Homemade berry wine made from berries

20 servings
50 days

How to make berry wine? For cooking, you can use any type of berries and in any proportions. They are suitable from their site or bought in the store. Do not wash berries. The only exception is when they are clearly contaminated, for example, with sand after rain. All berries should be well ripened, without rot. Mash the prepared berries a little so that the juice comes from them and fold them into a spacious bottle.

The number of berries will be approximately 1/3 of the total volume. Add sugar to the berries and cover everything with boiled, cooled water. The total quantity should not fill the entire bottle. Since during fermentation, the berries will rise up. Mix everything. I determine the amount of sugar by eye. Initially, fill up most of it. Instead of a hydraulic lock, you can use a rubber glove. Put it on the neck of the bottle. And leave in this form for a month.

But this does not mean that you can forget about wine for this time. The bottle must be shaken periodically. The first days need to be done every day. When fermentation is in full swing, you can mix less often. A bloated glove will tell you about the degree of fermentation.

After a month, strain the wine through several layers of gauze. Taste it. At this stage, you can add some more sugar.

Pour the strained wine back into the bottle and put on a glove. It happens that it is a little bad. Leave it to stand like this for 1-3 weeks. If the glove rises, then fermentation is still underway. Watch the process.

In general, the wine is ready. But I still pasteurize him. To do this, you need to heat the wine to 55-60 degrees. This kills microorganisms found in wine, accelerates its maturation and improves taste. In this case, the wine becomes more transparent.

Bottle the finished, cooled wine and send it to a cool place for storage. It tastes sweet and very pleasant. It's rather a female light drink. Nice treat!