part of the container empty, close the neck with a water seal.

  6. Place the container in a dark place and keep it there at a temperature of 23-25 ​​° C until the end of active fermentation (until the bubbles are released).

  7. Remove the wine from the sediment through a hose, pour into a clean container, store for another 2 months in a dark room.

  8. Pour the drink into bottles, seal with a cork.

Honey blueberry wine recipe

The recommended amount of sugar can be increased to obtain semi-sweet (by 0,5 kg) or sweet (by 1 kg) wine. If necessary, add raisins (100 g) and citric acid (15 g) to the must.

Ingredients

  1. Blueberries – 4 kg

  2. Sugar – 1,5 kg

  3. Water – 3,5 L

  4. Linden honey – 300 g

Method of preparation

  1. Put the peeled berries in a colander, wash thoroughly, wait until the water drains, and knead the fruits with your hands.

  2. Transfer the resulting mass and juice into a ten-liter glass container, pour in 2 liters of water.

  3. Tie the neck of the vessel with gauze, place the container in a dark corner with a temperature of about 22 ° C for 4–5 days.

  4. After exposure, carefully strain the infusion through 3-5 layers of clean gauze.

  5. Squeeze the pulp well and discard, place the resulting juice in a clean vessel.

  6. Dissolve honey and sugar in one and a half liters of warm purified water, add to blueberry infusion.

  7. Put a water seal on the neck of the bottle, take the vessel to a dark, cool room until fermentation is completed (for 20–50 days).

  8. Drain the wine through a siphon or hose into a clean container, reinstall the shutter, keep in the cold for 3 months. Do this carefully so as not to disturb the sediment.

  9. Pour the finished drink into bottles, seal with a cork.

Relevance: 12.11.2018

Tags: Wine and vermouth, Wine recipes

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