Homemade apple wine

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1 Classic light wine recipe
2 Apple wine with orange flavor
3 Fortified wine with apples and raisins
4 Apple wine with cinnamon
5 Wild apple wine
6 Secrets of winemaking

Experienced housewives know that you can truly surprise your guests at the festive table with natural, homemade wine. You can prepare it not only from grapes, but also, for example, from apples, which you will always find on hand in the autumn season. Homemade apple wine can be prepared according to the classic recipe without yeast, with the addition of cinnamon or orange. By adding vodka, light apple wine will become fortified, which may also be appropriate in some cases. The process of making homemade wine is quite simple and at the same time delicate. In order to avoid mistakes and prepare a high-quality, tasty product, you need to strictly adhere to the recipe and some recommendations, which are described in detail later in the article.

Classic light wine recipe

The following recipe for homemade apple wine is very simple. To implement it you will need ripe juicy apples. The variety, ripening period and taste of apples in this case do not play a fundamental role: you can use the sweet “White filling” or the sour “Antonovka”, but you need to take into account that the wine will definitely reflect the blend of the original product.

Important! When making homemade wine, you can mix several varieties of apples. It is preferable to combine sour and sweet varieties.

In the process of making wine, you will need to squeeze the juice out of the apples. The amount of sugar in the product must be calculated based on the volume of the resulting liquid. So, for 1 liter of juice you need to add 150-300 g of sugar. The exact amount of the ingredient depends on the acidity of the original product and the personal preference of the winemaker.

If desired, you can soften the apple flavor with water. As a rule, it is rational to do this when using very acidic fruits. Purified water should be added in an amount of no more than 10-15% of the total mass of juice.

You can understand how to make homemade apple-based wine by reading the following points, which provide clear recommendations:

Wash the apples and remove the core and rotten areas.
Squeeze juice from fruits. The output of the processing should be juice with a minimum pulp content.
Place apple juice in a saucepan. Cover the container with gauze. The juice should be kept at room temperature for 2-3 days. During this time, it is necessary to thoroughly mix the product several times, as a result of which it should be divided into 2 components: pulp and pure juice.
The pulp is the remains of skin and pulp. This mixture should rise above the surface of the pure juice. It needs to be removed.
When apple juice begins to “fizz” and give off a characteristic vinegary smell, we can talk about the beginning of fermentation. At this time, you need to add a small portion of sugar (60-100 g per 1 liter of juice) and pour the syrup from the pan into a bottle (jar), covering it with a rubber glove or a lid with a water seal. The vessel with the wort should not be filled completely, leaving approximately 1/5 of the total volume for the accumulation of the resulting foam.
The remaining amount of granulated sugar should be added to the product in small portions in 2-3 doses with an interval of 4-5 days.
The fermentation process can last 30-60 days depending on specific conditions. At this time, the vessel with wine should be kept at room temperature without access to oxygen.
When the wort stops releasing carbon dioxide, we can talk about the end of fermentation. The resulting wine must be carefully filtered again, after which you can begin tasting.
At the initial stage of readiness, the wine emits a pungent odor, which will “go away” as the drink ages. Apple wine should be kept in glass, hermetically sealed containers. The product can be stored for several years at a temperature of +6-+16⁰WITH.

Important! Full ripening of homemade apple wine occurs after 2 months of storage.

The strength of wine prepared using the proposed technology is only 10-12%. This product is not only tasty, but also a healthy alcoholic drink that will always accompany a feast.

Apple wine with orange flavor

Experienced winemakers always try to get a unique product, with interesting flavors and blends. It is for them that the following recipe for making homemade wine from apples and oranges may be interesting.

For homemade wine you will need 10 kg of apples, 6 large, juicy oranges, 3 kg of sugar and 5 liters of water. Wine yeast is included in the product in an amount of 150 g per 5 liters of raw materials. It is preferable to use juicy, ripe apples.

It will be easy enough for every housewife, even a novice, to prepare amazingly tasty apple-orange wine if you follow the step-by-step recipe instructions:

Cut the apples into small pieces and mix them thoroughly with 1 kg of sugar. Place the resulting mixture in a large container and fill with water. Cover the product with a clean piece of cloth and leave for 5-6 days.
Drain the apple juice and squeeze out the remaining apple pieces. Add sugar and grated oranges to the liquid.
Dissolve wine yeast in warm water, leave for 15-20 minutes and pour into the wort in a thin stream.
Cover the base for the future wine with a rubber glove or a lid with a water seal. Leave the product at room temperature until the end of fermentation.
Carefully strain the drink and seal with a water seal for another 3 days.
Strain the wine again. Hermetically seal it in bottles and store it.

Such a simple recipe will allow you to prepare surprisingly tasty, light and, most importantly, natural wine. After a month of aging, you can safely serve the alcoholic drink to the tasting table for your family and friends.

Fortified wine with apples and raisins

Apple wine fermented naturally is 10-12% light. You can prepare a stronger drink by adding alcohol or vodka. For example, below is an interesting recipe for making fortified wine based on apples and dark raisins. If the preparation technology is followed, the strength of the drink will be 15-16%.

To make wine you will need 10 kg of apples, 2-2.5 kg of sugar, 100 g of raisins (dark) and 200 ml of vodka. Using these ingredients you need to perform the following manipulations:

Wash the apples and dry with a clean towel. Remove the seed chamber from the fruit.
Grind the apples using a meat grinder, then mix the resulting puree with sugar and raisins.
The wine preparation must be poured into a jar or bottle and covered tightly with a glove.
Place the container with the wort in a dark pantry for 3 weeks. During this time, sediment forms at the bottom of the jar (bottle). The liquid must be carefully drained into a glass container.
Add another 1 tbsp to the wort. Sahara. Stir the wine mixture and seal the bottle hermetically.
Leave the drink for further fermentation in a tightly sealed container for 2 weeks. During this time, sediment will appear again. It needs to be filtered and vodka added to the remaining clean liquid.
After thorough mixing, the wine is kept for 3 weeks in a cool room.

Adding dark raisins will give apple wine a noble, elite shade and a pleasant, subtle aroma. Only those who have tried it at least once can appreciate this drink.

Apple wine with cinnamon

Apples and cinnamon are a wonderful combination of products that are used not only in cooking, but also in winemaking. One of the recipes for delicate wine with apples and cinnamon is offered later in the article.

To prepare a light and surprisingly tasty wine you will need 2 kg of ripe apples, 1 tbsp. l. cinnamon, sugar 700 g and 2 liters of purified water. The preparation process itself is simple and accessible even to a novice winemaker:

Wash the apples, divide into small pieces, remove the seed chamber with grains.
Add cinnamon and water to the apples, mix the ingredients and cook the mixture until the fruit softens.
Grind the boiled apple mixture to a puree.
Add sugar to the puree, mix the ingredients and pour the resulting apple mixture into the bottle. Cover the container hermetically for further fermentation.
After 2-3 weeks, the fermentation process will stop, as evidenced by the absence of released gases.The finished wine must be strained, poured into a clean, dry container, sealed tightly and stored in the dark and cool.

Wine prepared according to this recipe always turns out tasty, aromatic and delicate. The ease of preparation allows the recipe to be used even by a novice winemaker.

Wild apple wine

It often happens that somewhere near the house there is a wild apple tree, the fruits of which do not have a good taste and aroma. Such apples often find no use and simply rot on the ground. We propose to make excellent apple wine from such low-quality raw materials.

In addition to 10 kg of wild apples, the alcoholic drink includes 3 kg of sugar, 1 pack of fresh yeast and 3 liters of water. Making wine according to this recipe can be described by the following points:

Wash the apples, cut into small pieces, after removing the core.
Add a third of the required amount of water and sugar to the apples. Place the mixture of ingredients in a warm place for 5 days, sealing with a lid. Apples should be stirred daily.
After 5 days, the pulp must be removed from the total volume of the wort and the juice must be strained for further use.
Add the remaining 2 kg of sugar, water and yeast. After thorough mixing, pour the liquid into a glass container and cover the container with a rubber glove (lid with a water seal). Leave the wine for 45 days to ferment.
After the recommended time, the wine must be filtered and poured into a clean container with an airtight lid. After a couple of days, sediment will appear in the wine. This means that the drink must be strained again.
Pour clean, clear wine into bottles, seal tightly and send to a cool place for subsequent storage.

Thus, you can make light apple wine even from sour or even bitter fruits that have an unsightly appearance. When using such non-standard raw materials, you can get a very original drink with a unique blend.

Having decided to make low-alcohol, invigorating apple cider, the housewife can use not only the recipes suggested above, but also another recipe for homemade wine, which is described in detail in the video:

Secrets of winemaking

Homemade apple wine of perfect taste is not at all difficult to prepare if you know some secrets:

Based on any recipe you can make fortified wineby adding a small amount of vodka.
Fortified wine lasts longer.
The strength of light apple wine is approximately 10-12%. This figure will be higher if you add more sugar when making wine.
It will be possible to make sweet wine if the fermentation process is stopped prematurely.
Apple seeds add some bitterness to the wine. When preparing a drink, the hostess has the right to decide to remove them or leave them.
You can stop the fermentation process by cooling the drink.
After a forced stop of fermentation, the wine must be stabilized. To do this, bottles with an alcoholic drink are immersed in water, which is heated to 60-70⁰C for 15-20 minutes. After stabilization, the wine is sent for storage.
Apple wine prepared according to any recipe can be stabilized for further long-term storage.
The more water added to the wine during the preparation process, the less rich and aromatic the drink itself will be.

The listed features should be taken into account by every housewife who decides to make apple wine.You also need to remember that the entire fermentation process, on which winemaking is based, must take place in conditions without access to oxygen. That is why it is recommended to wear a rubber glove when handling the wort container. In one of the fingers of such an original “lid” you should make a small hole with a needle. Carbon dioxide will be removed through this fool. A lid with a water seal is a whole complex of interacting elements that remove carbon dioxide from the bottle and do not allow oxygen to penetrate inside the container. An example of how such a lid with a water seal works can be seen in the picture below.

Natural apple wine is not only a source of positive mood, but also a storehouse of vitamins, minerals, and beneficial trace elements. A low-alcohol drink can improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal and immune systems, stabilize blood pressure and blood sugar levels. Apple wine normalizes a woman's hormonal levels and stops the growth of cancer cells. It is used in cosmetology and drunk for intensive fat burning. Thus, an apple alcoholic drink can be a godsend for every housewife; you just need to know how to make homemade, natural wine correctly and remember that alcohol abuse never brings any benefit.