Wine from hawthorn: how to make at home, 6 simple recipes

Wine from fresh hawthorn is an extraordinary alcoholic drink. Thanks to its mild aroma and non-repulsive taste, even those who prefer very light drinks, like light wine, or fruit tinctures, will like it. You can add flavor accents with apples, grapes, chokeberry, lemon or orange.

Is it possible to make wine from hawthorn

If earlier hawthorn wine was prepared only by those who thoroughly knew the technology, now with the development of the Internet everyone was able to acquire the necessary knowledge. You do not need to study a lot of literature to make tasty and safe alcohol.At the same time, it is great that the drink turns out not only fragrant, beautiful, but also useful for the body (of course, in limited volumes).

Benefits and harms

Garden hawthorn has a lot of positive properties, and it retains them in an alcoholic drink. This is also due to the fact that in the pharmacy you can find a lot of tinctures, medicines based on it. Doctors highlight the main positive actions:

relaxation of muscles and nervous system;
control of cholesterol levels in the body;
speed up your metabolism - help you lose weight;
eliminate puffiness;
improve heart function;
fight against neurosis, anxiety and depression;
prevention of colds.

But there are also certain negative effects, especially for those who have some he alth problems. So, it is forbidden to drink wine from hawthorn to people suffering from:

from low blood pressure;
from indigestion;
various allergic reactions;
serious diseases of the cardiovascular system.

You should not drink hawthorn wine for those who are in position, breastfeeding.

How to make hawthorn wine at home

To enhance fermentation add yeast or raisins. It is important to follow the sequence in any recipe. Alas, if the house or apartment is cold, then the drink will not work. For its fermentation and infusion, a constantly fairly high room temperature is needed.

Easy recipe

The easiest recipe is available for beginner winemakers. Specific knowledge is not required, while the result is almost 100 percent guaranteed. Taken:

5 kilograms of hawthorn;
10 liters of water;
10 grams of wine yeast - can be bought in specialized stores;
4 kilos of white sugar.

First prepare the syrup: sugar is mixed with water, heated, boiled until thickened. Hawthorn berries are laid out on the bottom of the container, poured with hot syrup. Yeast is prepared, diluted with water, as stated in the instructions for use. Wait a few minutes and add them to the bulk.

The jar is closed with a water seal and left alone for three days. Next, the wort is drained, half the sugar is added. Wait a week again, repeat the procedure. The drink will be ready in 1.5 months.

Variant without yeast

Yeast gives confidence that the wine will turn out, but not always their taste is not felt. Those who are afraid that the hop flavor will be, you can try to make a drink from:

200 grams of hawthorn;
5 plant flowers;
1 liter red wine;
70 grams of natural flower honey.

The berries are washed and dried. Warm wine, honey, hawthorn are added to one container and simply sent to wander in a warm place for three weeks.

Be sure to filter after this period and pour into banks.

With apples

Apple drink tastes very much like mulled wine. Need to take:

2 liters of water;
100 grams of late variety apples;
1.5 kg of sugar (if the apples are unsweetened, you can take more);
1 kilogram of hawthorn.

Apples are crushed in any convenient way - in a meat grinder, on a grater, in a blender. Mix applesauce with berries and pour a liter of water. For three days they clean in a warm place, then filter and add sugar.

After 4 days, 200 ml of wort is drained, mixed with 400 g of sugar, left for three days, then the procedure is repeated again.

With grapes

To make this drink you will need:

4 kg of granulated sugar;
5 kg hawthorn;
10 liters of water;
200g raisins.

Mix raisins, sugar and water, leave in a warm place for 4 days. The fact that the starter is ready can be understood by rapid fermentation and the formation of thick foam.

Sugar is dissolved in water, hawthorn is poured into the composition. Leaven is added, removed for three days. Then 1 liter of wort is mixed with an identical volume of sugar, returned, left for three days. The procedure is repeated two more times.

With chokeberry

Take;

2.5 kg hawthorn;
3 kg of sugar;
1 kg rowan;
100g raisins;
6 liters of water.

In general, the recipe is identical to the previous one. The mountain ash must be mashed to obtain aroma.

With lemons and oranges

For 1 kg of the main ingredient you need:

0.6 kg of oranges;
2 kg of sugar;
0.4 kg of lemons;
raisins.

Sourdough is done as standard. Lemons and oranges are added during the second stage of preparation (when hawthorn is mixed with sourdough and allowed to ferment).