Recipe for tincture, liquor, moonshine and blueberry liqueur

Blueberries are a wild berry that grows almost near the ground on low bushes. It can be easily recognized by its blue-black color, sweet and pleasant taste. It gives a person huge nutritional and healing benefits. Blueberries are traditionally harvested in a variety of ways: dried, boiled jam and compotes, frozen. But besides this, blueberry tincture, liquor, liquor and other drinks from berries are widely used. 

Health benefits of blueberry drinks

The recipes of herbal alcoholic tinctures contain centuries-old experience in the use of berries, flowers, herbs and other plants by people. It has long been known that such extracts are the most useful and effective form of herbal medicines. Alcohol contained in tinctures extracts useful chemical compounds from the plant to the maximum extent.

Blueberry tinctures on vodka, prepared at home, convey to a person all the beneficial properties of fresh wild berries. A bonus to this is the therapeutic effect on the human body of small doses of alcohol:

• increased sensitivity to insulin;
• protective effect on the heart, blood vessels;
• disinfectant effect;
• anti-inflammatory properties;
• decreased sensitivity to pain;
• calming effect.

But the main advantage of blueberry tinctures for alcohol is, of course, the berry itself and its valuable unique properties, dissolved and brought into the infusion with ethyl alcohol. The black berry has many beneficial properties, both nutritional and medicinal. Here is some of them:

• has a positive effect on the retina;
• dried fruits reduce the manifestations of diarrhea;
• affects the density of the blood;
• increases the protective properties of the vascular wall;
• improves the utilization of glucose by tissues, including liver cells.

Features of the preparation of alcoholic beverages on blueberries

Most plants accumulate valuable nutritional and medicinal properties for many diseases. Ethyl alcohol helps to extract and store most of them in tinctures for a long time. When preparing and using strong drinks with blueberries, certain rules should be followed:

• fruits should be used from ecologically favorable areas;
• harvest in the period July-August, when there is a peak of ripening;
• you can dry it in the sun or in the oven (stove), in the latter case, observe a low temperature (<+50 degrees) until it wilts, then go to +70 degrees;
• you can store dry berries for about 2 years, in a dry freeze – a year, in a regular one – 6 months;
• use only pharmacy medical alcohol or certified vodka;
• strictly follow the dosages indicated in the recipe;
• the course of therapy should be carried out for no more than two months, alternated with other means, after a while it can be repeated;
• do not drink drinks in excessive doses, otherwise the side effects of the plant may appear.

Following these rules, you can prepare strong tinctures that taste good, which also have valuable healing properties.

Blueberry tincture recipes at home

Before use, blueberries are sorted out, spoiled, leaves, twigs and other debris are removed. Then the fruits are washed in a colander, allowed to drain, and dried. For a faster and more complete result, the berries are pierced with a needle or slightly kneaded.

You can use frozen or dry berries. In the first case, the fruits are allowed to thaw and drain, in the second, they use an amount half that in the recipe. The herbal component of the tincture is ready. It is poured into a container and proceed to the next stage of the technological process.

Preparing alcohol tinctures is very simple. Grind raw materials, pour:

• vodka or high-quality moonshine;
• medical alcohol diluted with water as 1:1;
• other alcohol-containing liquid that can be ingested.

The resulting mixture is kept in a dark room for two weeks, not forgetting to shake it from time to time, about once every 3-4 days. After passing through this stage, the finished tincture is filtered.

Blueberry tincture on vodka

The recipe for blueberry tincture on vodka includes only two ingredients. It:

• vodka (1 l);
• blueberries (1,2 kg).

Further, the cooking process goes according to the general technological scheme. At the end, the tincture is filtered through a gauze-cotton filter.

Alcohol blueberry tincture

A very simple way to cook, there is nothing superfluous in it. This is a classic blueberry alcohol tincture recipe. There are a minimum of ingredients here:

• alcohol 40-50 percent – half a liter;
• blueberry fruits – 0,350 kg.

Blueberry tincture at home is dark in color with a pleasant aroma of wild berries and a sour taste. You can make a sweet version of the tincture. In this case, you need to take:

• alcohol 40% – 1 liter;
• water – 250 ml;
• berries – 1,5 kg;
• granulated sugar – 0,25 kg.

Mix everything in a jar. Infuse for up to a month, shaking occasionally. The taste of the tincture is a bit like a liquor.

Blueberry tincture on moonshine

Often, berry and other types of herbal tinctures are prepared on home-brew, which must be of high quality, well-cooked. Many craftsmen prepare alcohol-containing drinks, which are many times superior in quality to certified goods. This is a big plus of such tinctures. People know that their product is of high quality, it does not contain components harmful to health, which cannot be said with certainty about an industrial product. So, for blueberry tincture on moonshine you will need:

• homemade vodka – 500 ml;
• berries – ½ cup;
• 2 Cloves;
• 3 teaspoons of sugar.

Pour everything and pour it into a glass container with a lid, shake it up, put it away for a week. Then pass the tincture first through a multilayer gauze filter, and then through cotton wool inserted into the “nose” of the watering can.

Blueberry tincture on vodka with citrus aroma

Here the cooking technology is the same as in the previous cases. The composition of the components of the tincture is slightly more diverse:

• blueberry fruits – 1,5 kg;
• sugar – 14 kg;
• vodka – 1 l;
• water – 250 ml;
• lemon and orange zest – 15 g each.

It turns out blueberry tincture on alcohol with a delicate citrus aroma.

Recipe for blueberry tincture with mint and cherries

Prepare all berries accordingly. Remove the seeds from the cherries, remove the stalks, rinse the mint. Put the following components of the tincture in an airtight container:

• black berries – 1 kg;
• cherry fruits – 0,5 kg;
• alcohol – 1 l;
• granulated sugar – 0,25 kg;
• water – 0,25 l;
• mint – a couple of branches.

Lay the berries in layers, top with mint, sugar, water, pour alcohol-containing liquid. Keep in a suitable place for a month, then pick up another, beautiful and convenient container for the tincture.

Blueberry and strawberry tincture recipe

This drink has a moderate strength and an incredible aroma. Each berry brings its own unique touch to it. As a container, it is better to prepare a liter jar. Then add the following components of the solution to it:

• fruits (all together) – 0,5 l;
• alcohol solution – 0,6 l;
• boiled (chilled) water – 0,3 l.

Lay the berries in layers alternately with sugar. You should get a volume that occupies about half the capacity. Leave overnight for the sweet mass to infuse and let the juice flow. Add the alcohol component, mix everything, leave for a month in the refrigerator or other cold place.

homemade blueberry liqueur recipe

Pouring is a sweet fruit and berry drink containing alcohol. The traditional classic recipe includes:

• up to 20% alcohol;
• no more than 40% sugar;
• from 0,2% to 0,8% acid.

Pourings, as a rule, are obtained from alcoholized infusions and juices, fresh berries, fruits, sweet syrup, citric acid, alcohol, water (softened). The composition may include alcohol infusions of dried fruits, aromatic plants, white caramel molasses. Blueberries and other types of food coloring are used for tinting.

So, to make blueberry liqueur, you need the following:

• berries – fresh (0,5 kg) or dried (0,25 kg);
• sugar – 0,250 kg;
• vodka (moonshine 45%) – 0,75 l.

Put the berries in a container, add alcohol. Insist at least two weeks. Then drain the liquid component, and pour the berries with sugar syrup. After a week, strain the syrup, squeeze the berries. Combine the two resulting solutions: alcohol and sugar. You can once again pass through the filter, package. Hold for at least six months.

Blueberry liqueur at home

Liqueur is a type of liquor, a sweet aromatic drink. Their difference is that liqueurs contain less sugar. At home, blueberry liqueur often turns out even better than the factory drink. You can cook according to a simplified scheme. You need to prepare the following ingredients:

• fruits – a liter jar (660 g);
• sugar – 450 g;
• water – 0,5 l;
• vodka – 1,5 liters.

Pour fruits into a bottle, pour only boiled sugar syrup, top up with vodka. Close tightly, leave for at least a month. The longer the aging of the drink, the better the taste. After a month, alcohol will still be felt, and after four – there will be one pleasant sweetness.

Here is another recipe based on blueberry juice. Mix:

• spicy sugar syrup – 1 l;
• blueberry nectar – 1 l;
• rum – 1 l.

Spices (cloves, cinnamon) are added to the syrup, kept on fire for another five minutes, allowed to stand and cool. Home production of liquors has its own subtleties and features.

Moonshine on blueberries

Cooking is very easy. You need to take:

• berries, cut in half – 3 cups;
• double distillation moonshine – 0,750 l.

Combine in one airtight container, leave for at least three weeks, keep, shake. If you want to get a pronounced taste of blueberries, the drink should be infused for 45 or more days.

Terms and conditions of storage

Ethyl alcohol is an excellent preservative. Liquors, liqueurs and other types of blueberry-infused alcoholic beverages can be stored for about three years. During this time, they will not lose their amazing taste, nor useful and healing properties.

All drinks mentioned above should be stored only in glass containers. This is the only material of those that is commonly used for the manufacture of containers, which does not enter into a chemical reaction with alcohol.

Conclusion

Blueberry tincture is not only healthy, but also a delicious drink. It serves as an excellent appetite and mood enhancer.