Wine from red currant is distinguished by a fine, refined astringency and a light pleasant acidity. This fragrant drink, rich in vitamins, can be easily prepared at home. The most important thing is to follow the instructions and follow the recommendations of experienced winemakers. However, all the necessary information can be found in the recipe, which will now be considered.
Important Tips
To make red currant wine really tasty, it is important to remember the following information:
- Only ripe berries should be selected. You can even overripe. Because they contain a maximum of nutrients and sugar.
- Start cooking wine immediately after collecting or buying berries. It will turn out to preserve its aroma. This is important, because it is very light in nature and quickly disappears with long storage.
- You can’t wash the berries. The wine will ferment due to natural yeast. And they are on the skin of currants.
- The fruits must be cleaned of the stalks, leaves and twigs. Otherwise, the drink will turn out to be bitter.
- Frozen berries are allowed. Only they need to be allowed to thaw on their own. And then you have to use yeast.
- Strengthening the strength of wine with the help of vodka is allowed. But then you need to use its classic version, without additives.
Taking into account these recommendations, it will be possible to avoid mistakes in the process of winemaking. This means that the drink will turn out to be good.
Yeast cooking
The most popular redcurrant wine recipe involves the use of the following products:
- Granulated sugar - 3 kg.
- Pure water - 10 liters.
- Berries - 10 kg.
- Ready wine yeast - 400 ml.
First you need to crush the berries and squeeze the juice out of them. Then boil the syrup from sugar and water, previously brought to 70 ° C.
Pour everything into a large bottle, add yeast there too. Mix thoroughly and install a water seal. Usually use a medical glove with a hole in one finger made by a needle.
Capacity should not be filled more than . Otherwise, the wort will not be able to roam freely.
Then the bottle will need to be placed in a warm and dark place. When a precipitate forms, it will be necessary to filter the drink, bottle it and set aside for another 2-3 months, but no more. Then you can drink it.
How to filter wine?
This is worth talking about separately. It is imperative to filter homemade red currant wine, because at the end of the fermentation process it becomes cloudy. To make the drink more transparent, tastier and cleaner from a chemical point of view, it is necessary to remove suspended particles.
The simplest option involves filtering the drink into another clean container through several layers of gauze or a special filter bag. A special tube will also be required. Filter through very carefully, without affecting the precipitate formed. The process will take a lot of time, but the result will please.
In general, it is recommended to do this several times. Usually with an interval of 2-3 weeks. Each time, the precipitate will decrease, and the wine will become more transparent.
Fortified Wine Recipe
To prepare this drink, the strength of which usually reaches 18-20 degrees, you will need:
- Red currant - 5 kg.
- Pure water - 1.5 liters.
- Sugar - 600 g.
- Wine yeast - 130 ml.
- Vodka - 130 ml.
- Milk - 100 ml.
According to this recipe, red currant wine at home is also prepared simply. The instructions are similar to those described above. First you need to mix juice, yeast and syrup in a large container. Then cover it with a cloth and leave it in a warm dark place for 3 days. Stir every day.
After time, add vodka there. Stir and leave the container for another week. When 7 days have passed, you can add milk. After a couple of days, it will be possible to notice that the liquid has brightened.
The resulting drink can be filtered and bottled. After 2-3 months you can drink.
With the addition of chokeberry
Want to make a particularly tart homemade redcurrant wine? The recipe, which involves the addition of chokeberry, will definitely be to your taste in this case. Here's what you need:
- Mountain ash - 10 kg.
- Currant - 6 kg.
- Wine yeast - 1.4 kg.
- Sugar - 12 kg.
- Water - 20 l.
It is very important to choose the mountain ash. You will have to sort out all 10 kilograms and discard shriveled, spoiled and rotten berries. Rowan already has a specific bitter-tart taste, and if defective fruits are used in the manufacture of wine, the drink will end up being very amateur.
Cooking begins with crushing currants. After thoroughly mashing the berries, you need to mix it in a container with two kilograms of sugar, all the yeast and water. Put a water lock, remove for 5 days in a dark, warm place.
After the time has passed, strain the wort and mix it with crushed mountain ash. Reinstall the water seal and leave to roam.
When the glove falls, the resulting liquid must be filtered into a clean container and left for another 3-4 days. Then filter again and bottle. The wine from red currant at home according to the recipe with the addition of mountain ash is ready!
Wine with raspberry and rosehip sourdough
Another interesting recipe. You will need:
- Red currant - 10 kg.
- Raspberries - 2 standard glasses.
- Ripe dogrose - 1 cup.
- Sugar - 4 kilograms and 1 cup.
- Water - 6 l.
The preparation of red currant wine according to this recipe begins with sourdough. Briar and raspberries should be thoroughly knead and cover with a glass of sugar. Mix thoroughly, cover with a cloth and put in a warm dark place for 4 days. Then strain.
From the water and 4 kilograms of sugar, boil the syrup. Squeeze the juice from the currant. Mix it with syrup and sourdough in a large bottle, clean for 8 days, covering with a cloth. Do not forget to stir every day. After 8 days, strain, put a water seal and remove again. Shake the container every day.
After 40 days, you can strain the drink and bottle.
With the addition of gooseberries
Finally, it’s worth considering this interesting recipe. The following components will be required:
- Red currant - 2 kg.
- Gooseberry - 6 kg.
- Water - 6 l.
- Sugar - 4 kg.
The actions are simple. First, the berries are crushed, then they are poured into a bottle, poured with syrup. Remove the container for a week, stir the contents every day. After 7 days, the wort is filtered and poured into a clean bottle. Cover with a water seal and leave for 10 days. Then they are filtered, bottled and stored. Nothing complicated.
This wine from redcurrant and gooseberry has a very rich, rich fruity aroma and a unique complex finish. Sour and sweet berries are in perfect harmony with each other, so this drink will be enjoyed by many connoisseurs of fine drinks.
And having tried one of the listed recipes, you can experiment with the addition of other components. Blackcurrant, for example. These related berries go well together. You just need to be careful with the proportions so that one ingredient does not interrupt the other.