Wine, liqueur and liqueur from viburnum: 4 recipes at home

Viburnum bunches are a real storehouse of vitamins and healing substances. Bright red berries are harvested in late autumn and consumed fresh and dried.
Tips before you start
Fresh fruits harvested before the first frost are used in winemaking. The drinks are flavorful, with a slight bitterness. Put the berries in jars and leave to ripen in a lighted place.
It is not necessary to wash the viburnum - it is better to preserve the natural yeast, but it is necessary to sort it out, removing the stalks, crumpled and spoiled fruits.
If you wait for natural ripening, the frozen berry will acquire a strong bitterness: such wines will not appeal to everyone.
Finely chopped lemon zest and spices can be added to the liqueur to enhance the flavor, and sugar can be replaced with honey to soften the taste.
Viburnum wine recipe
The recipe shows the proportions for making a table drink. To get a dessert product, you need half a liter of water and 350 g of sugar, for a simple liqueur without vodka - 1 glass of water and 2 glasses of sugar. To enhance fermentation, you can add 1-2 handfuls of raisins.
Ingredients
Viburnum - 1 kg
Water - 1.7 liters
Sugar - 300 g
Method of preparation
Chop the berries, add ¼ of the sugar, pour in 1 glass of water, let it ferment for 4 days.
Strain off the juice, add the rest of the water, another quarter of sugar, and set aside for fermentation.
On the 7th and 10th day, add the remaining sugar, dividing it into two parts.
Wait for the end of fermentation, pour the wine into small containers, transfer to the cold for infusion.
Recipe for Kalynivka liqueur
Raspberry infusion is made in advance, during the raspberry harvest season. To do this, pour the berries slightly dried in the sun with vodka in a 1:1 ratio and insist in warmth for 1-2 weeks, shaking occasionally, after which the liquid is drained and used to alcoholize and flavor lightly colored drinks.
Ingredients
Viburnum - 1 kg
Vodka - 0.5 liters
Sugar - 150 g
Raspberry infusion - for coloring
The method of preparation
Wash and dry the viburnum berries, pour them into a 3-liter container, pour vodka.
Put sugar, add a little raspberry infusion.
Let it brew for 1.5 months, periodically straining the liquor.
Pour the finished drink into small vessels.
Viburnum liqueur "Quick"
Ingredients
Vodka - 1 liter
Water - ¼ liter
Fresh viburnum juice - 1 glass
Sugar - 150 g
The method of preparation
Bring water to a boil, add sugar and stir until it dissolves.
Pour the cooled syrup into a bottle, add viburnum juice and vodka, leave at room temperature for 2 days.
Seal the vessel and transfer to a dark, cool place. The liqueur is ready in 2 weeks.
Viburnum liqueur recipe
Wash the berries beforehand, pour boiling water over them, let them drain.
Ingredients
Vodka - 1 liter
Water - 400 ml
Viburnum - 1.5 kg
Sugar - 1.2 kg
The method of preparation
Pour the viburnum into a large glass container, add a third of the sugar.
Close the vessel, put in a warm, well-lit place for 2 days.
Pour vodka into the mass, let stand for 1-1.5 weeks.
Make syrup from water and sugar residues, cool, add to the infusion.
Shake the mixture, close the container, place it in the heat for 1 month.
Strain the liqueur, pour into small vessels and store sealed in cool conditions.
Update: 20.11.2018
Category: Liqueurs and Tinctures