Liquor from chernoplodka

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 prepared by one’s own hands carries much more benefits and energy than the one that was made in production. And 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 the terms a bit in order to understand the difference in the manufacturing processes. For most consumers, liqueur and tincture are practically no different from each other. Professional chefs and winemakers are well aware that liqueur is what is prepared by natural fermentation without the addition of alcohol-containing liquids. In fact, liqueur differs from wine only in a higher sugar content.

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

But since this difference in terms in practical application matters mainly for professionals, the term “pouring” will sometimes be used in the article in application to tincture too.

For the preparation of homemade classic chokeberry liqueur, only fresh and perfectly ripe berries are used and without the addition of vodka. But with fresh chokeberry berries, too, not everything is simple – it is better to use them for making liquor after the first frost, when all the astringency is gone from them, and bitterness will not be felt in the finished drink.

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

Before use, the berries are sorted out, removing spoiled ones and those that have a disproportionately small size. From such fruits it is unlikely that something tasty will turn out, they are usually bitter more than usual.

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

If the chokeberry liqueur is prepared at home 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, black berries are washed under running water, and then dried, spread out on a cloth or paper towel.

The classic recipe for chokeberry liqueur

It is not for nothing that this recipe is called a classic – in this way they prepared black ashberry liqueur at home hundreds of years ago.

For this, from the products you only need:

• 3 kg of berries of the chokeberry itself;
• 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 with a wooden pusher or, in extreme cases, using an immersion blender.
2. The berry mass is placed in a glass container, sugar is added and mixed well.
3. The container is covered with a double layer of gauze and placed in a place without light with a temperature of + 18 ° C to + 25 ° C.
4. Thus, they stand for several days, stirring the contents of the jar once a day with a wooden spoon or stick.
5. When there are obvious signs of the beginning of the fermentation process, a sour smell, white foam, hissing, a water seal or its equivalent is installed on the container – a rubber glove with a small hole in the finger.
6. The liqueur should ferment for 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 drained to another place through several layers of gauze or a cotton filter.
8. After that, the liquor is bottled, tightly corked and kept for 70 to 90 days in a cool place (+ 10-16 ° C) without light.

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

Pouring from chokeberry on 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 ashberry vodka. Using this recipe, you can prepare the liqueur using the method of natural fermentation, and at the last stage, fix the drink with vodka. The result is something between a liqueur and a tincture.

You need:

• 2 kg of chokeberry berries;
• 0,5 kg of sugar;
• 1 liters of vodka.

Preparation:

1. Unwashed chokeberry berries are poured into a glass jar of the appropriate volume, interspersed with layers of sugar. The top layer should be sugar.
2. The neck is tied up 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 is 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. It is poured into bottles, corked tightly 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 technique, you can make a very tasty homemade chokeberry liqueur with exotic notes of citrus and vanilla.

Required:

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

The cooking process is completely the same as the classic recipe. Vanilla and orange zest are added at the very beginning of the process.

Pouring from chokeberry on alcohol

And in this recipe, an option for preparing a real tincture of chokeberry with alcohol is already presented. Despite the decent degree of the drink, about 40%, it is drunk very easily and tastes good.

You need:

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

Manufacture:

1. Pour the washed and dried 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 all the 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 bank 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 corking them with corks.

Pouring from chokeberry on moonshine

Using exactly the same technology, they prepare a liquor-tincture from chokeberry 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.

Pouring from chokeberry with cherry leaves

This recipe requires preliminary heat treatment of chokeberries, but it is possible to extract the maximum taste and aroma from its berries.

You need:

• 1 kg of chokeberry berries;
• 500 ml of purified water;
• 1 liter of 95,6% edible alcohol;
• 200 g cherry leaves (about 300 pieces);
• 400 grams of sugar;
• 8 g vanilla sugar or half of one pod;
• Xnumx bud clove.

Preparation:

1. The selected, washed and dried mountain ash is placed together with cherry leaves in a thick-walled saucepan, water and half the dose of sugar prescribed according to the recipe are added.
2. Boil after boiling over low heat for about 40 minutes, after which it is left 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 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 liquor from cherry leaves and chokeberries is carefully drained from the sediment, filtered, poured into dry, clean bottles and allowed to brew for a couple more days before the first tasting.

Delicious blackberry liqueur with cherry leaf and lemon

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

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

Recipe for black rowan liqueur with mint and cloves

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

You need:

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

Preparation:

1. Wash the glass jar or bottle and dry it in the oven.
2. At the bottom, pour sugar and put cloves.
3. Grind the chokeberry in a puree 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 the container with future liquor, shake everything well again, close tightly with a plastic lid and leave to infuse for 2-3 months.
6. Strain the finished liquor, pour into pre-prepared bottles and store in a cool place.

Chokeberry: a recipe for liquor with prunes and star anise

Homemade chokeberry liqueur prepared according to this recipe will delight you with its somewhat viscous consistency and more intense color.

For a three-liter jar you will need:

• 1-1,2 kg of chokeberry;
• Xnum l vodka;
• 300 grams of sugar;
• 100 g prunes;
• cinnamon stick;
• a few star anise.

Preparation:

1. Black berries are laid out in a clean and dry jar approximately shoulder-length.
2. They are completely filled with vodka, the jar is closed with a lid and placed for 2,5 months in a dark place, not forgetting to shake it at least once a week.
3. After a set period of time, the liquor is filtered and poured into another container.
4. Prunes, sugar and other spices are added to it according to the recipe, covered with a lid and put back in a dark place for 30 days, again not forgetting to stir the contents once a week.
5. The liqueur is filtered again, spices and prunes are removed and distributed into bottles, tightly corking the latter.

Recipe for homemade black and red rowan liqueur

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 the red mountain ash must be crushed before use in order to extract the maximum amount of useful substances from it. The ratio of the ingredients used is approximately the following:

• 500 g of red rowan;
• 500 g chokeberry;
• Xnum l vodka;
• Xnumx g of granulated sugar.

Another feature of the use of 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.

Frozen chokeberry filling

From frozen chokeberry berries, you can prepare a tasty and healthy liqueur or tincture according to any of the recipes described here. It is only necessary to first defrost the berries and drain excess liquid from them. Then weigh and use in the same proportions as fresh.

Dried chokeberry liqueur recipe

But from dried chokeberry, it will not work to prepare liquor using the method of natural fermentation. But dried berries are perfect for making tinctures on vodka, alcohol or moonshine. When using them, it is only necessary to take into account some features:

1. The amount of dried berries when used in recipes should be halved compared to fresh ones.
2. Before infusion, it is better to grind dried berries for a more complete and uniform “return” of their properties.
3. The duration of infusion when using dried chokeberry berries increases on average by 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 help with colds. In addition, honey enhances some other healing properties of chokeberry.

You will need:

• 500 g of chokeberry berries;
• 500 ml brandy;
• 3-4 century l. natural honey

Manufacture:

1. Chokeberry berries are mixed in any convenient glass dish with cognac.
2. Honey is added, stirred, tightly closed with a lid and placed for 3 months in a warm room without light.
3. Shake the contents of the container well every week.
4. The finished tincture is filtered, poured into separate bottles and insisted in a cold place for about a month.

Liquor from chernoplodka with oak bark

Adding oak bark to homemade liquor in itself can give the drink a cognac flavor. For manufacturing, 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 jar.

• from 800 to 1300 g of chokeberry berries;
• about 1,5 liters of moonshine;
• about 300-400 g of sugar;
• a pinch of oak bark;
• 1 tsp citric acid.

Prepare the liqueur by the method of double infusion.

1. Berries are poured into the jar so much that they take up about ¾ of its volume and sugar is added in the amount of 1/10 of the volume of the chokeberry.
2. Close the lid and infuse for about 5 days in a dark room with a cool temperature.
3. Add citric acid, oak bark and pour in moonshine.
4. They insist 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. The resulting syrup is filtered and mixed with the tincture obtained for the first time.
8. 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 drink that is obtained as a result 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 this 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 need:

• 250 g of chokeberry berries;
• 33 cherry leaves;
• 33 leaves of black currant;
• 33 raspberry leaves;
• 200 grams of 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 100. But in addition to cherry, currant and raspberry leaves, pear leaves are also used in this black ashberry liqueur. They allow you to gently soften the taste of the finished drink and make it even more interesting.

The ingredients you need for this option are:

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

The recipe preparation 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. Chokeberry berries are cleaned, washed and dried.
2. Transfer to a fireproof 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 pour everything with water.
5. Place the container on a low fire and, without bringing to a boil, simmer in 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 at least 3-4 weeks for infusion.
8. The finished liquor is filtered again and distributed into bottles.

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

You need:

• 1 kg of chokeberry berries;
• 1 liter of 95,6% edible alcohol;
• Xnum l vodka;
• 3 cm dried ginger root;
• 3 grains of cardamom;
• 1 vanilla pod.

Preparation:

1. Chokeberry is poured into a clean and dry glass jar, all spices are added and alcohol is poured in.
2. Infuse the drink in a cool room without light for about 3-4 weeks.
3. Filter, bottle and 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 a classic.

You need:

• 400 g of chokeberry berries;
• 400 g Antonov apples;
• 1 L of water;
• 700 ml of vodka;
• 400 grams of sugar;
• 1 st. 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. 1-2 times a week it is desirable to mix the liquor.
5. Strain through several layers of gauze, 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 liquor.

An old recipe for a quick black ashberry liqueur

Unlike other recipes in which liqueurs are infused for many months, it is possible to get a drink that is excellent in taste and consistency 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 remaining components are quite traditional and their selection will not cause any particular difficulties.

• from 1 to 1,5 kg of 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 that the berries are completely filled with it;
• sugar and spices – to taste and desire.

Preparation:

1. The sorted, washed and dried chokeberry berries are poured into a prepared bowl, poured with vodka and spices and sugar are added, if necessary.
2. Close the lid and coat the outside with sticky dough (water + flour) so that not a single slit remains.
   Advice! Do not be afraid to spoil anything here – the dough is necessary solely to seal the container so that when heated, not a single gram of alcohol comes out
3. The container with the future filling is placed in the oven at a temperature of + 70 ° C for one hour. It is important that the temperature on the sensor in the oven is true, otherwise alcohol can boil at a temperature of + 78 ° C, and nothing good will come of it.
4. Then it is necessary to keep the container in the oven for 1,5 hours, reducing the temperature to + 60 ° C.
5. And, finally, another 1,5 hours – at a temperature of + 50 ° C.
6. Then the oven is turned off completely and the container with the liqueur 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 precipitate may appear in the liqueur.
11. The drained liquid is added to the previously spilled liquor, mixed and tested.
12. Homemade liqueur is ready, but if desired, you can add some more sugar to it.

Rules for taking alcoholic beverages from chokeberry

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

But, on the other hand, it should be understood that berries also have properties that may not be useful to everyone. After all, 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 chokeberry liqueur if you have the following problems:

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

In addition, the insidiousness of chokeberry liquor 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.

Usually alcoholic drinks from chokeberry are used for therapeutic and prophylactic purposes.

• In order to normalize pressure and treat atherosclerosis, the liqueur is drunk in a course for a month, 1 tsp. 3 times a day.
• With 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 pastries.

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

Rules for storing chokeberry liquor

It is advisable to store the finished liquor from chokeberry in cool conditions in tightly corked bottles. The stronger the degree of the drink, the longer its shelf life. On average, it is 3 years.

Conclusion

Pouring from chokeberry is a very tasty and healing drink that is easy to make at home even for beginners. But you should be very careful with its use.