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Blackberry wine is quite difficult to find in stores. That's why many people make this drink at home. Those who once made blackberry wine make it every year. It has wonderful taste and color. The translucent, slightly tart drink leaves no one indifferent. Plus, it only gets better over time. Anyone can make this kind of wine. For this you can use not only homemade blackberries, but also wild berries. The main thing is to follow the cooking technology. Let's look at how homemade blackberry wine is made.
Cooking technology
If you become familiar with the process of making blackberry wine, then no funny things should happen. You can make such a drink easily and at the slightest cost. Both wild and cultivated blackberries are suitable for wine. But it’s still better to use home-grown ones. Such berries will make the taste of the drink more pronounced and vibrant.
The place where blackberries are grown plays a significant role. Berries that grow in a sunny area give the wine a sweeter flavor. In addition, they are juicier and larger. Wherever the berry grows, you must choose only ripe blackberries.
For the same reason, berries for wine are never washed. If the reaction is not as violent as we would like or you need to speed up the fermentation process, you can add regular raisins to the wine during the preparation process. To make wine from washed blackberries, you will need to add special wine yeast. You can also use your own homemade wine starter for this.
Sourdough is prepared from the following ingredients:
- 200 grams of unwashed raspberries (can be replaced with white currants);
- 50 grams of granulated sugar;
- 50 grams of water;
Dissolve all the necessary sugar in water. This mixture should be poured over pre-mashed raspberries. The mass is placed in a warm place for 2 days. After this, the raspberries are squeezed out of the juice and the pulp is re-filled with water. The raspberries are again placed in a warm place for 2 days. The berries are squeezed again and combined with the previous portion of juice. This will be the starter for our wine.
Blackberry wine recipe without yeast
To make blackberry wine at home we will need:
- fresh blackberries (unwashed) – 3 kilograms;
- granulated sugar – 2 kilograms;
- water – 3 liters.
Preparing wine:
- First you need to cook syrup from water (3 liters) and granulated sugar (1 kilogram). The liquid is brought to a boil and cooled to a temperature of about 60°C.
- The berries are sorted and thoroughly mashed with a fork. Then it is filled with syrup and covered with a cloth. The container with wine is placed in a dark, warm place away from direct sunlight. The air temperature must be at least 20°C. Otherwise, the blackberries will not ferment.
- The mixture should be stirred twice a day with a wooden stick. In this case, you need to lower the pulp to the bottom.
- After a week, the juice is poured into a clean bottle. The pulp must be thoroughly squeezed out, and the resulting liquid is mixed with sugar (500 grams) and also poured into a bottle. This is done so that the berries do not turn sour and become moldy.
- Cover the filled bottle with a rubber glove. You need to make a hole in it with a needle. It is much more convenient to use a water seal for this.
- After four days, you need to put a straw in the bottle and use it to pour about half a liter of wine into a clean container.
- Pour all the remaining sugar into this amount of liquid, mix thoroughly until completely dissolved and pour back into the bottle.
- The bottle is again closed with a glove or water seal.
- After a week, the wine will stop actively fermenting. The glove will lower slightly, and the water seal will no longer gurgle. At this moment, a period of “quiet” fermentation begins. This may last several weeks.
- When the wine becomes lighter in color and a decent amount of sediment has accumulated at the bottom, the fermentation process is over. Now you can use a straw to pour the clean wine into another container. In this case, you cannot move the bottle so that the sediment does not rise up again. The wine is then filtered and bottled in glass bottles.
- The bottles are tightly closed and placed in a place with a temperature of 16 – 19°C.
This wine only gets better with age. It can last in your cellar for up to 5 years. This drink has a sweet and sour taste and a slight tart aftertaste. Every year the astringency goes away and the wine becomes sweeter. The maximum strength of the drink is about 12 degrees. It will probably be difficult to find an easier recipe.
Homemade Blackberry and Raisin Wine Recipe
Now let's look at an equally simple recipe for blackberry wine at home. To prepare a noble drink we will need:
- 2 kilograms of blackberries;
- 1 kilogram of granulated sugar;
- 1 liter of water;
- 50 grams of raisins.
Wine is prepared at home as follows:
- The berries must be sorted and mashed with a fork or potato masher. Then the berry mass is covered with granulated sugar (400 grams), all the prepared raisins and a liter of water are added. The container should be covered with gauze.
- Twice a day, lift the gauze and mix the berry mass.
- When active fermentation begins, which will be accompanied by a sour smell, hissing and foam, you should squeeze out all the juice under pressure.
- Add 300 grams of granulated sugar to this juice, and pour everything into the prepared bottle. Then you can make a water seal for the bottle yourself. To do this, cover the container with a plastic lid. A hole is made in it so that the tube can fit into it. The joints need to be sealed, and the other end of the tube should be lowered into a jar of water. Carbon dioxide, which is released during the fermentation process, will come out through this tube. The bottle should not be filled completely so that there is room for fermentation.
- After 7 days, you will need to pour out a small amount of juice, dilute the remaining sugar in it and pour the mixture back into the bottle. The container is again closed with a water seal.
- The wine will be completely ready in a month. By that time, the fermentation process will no longer be active. The drink will become noticeably lighter, and all the sediment will sink to the bottom. After this, the wine is drained using a straw, filtered and poured into glass bottles.
Conclusion
Who doesn't love delicious and aromatic homemade wine?! Now you have the opportunity to make it yourself at home.
