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Hello everyone, I want to share my story about how I discovered the most fragrant tincture on rose hips. My father told me about it, who first tried it while serving in the army in the Moldovan city of Soroca. This was back in 1988.
Much time has passed since then. Recently, I found in my heart nostalgic sadness for a bygone youth. Her father decided to drive her away with a good old rosehip tincture. He made the drink himself, using a simple and proven recipe, and taught me.
The story was sent by blog subscriber Dmitry.
Why I decided to make alcohol myself
During the preparation of the tincture, I did not use oak chips and did not insist alcohol in a barrel, but focused on the tannins contained in the berries.
I decided to make a rosehip tincture for the following reasons:
- Rosehip perfectly paints over even the most perfectly transparent moonshine, giving it a rich cognac shade.
- The finished drink has a pleasant berry aroma.
- The tannins contained in the wild rose saturate the alcohol with tart notes.
As a result, I got a tincture with a pleasant aroma, without the smell of moonshine. My expectations were fully justified.
What ingredients are required
To prepare homemade rosehip tincture, we need the following ingredients:
- 2 liters of moonshine or vodka – an average of 920 rubles. (I recommend using home-made double-distillation moonshine, well, look there according to your taste preferences);
- 100 g of dried rose hips with a rich red color, but not orange or pale yellow – 60 rubles. per pack weighing 300 g;
- 2 tbsp. l. granulated sugar – 1 kg 46 rubles.
Remember that you are making alcohol for yourself, so you need to be especially careful when choosing the components of a future drink.
Moonshine must be of good quality with a minimum admixture of fusel oils. Choose rose hips with a rich red or burgundy hue. Then the color of the tincture will turn out just amazing.
The addition of granulated sugar is necessary to stabilize the taste, because rose hips can give a slight sourness. You can refuse to add granulated sugar, but then the drink will turn out to be more tart and taste like homemade Georgian cognac.
Anyone who has tasted this authentic product of the Caucasus Mountains knows what I’m talking about!
The cooking process
I prepared a rosehip tincture, following the following algorithm of actions:
- I collected 2 liters of homemade moonshine with a strength of 40 degrees in a glass jar.
- I took the indicated amount of dried rose hips, and then added alcohol and 2 tbsp. l. Sahara.
- The jar was closed with a tight lid.
- I put the moonshine in a dark and cool place to infuse for 14 days.
- After 7 days, he took out a jar from their kitchen cabinet, and then carefully shook the drink so that all the substances in it were mixed.
After 14 days, the rosehip tincture was completely ready for use. I did not remove the berries from the jar, but carefully poured the alcohol into bottles. The remaining rose hips can be re-filled with moonshine, but with the addition of at least 100 g of fresh berries.
What result did I get
In the end, I got a homemade tincture with a pleasant aroma and a noble cognac color. If a person does not know the true history of making this drink, but simply tastes it, then he will never guess that this is moonshine on rose hips.
To taste, the tincture resembles expensive alcohol, which was aged in an oak barrel from a good French wine. This drink is ideal for meat dishes.
I have come to the conclusion that homemade rosehip tincture is the best and easiest option I have ever tasted.
Guys, share your experience, who cooked this at home? Maybe you used other additional components that made the rosehip tincture even cooler? I heard that apple slices are also added to the classic recipe.
Dear readers, remember that alcohol abuse harms your body. Take care of yourself!