Homemade Cherry Wine Recipes

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

• Category:

  beverages

• Cooking time:

  45 days

Ingredients

• Cherry
• sugar
• water

There are quite a few homemade cherry wine recipes. For their implementation, it is recommended to use "pure" varieties of berries, not hybrids. They should be juicy, ripe and preferably dark in color.

Another important point is that fruits that have been stored in the refrigerator after being harvested for more than three days are considered unsuitable for making a delicious drink at home.

Wine recipe for beginners

To create an amazing alcoholic drink, you need a minimal set of products.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of ripe cherries;
• 500 g refined sugar;
• 1 liter of drinking water.

The main stages of preparation:

Unwashed, but peeled from the leaves, we put the berries in an oak barrel for fermentation. Squeeze the juice out of the cherries and fill the resulting gruel with filtered water. It is important to maintain equal proportions

Gradually add sugar and mix everything thoroughly with a wooden spoon. After that, cover the barrel tightly with a lid and leave it in a cool, dark place

• Stir the pulp thoroughly every 3 days. Otherwise, it will absorb excess oxygen, and the homemade drink will be spoiled.
• After the end of active fermentation, leave the resulting mass alone for 5 days. During this time, the thick berry will rise and it will need to be removed with a slotted spoon or kitchen sieve.

Pour the remaining juice into a glass container and leave it to ferment again under a water seal for 7-10 days

• The specified time should be enough for the future wine to stop foaming, and a pale sediment appears at the bottom of the can. This is a sign that it's time to filter the drink.
• To do this, carefully pour the juice into a clean and dry jar (glass) using a thin tube. It is very important not to touch the thick at the very bottom.

We leave the remaining mass again in a secluded place for another 2 weeks

Pour homemade cherry wine into wine bottles and close with corks. According to the recipe, you can store the drink at home for no more than 14 months. And for the first time it is recommended to serve it to the table at room temperature at least after 45 days.

Fortified wine made from ripe berries

In order to prepare a cherry alcoholic drink, you only need to take ripe berries.

Ingredients:

• 500 ml of ethyl alcohol;
• 7 kg of ripe cherries;
• 2 kg of granulated sugar;
• 2 liters of drinking water;
• 2/3 st. wine yeast.

The main stages of preparation:

1. We take out the seeds with the cherries, remove the stalks and discard the rotten fruits. At the same time, it is not recommended to rinse them under running water.
2. Pour the berries into a deep saucepan and fill them with filtered water for 2-3 hours. If this is not done, it will be much more difficult to separate the wort in the future.
3. Lining the bottom of the fermentation tank with a piece of natural fabric. Pour the prepared berry mass there. We fill everything with 2 liters of filtered water.
4. Using a mashed potato crush, "grind" the fruits to form a gruel. It should be as homogeneous as possible.
5. We tie the edges of the fabric into a knot, twist it and squeeze it well. If done correctly, thick cherry juice will remain at the bottom of the container.
6. We add wine yeast and half granulated sugar to it. Gently mix everything with a wooden spatula and pour the future wine into a large bottle. It should be infused in a dark and calm place for at least 12 days.
7. After the specified time, add the remaining sugar to the drink and fill everything with alcohol. And again we put the bottle in a dark place for 10 days.
8. After that, we carefully filter the homemade cherry wine, pour it into glass bottles and hide it in the cellar until requested.

This recipe is easy to implement at home, but you need to be patient for the alcohol to infuse and acquire an incredible taste.

The classic cherry wine recipe

From ripe fruits, you can make a wonderful drink with a pleasant aroma and bright taste. Due to the increased acidity and the presence of tannins, cherry wine will become tart and resistant to souring.

Ingredients:

• 10 liters of filtered water;
• 6-7 kg of ripe cherries;
• 3 kg of granulated sugar.

The main stages of preparation:

1. We sort out the berries and leave only ripe and undamaged fruits.
2. Cover a deep bowl (pan) with a clean cloth made of natural materials. Knead the cherries in it with your hands or a mortar (you can leave the bones if you wish).
3. Pour the resulting gruel with purified water and squeeze well.
4. Pour the remaining liquid into a prepared glass container for fermentation. On its neck we put on a rubber glove purchased in advance at the pharmacy.
5. We put the jar in a dark, warm place. Fermentation will begin in a few days and will last for about a month. During this period, stirring homemade cherry wine or opening the container is not recommended.
6. You can try alcohol at home according to this recipe after all the air has gone out of the glove, and light foam stops appearing on the surface of the drink.
7. If you managed to get a moderately sweetish-sour taste, then the wine is carefully poured into wine bottles, corked and rearranged in the bar before the holidays.
8. Another important point is that in order to protect the drink intended for long-term storage from souring, it is recommended to add 0.5 liters of vodka to it. But in this case, the strength of the wine will increase significantly.

Homemade wine "Cherry bone"

Professional winemakers prefer to remove seeds from berries before processing them. But if everything is left unchanged, then the alcoholic drink will have a pleasant almond aftertaste.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of red cherries;
• 500-700 g of granulated sugar;
• 1 liter of drinking water.

The main stages of preparation:

Ripe fruits (without rot and damage) are washed and put in a deep bowl or saucepan. Fill them with water and leave them alone for 24 hours

We knead the berries with our hands so that they all burst and turn into gruel. After that, drain all the water and crush the cherries again with a wooden potato crush

• Pour the resulting puree again with purified water, keeping the proportions 1: 1. Gradually add granulated sugar to them and gently mix everything with a wooden spoon.
• Cover the pan tightly with a lid and put it in a cool, dark place for 10 days. Every 3 days, open the container and mix the contents thoroughly.

• After the specified time, we filter the future wine through a sieve to remove all the seeds. It is better not to use gauze, as fine threads can get into the drink.
• After that, we pour homemade alcohol into a glass container. To prevent the bottles from exploding due to the active release of carbon dioxide, it is necessary to purchase or make a water seal in advance.

The wine will be infused for about two weeks. But as soon as a white precipitate appears, it must be filtered. To do this, the alcoholic drink is poured into a clean dish using a thin hose

After 14 days, pour the homemade cherry wine into a permanent bowl and cork tightly

According to this recipe, the drink is stored at home for no more than 9 months away from direct sunlight.

"Winter" wine made from frozen cherries

In order to prepare delicious homemade alcohol, you will need a set of readily available products.

Ingredients:

• 1.5-2 kg of frozen cherries;
• 2-2.5 liters of cooled boiling water;
• 1 kg of granulated sugar;
• 2 tbsp. l. raisins.

The main stages of preparation:

• We take the cherries out of the freezer in advance and leave them to defrost at room temperature. We remove the seeds after the fruits are soft.
• Transfer the resulting pulp to a blender bowl and puree at high speed for several minutes.

• Combine berry puree with raisins, mix everything well and transfer to a glass container. It must be kept in a warm place for two days.
• After the specified time, pour warm water (boiled) into the jar, mix everything again and filter through a three-layer gauze. We squeeze the cake well and throw it away with the cherries.

Add granulated sugar, put a medical glove on the neck of the jar and put the wine in the pantry for 25-35 days

• After the sediment appears, pour the drink with a straw into another bottle.
• We tightly cork the homemade cherry wine with lids and leave for 2 more days in a cool and dark place.

If you use such a simple recipe, the drink will retain its taste and smell, and you can drink it at home until the next harvest.

As you can see, almost everyone can make elite alcohol from fairly simple and affordable ingredients. The main thing is to adhere to all the rules of preparation and observe the temperature regime.