Recipe for homemade apple wine with a glove 

Experienced housewives know that you can really surprise guests at the festive table with natural, homemade wine. You can cook it not only from grapes, but also, for example, from apples, which are always at hand in the autumn season. Homemade apple wine can be prepared according to the classic recipe without yeast, with the addition of cinnamon or orange. When adding vodka, light apple wine will become fortified, which may also be appropriate in some cases. The process of making homemade wine is quite simple and at the same time delicate. In order to avoid mistakes and prepare a high-quality, tasty product, you must strictly adhere to the recipe and some recommendations, which are described in detail later in the article.

Classic light wine recipe

The following recipe for homemade apple wine is very simple. For its implementation, ripe juicy apples will be required. The variety, ripening period and taste of apples in this case does not play a fundamental role: you can use the sweet “White filling” or the sour “Antonovka”, but keep in mind that the wine will definitely reflect the blend of the original product.

In the process of making wine from apples, you will need to squeeze the juice. The amount of sugar in the composition of the product must be calculated based on the volume of the resulting liquid. So, for 1 liter of juice you need to add 150-300 g of sugar. The exact amount of the ingredient depends on the acidity of the original product and the personal preference of the winemaker.

If desired, the apple flavor can be softened with water. As a rule, it is rational to do this when using very acidic fruits. Water should be added purified in an amount of not more than 10-15% of the total mass of juice.

To understand how to make homemade apple-based wine, you can read the following points, which give clear recommendations:

1. Wash the apples and remove the core, rotten areas from them.
2. Squeeze juice from fruit. At the output of processing, juice with a minimum pulp content should be obtained.
3. Place apple juice in a saucepan. Close the container with gauze. For 2-3 days, the juice must be kept at room temperature. During this time, it is necessary to mix the product thoroughly several times, as a result of which it should be divided into 2 components: pulp and pure juice.
4. The pulp is the remains of the skin and pulp. Such a mixture should rise above the surface of pure juice. It needs to be removed.
5. When apple juice begins to “hiss” and give off a characteristic vinegar smell, we can talk about the beginning of fermentation. At this time, you need to add a small portion of sugar (60-100 g per 1 liter of juice) and pour the syrup from the pan into a bottle (jar), covering it with a rubber glove or a lid with a water seal. It is not necessary to fill the vessel with the wort completely, leaving about 1/5 of the total volume for the accumulation of the resulting foam.
6. The remaining volume of granulated sugar should be added to the product in small portions in 2-3 doses with an interval of 4-5 days.
7. The fermentation process can last 30-60 days depending on specific conditions. At this time, the vessel with wine must be kept at room temperature without access to oxygen.
8. When the wort stops emitting carbon dioxide, we can talk about the end of fermentation. The resulting wine must be carefully filtered again, after which you can proceed to the tasting.
9. At the initial stage of readiness, the wine exudes a pungent smell, which will “leave” as this drink is aged. Apple wine must be aged in glass, hermetically sealed containers. You can store the product for several years at a temperature of +6-+16⁰C.

The strength of the wine prepared according to the proposed technology is only 10-12%. Such a product is not only tasty, but also a healthy alcoholic drink, which will always have a feast.

Apple wine with orange flavor

Experienced winemakers always try to get a unique product, with interesting flavors and blends. It is for them that the following recipe for making homemade wine from apples and oranges may be interesting.

For homemade wine, you will need 10 kg of apples themselves, 6 large, juicy oranges, 3 kg of sugar and 5 liters of water. Wine yeast is included in the product in the amount of 150 g per 5 liters of raw material. Apples are preferably used juicy, ripe.

It will be quite simple for every housewife, even for beginners, to prepare a surprisingly tasty apple-orange wine, if you follow the step-by-step instructions for the recipe:

• Cut apples into small pieces and mix them thoroughly with 1 kg of sugar. Put the resulting mixture into a large container and fill with water. Cover the product with a clean piece of cloth and infuse for 5-6 days.
• Drain the apple must, squeeze out the remaining pieces of apples. Add sugar and grated oranges to the liquid.
• Dissolve wine yeast in warm water, leave for 15-20 minutes and pour into the wort in a thin stream.
• Cover the base for the future wine with a rubber glove or a lid with a water seal. Leave the product at room temperature until the end of fermentation.
• Strain the drink carefully and close with a water seal for another 3 days.
• Strain the wine again. Seal it tightly in bottles and send it to storage.

Such a simple recipe will allow you to prepare a surprisingly tasty, light and, most importantly, natural wine. After a month of aging, you can safely suppress an alcoholic drink to the table for tasting relatives and friends.

Fortified wine with apples and raisins

Apple wine, fermenting in natural conditions, turns out to be light 10-12%. You can make a stronger drink by adding alcohol or vodka. For example, the following is an interesting recipe for making fortified wine based on apples and dark raisins. Subject to the preparation technology, the strength of the drink will be 15-16%.

To make wine, you need 10 kg of apples, 2-2,5 kg of sugar, 100 g of raisins (dark) and 200 ml of vodka. Using these ingredients, you need to perform the following manipulations:

• Wash the apples and pat dry with a clean towel. Remove seed chamber from fruit.
• Grind apples with a meat grinder, then mix the resulting puree with sugar and raisins.
• Wine preparation must be poured into a jar or bottle, tightly closed with a glove.
• Place the container with the wort in a dark pantry for 3 weeks. During this time, sediment forms at the bottom of the can (bottle). The liquid must be carefully drained into a glass container.
• Add 1 tbsp to the wort. Sahara. Mix the wine blank, close the bottle hermetically.
• Leave the drink for 2 weeks for further fermentation in a tightly sealed container. During this time, sediment will appear again. It must be filtered, and vodka should be added to the remaining clean liquid.
• After thorough mixing, the wine is kept for 3 weeks in a cool room.

The addition of dark raisins will give apple wine a noble, elite shade and a pleasant, delicate aroma. Only those who have tasted it at least once can appreciate this drink.

Apple wine with cinnamon

Apples and cinnamon are a wonderful combination of products that are used not only in cooking, but also in winemaking. One of the recipes for a delicate wine with apples and cinnamon is offered later in the article.

To prepare a light and surprisingly tasty wine, you need 2 kg of ripe apples, 1 tbsp. l. cinnamon, sugar 700 g and 2 liters of purified water. The cooking process itself is simple and accessible even to a novice winemaker:

• Wash the apples, divide into small pieces, remove the seed chamber with grains.
• Add cinnamon and water to the apples, mix the ingredients and cook the mixture until the fruit softens.
• Grind the boiled apple mixture to a puree state.
• Add sugar to the puree, mix the ingredients and pour the resulting apple preparation into a bottle. Seal the container tightly for further fermentation.
• After 2-3 weeks, the fermentation process will stop, as evidenced by the absence of released gases. The finished wine must be filtered, poured into a clean, dry container, tightly corked and stored dark and cool.

Wine prepared according to this recipe always turns out tasty, fragrant and tender. The ease of preparation allows even a novice winemaker to use the recipe.

Wild apple wine

It often happens that somewhere near the house a wild apple tree grows, the fruits of which do not differ in good taste and aroma. Such apples are often not used and simply rot on the ground. We offer to prepare excellent apple wine from such low-quality raw materials.

In addition to 10 kg of wild apples, the composition of the alcoholic drink includes 3 kg of sugar, 1 pack of fresh yeast and 3 liters of water. The preparation of wine according to this recipe can be described by the following points:

• Wash the apples, cut into small pieces, after removing the core.
• Add a third of the required amount of water and sugar to the apples. Put the mixture of ingredients for 5 days in a warm place, corked with a lid. Apples should be stirred daily.
• After 5 days, the pulp must be removed from the total volume of the wort, the juice should be filtered for further use.
• Add the remaining 2 kg of sugar, water and yeast to it. After thorough mixing, pour the liquid into a glass container and cover the container with a rubber glove (lid with a water seal). Leave the wine for 45 days for fermentation.
• After the recommended time, the wine must be filtered and poured into a clean container with an airtight lid. After a couple of days, a sediment will appear in the wine. This means that the drink must be filtered again.
• Pour clean, transparent wine into bottles, seal tightly and send to a cool place for later storage.

Thus, light apple wine can be prepared even from sour or even bitter fruits, unsightly in appearance. When using such non-standard raw materials, you can get a very original drink with a unique blend.

Having decided to cook low-alcohol, invigorating apple cider, the hostess can use not only the recipes proposed above, but also another recipe for homemade wine, which is described in detail in the video:

Secrets of winemaking

Homemade apple wine of perfect taste is not at all difficult to prepare if you know some secrets:

• Based on any recipe, you can make fortified wine by adding a small amount of vodka.
• Fortified wine keeps longer.
• The strength of light apple wine is approximately 10-12%. This figure will be higher if more sugar is added when making wine.
• It will be possible to make sweet wine if the fermentation process is stopped prematurely.
• Apple pits add some bitterness to the wine. In the preparation of the drink, the hostess has the right to decide to remove them or leave them.
• You can stop the fermentation process by cooling the drink.
• After the forced stop of fermentation, the wine must be stabilized. To do this, bottles with an alcoholic drink are immersed in water, which is heated to 60-70⁰C for 15-20 min. After stabilization, the wine is sent for storage.
• You can stabilize apple wine prepared according to any recipe for the purpose of further long-term storage.
• The more water is added to the wine during the preparation process, the less saturated and aromatic the drink itself will turn out to be.

These features should be taken into account by every housewife who decides to make apple wine. You also need to remember that the entire fermentation process, on which winemaking is based, must take place in conditions without oxygen. That is why it is recommended to wear a rubber glove on the wort container. In one of the fingers of such an original “lid”, a small hole should be made with a needle. Through this fool, carbon dioxide will be removed. A lid with a water seal is a whole complex of interacting elements that remove carbon dioxide from the bottle and prevent oxygen from penetrating into the container. An example of the operation of such a cover with a water seal can be seen in the picture below.

Natural apple wine is not only a source of positive mood, but also a storehouse of vitamins, minerals, useful trace elements. A low-alcohol drink can improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal and immune systems, stabilize blood pressure and blood sugar levels. Apple wine normalizes the hormonal background of a woman, stops the growth of cancer cells. It is used in cosmetology, drink for intensive fat burning. Thus, an apple alcoholic drink can be a godsend for every housewife, you just need to know how to make homemade, natural wine correctly and remember that alcohol abuse never brings any benefits.