A recipe for alcohol tinctures may come in handy if you want to experiment with different berries or fruits and make them delicious homemade alcohol. First, we give some general tips.
Then we describe some delicious
alcohol tinctures. Recipes will help you determine and possibly invent something of your own.
General recommendations
Vodka is not suitable for the manufacture of tinctures. You need alcohol. The strength of moonshine, if you want to use it for your drink, should be at least 80%. The recipe for alcohol tinctures can be adapted for various fruits, but the addition of vodka should be excluded. Alcohol purification is also needed. In the event that it is moonshine, it should be done using activated carbon, or surpassing it. First, the recipe for alcohol tinctures should be used to prepare a drink from one component. Then it will be possible to give vent to imagination and experiment, combining various fruits. Proven options are prunes, cherries, thorns, sea buckthorn, cranberries and chokeberry. Keep in mind that any recipe for alcohol tinctures will require a sufficient amount of time.
After all, such a drink acquires the best taste after it has been aged for some time in a dark place.
Cranberry tincture recipe for alcohol
In addition to alcohol with the highest percentage of strength, you will need mineral water, cranberries, sugar and your favorite spices. Berries should be washed well and then dried. Knead the crush. Put in a suitable container. Pour with alcohol (you can slightly dilute it with mineral water) - the liquid level should not be higher than the level of berries. An important point is the addition of spices. Here the choice is quite wide. It is good if you are familiar with the spices that you want to add to the tincture from previous culinary experiments. Then you can understand what is best suited to a berry such as cranberries.
Its combination with lemongrass and lemon peels can be called neutral. Unexpected and spicy - with cinnamon, allspice and cloves. Spices should not kill the natural aroma of
homemade liquor, so do not overdo it. Place a tightly closed container with cranberries and alcohol in a place lit by the sun and leave it for a period of two to four months, periodically shaking. You can put the dishes in the cupboard. After this time, strain the drink. For this, gauze, coffee filters (paper) or any fabric will do. Now boil the syrup. Its volume should be equal to the volume obtained after insisting and filtering the liquid. It should consist of two parts of sugar and one part of mineral water. The syrup must be boiled, stirring, until the foam ceases to form on its surface. Once the sweet liquid has become transparent, it can be cooled. Now gradually add the syrup to the tincture. First quarter. After adding, you need to mix and try - this is the best way to adjust the strength. Now you can store the resulting liquor in a cool place.