Tincture of grapes on vodka or, as it is also called, grappa may well be prepared at home. It is believed that the real Italian grappa is infused with grape seeds, and the flesh of the grapes itself is used to make all kinds of wines. But tincture of grapes for alcohol can be made using whole berries. We offer several recipes.
Grape Tincture Recipe
First you need to decide how much capacity you will have for filling. So, for three liters you will need two kilograms of ripe grapes and seven hundred grams of sugar, for ten liters - six kilograms of berries and two - sugar. Grapes need to be washed and the berries separated from the cuttings, remove spoiled. Then put them in a bottle, pour sugar on top, set a water shutter and put in a dark place for a month, where the berries should be fermented. After this time, remove the water lock , filter the resulting liquid through marlochek, and bottle it. To add strength, dilute with vodka.
Lemon Tincture Recipe
So that the tincture of grapes on vodka has a unique taste, you can add lemon and spices to it. So, for one kilogram of grapes you need to take two lemons, eight clove buds, two cinnamon sticks, four hundred grams of sugar, a liter of vodka, a little vanilla sugar and water. Wash the grapes and soak in a plate with cold water. Put sugar, hot water, vanillin in a saucepan and heat until the mixture becomes homogeneous, pour vodka into this syrup with a trickle. Grate the lemon and add it to the vodka, throw cloves and cinnamon in the same place. After an hour or two, remove the spices. Put grapes in cleanly washed bottles and pour in syrup with vodka, close tightly. Insist such a tincture of grapes on vodka should be at least three months old, after which it should be filtered. It is important that the vodka with which the berries are poured is of high quality, and the grapes themselves whole, without signs of spoilage.
Grape vodka
If tincture of grapes on vodka does not quite suit you, but you just want a natural product, you can do the following. Take ten liters of grape squeeze (it remains after making grape wine or juice), five kilograms of sugar, one hundred grams of yeast and thirty liters of water. The squeeze is filled with sugar and yeast, then everything needs to be filled with water and insisted for a week in a warm place. Distill the resulting mixture twice. There is another option for making grape vodka. He needs unripe grapes, vinegar and ordinary wine. Pour vinegar into the soured wine and add grated grapes. As in the recipe above, keep the week warm, then overtake.
Raisin Tincture
Tincture of grapes on vodka can be prepared not only from fresh berries, but also from dried, that is, from raisins. To do this, you need to fill one and a half kilograms of washed white raisins with the same amount of vodka and insist in a warm place. Then, for 10 liters of wine, take 600 grams of crackers and spices (nutmeg, tanning herb, rose petals), put everything in a barrel, cork and shake. When a precipitate forms, pour the tincture into bottles.