Mulberry wine at home: a simple step-by-step recipe

The original mulberry wine diversifies the home cellar and will pleasantly surprise guests with a delicate exquisite taste, making a drink at home is not difficult, there are many simple recipes for making a drink from mulberries. The right ingredients, pure spring water and a good mood are the keys to success in home winemaking.

Composition and features of mulberry wine

A distinctive feature of homemade wine made from mulberries is a delicate, refined taste of the drink. Many winemakers believe that the taste of a mulberry drink is rustic and has a modest bouquet of aromas, so they add various components to the product: mint, cinnamon, raspberries or cloves.

Mulberry berries have a number of viticultural benefits:

The berries are quite sweet, high in sugars, yet have a pronounced acidity.
Suitable for natural fermentation.
Contain a complex of vitamins and microelements.
Astringency gives the wine a refined taste.

The color of the finished wine is valued by winemakers for its rich ruby-red hue. An alcoholic drink made from mulberry pairs well with meat dishes and confectionery.

Ingredient selection rules

The first step in making homemade wine is the selection and preparation of ingredients. Ground rules:

They take ripe mulberries for wine, unripe fruits do not contribute to active fermentation.
Remove rotten berries and fruits with mold.
Use clean, preferably spring water.
Dishes for mash must be sterilized, pulp and must are stored in glass containers.

To make the wine with a rich ruby-red color, use ripe juicy mulberries, green and hard ones are removed. After selecting the ingredients, you can proceed directly to the preparation of the drink, follow the recipes and proportions of the components.

Important! Mulberries and raisins for starter do not need to be washed, so the natural bacterial background necessary for fermentation will be preserved.

For making homemade wine, it is recommended to use glass containers with a volume of 10 liters.

How to make mulberry wine at home?

Every winemaker who makes wine at home carefully prepares for the process of setting the pulp for fermentation: the wine material is moved, the dishes are sterilized.They are attentive to the place where the wine is placed for the fermentation period. Avoid direct sunlight on the bottles, install a tight water seal and provide an optimal constant ambient temperature.

Easy recipe for beginners

Making wine from mulberries is not difficult, you can use any recipe for making homemade wine from berries as a basis. In order for the fermentation process to proceed actively, a starter from raisins is prepared in advance, you can use "live" yeast, which must be dissolved in water with a small amount of lemon or orange juice.

For 2 kilograms of ripe mulberry, use about 1.5 kilograms of white cane sugar and 5 liters of water.

Mulberry berries are crushed with hands, then sugar and a little water at room temperature are added, thoroughly stirred, transferred to a sterilized bottle.The temperature of the poured raisin starter should be the same as in the pulp container. After filling the bottle, the water seal is hermetically sealed, the fermentation process should begin within 3-5 days. 10-14 days after the start of fermentation, the pulp is filtered through gauze, the resulting must is poured into a smaller container and left to ferment. As soon as sediment appears at the bottom of the bottle, the wine is cleaned with a tube and left to age for another month or two.

It may be necessary to carry out another filtration, the winemaker decides for himself, assessing the condition of the wine by eye. At the final stage, the drink should be discolored, turbidity and sediment should not remain.

Classic

The traditional recipe for homemade mulberry wine does not require additional ingredients. The wine is made on the basis of berries, sugar, water and yeast starter.

If the taste of the resulting drink seemed too simple, they try to diversify the flavor range with mint, cinnamon, cloves or other herbs. Cranberry is a proven companion for mulberries in homemade wine.

To make dry wine, increase the amount of yeast sourdough, you need to make such a drink without adding sugar.

With mint and cinnamon

Cinnamon is recommended to be added to wine from tyutina at the initial stage of pulp formation. It is better to use spicy spice in the form of sticks. A fragrant companion for cinnamon is mint, it can also be added to the pulp in the form of chopped leaves and flowers.

The amount of added additives depends on the taste of the winemaker. Cinnamon and mint give the wine a bright taste, from the finished drink you can cook mulled wine by adding honey and orange, such a remedy is a proven cure for colds and viral diseases.

With raspberries

Recipe for making the most delicious mulberry wine. Mulberry and raspberry are similar in appearance, differ only in color. Berries perfectly complement each other in wine, the drink has a fresh delicate taste, the color of the product becomes more red.

Raspberries in relation to mulberries are applied in a ratio of 1:1. Raisin starter must be added to the mulberry-raspberry must, otherwise the wine may not ferment. The amount of sugar can be reduced to avoid excessive sugariness in the taste of the finished homemade wine.

With added white wine

Blended homemade wines gained popularity among winemakers in the Soviet years. White wine must be fortified, an additional ingredient is added after the first purification of the must (removal of the first sediment). 250 milliliters of fortified white wine is added to a 5-liter bottle.

Mulberry wine with the addition of white wine has a tart taste and original aroma.

Fortified wine

Berry wines are considered dessert, the percentage of alcohol in them is minimal. To achieve a warming effect from the drink, the wine is fixed with alcohol or vodka.

The “fixing” element is added after distillation of the wort. You can determine the strength of the resulting drink using an alcohol meter, immediately before bottling the finished product.

Storage rules

Berry wines are not recommended to be stored for more than two years. The best place to store homemade bottles is a cellar or pantry. At the same time, direct sunlight should not fall on the finished product.

Be sure to check the tightness of the lids before storing the wines. The temperature in the bottle storage room should not exceed +18 ^С.