Apples contain many healthy vitamins and minerals. This is potassium, and iron, and tannins, and vitamin C, and fiber. You can save the benefits of all these elements not only in fresh fruit or jam, but also in wine. Home-made wine from fermented apple juice has a pleasant taste and benefits for the body. Unlike store wines, it contains all the vitamins and minerals that fresh fruits are useful for, so consuming such a drink in reasonable doses will be an excellent support for your health. There are several ways to make wine from apple juice at home. Consider the best of them.
How to make a classic wine from apple juice at home?
To make a drink with a classic taste, you will need two and a half kilograms of granulated sugar and ten liters of apple juice made by yourself. Making apple wine from juice purchased at the store is not recommended. Rinse and peel apples, squeeze juice out of them. Pour the remaining fruit with boiled water and squeeze out the liquid again. Pour everything into one vessel and pour water in which all the sugar has been dissolved. Close the bottle tightly with a stopper with a rubber tube and put in heat.
The resulting wort must be kept at room temperature for the entire period of wine fermentation. At first, foam will rise from the liquid, so periodically you need to add sweet boiled water, so the level of wort will remain the same. The end of the tube should always be immersed in wine. When bubbles no longer appear from the tube, the fermentation process will be completed. Close the bottle with a tight stopper and store for a couple of months. Pour aged wine into glass bottles and cork it, store it in a cool and dark place, laying the bottles horizontally.
How to make wine from apple juice at home on yeast?
When preparing a drink according to this recipe, you can control the taste of wine yourself. Add more sugar or vice versa, make the taste of apples more saturated. The main ratio of the components is as follows: for eight apples, you need to take four and a half liters of boiled water, a teaspoon of antioxidant, a bag of dried yeast, one Campden tablet (potassium metabisulfite, sold in specialized stores), a teaspoon of food additives, a quarter spoon of tannin, half a spoon of pectin , four tablespoons of the acid mixture, a kilogram of granulated sugar. As can be seen from the composition, this recipe requires a certain professionalism. You will need an antioxidant at the very end, so it can be purchased later. First, squeeze the juice from the apples and pour it into the fermenter, adding pectin and a tablet. So the wine will be cleaner. Add all other ingredients, leaving only yeast and sugar. After a day, add them. After four days, strain the wine in a wooden barrel and leave for two weeks in a dark, cool place. Then pour into a glass jar and let stand for two months. Try the finished wine. If you like the taste, add an antioxidant, bottle the drink and cork for two months. Your wine from apple juice is ready at home - enjoy a delicious drink!