If you want to learn how to make wine from cherries, then this article is for you. Here you will learn not only the recipe for making a hop drink, but also learn some of the subtleties of wine making. And these subtleties are a great many! Of course, if you are engaged in winemaking unprofessionally, you do not need to know everything, but some knowledge will clearly not hurt.
How to make wine from cherries correctly?
Everyone knows that from such a marvelous berry as cherry, you can not only cook compotes and preserves, but also make amazing wine. Usually when yields are high, gardeners and gardeners simply do not know what to do with the berries. Making
wine from cherries is what will save you. Naturally, there is not one recipe, but tens or even hundreds. We offer you the most popular and simplest of them.
Cherry wine at home. Filling
If you took up this for the first time, then three liters of wine is enough. There is a chance that you will do something wrong, and the final taste of the drink will not please you, so if there are a lot of berries, start with a test run. So, you need a clean three-liter jar, about two kilograms of ripe cherries (you can take more, then the taste will be more saturated) and a kilogram of granulated sugar. So how to make wine from cherries?
The first thing you need to do is prepare a cord. Remove berries from the stalks and rinse in running cold water. When they dry, put them in a jar, and pour sugar on top. Cover the open hole with gauze and remove the jar in some warm place (for example, to the battery) for four days. The sugar berry mass should ferment well. When the primary fermentation appears, remove the gauze and install a special water lock (it can be made from a hose lowered into a jar at one end). The filling can be bottled starting on the thirtieth day. Do not forget to seal containers as tightly as possible.
Impatient readers are probably perplexed: "So how to make wine from cherries, not liquor?" Everything is very simple. Softened berries that remain, pour sugar syrup. After some time, fermentation will begin anew. Do not miss the moment and install a special water shutter. After about a month, fermentation will end. So, it is time to carefully filter the wine. Taste, and you will understand how much the home variant differs from the store one!
Another recipe
Sort the berries, then wash them and place them on a dry towel. Then you need to remove the seeds from each cherry, but you can not throw them away. By the way, do not suffer and do not try to remove the bones with a knife or fork. There are special kitchen tools for this particular occasion. Mash the berries thoroughly and place in a large wooden container. Perfect barrel. Now you need to grind the bones. You don’t need to take everything, a sixth part is enough. Mix the crushed bones with sugar and combine with the cherry. If you live in a private house, then dig the barrel in the sand halfway. When the mass ceases to roam, send the barrel to the cold cellar for two months. Then, as usual, filter the wine and bottle.