Apple tincture and liqueur: 9 recipes at home

Apple tincture and liqueur has a light fruity flavor and is perfect for drinking neat or for adding to your favorite cocktails.

For these drinks, you need to take ripe, flavorful apples with an average sugar content.

It is also made from apples: liqueur, wine, cider, moonshine, brew

Apple liqueur (without vodka)

Ingredients

1. Apples - 4 kg

2. Granulated sugar - 1 kg

The method of preparation

1. Wash the apples, core them and cut them into small slices.

2. Put the prepared apples in a jar, cover with sugar and cover with gauze in several layers. Put the container in a sunny place for 4-5 days before fermentation begins.

3. After the first signs of fermentation appear (hissing, sour smell or foam), move our liquor to a cool, dark place. It takes from 4 to 6 months for the mixture to fully play out.

4. As soon as the fermentation process is over, the apple liqueur can be filtered through a homemade or purchased filter and poured into glass bottles. Store the finished product in the cellar or refrigerator.

Apple liqueur on vodka

Ingredients

1. Water - 7.5 liters

2. Vodka - 1.5 liters

3. Apples - 2.5 kg

4. Sugar - 2 kg

The method of preparation

1. Wash apples, peel and core, cut into slices.

2. Put in a glass jar, pour vodka and cooled boiled water.

3. Cover with folded gauze, leave in the sun for 14-15 days.

4. Shake the jar gently every day. When the apples pop up, strain the liquid through cheesecloth, add sugar in portions, stirring well.

5. Keep the liqueur in the sun for 2 days, put it in a cold place for 10 days.

6. Drain the liqueur, strain and pour into dry bottles. Carefully cork, keep in a cold place for about 20 days before use.

Apple liqueur with pears on vodka

Apple-pear tincture can be prepared from any alcohol (moonshine, alcohol or cognac).

Ingredients

1. Apples - 1 kg

2. Pears - 1 kg

3. Granulated sugar - 5 kg

4. Vodka - 2 liters

5. Water - 1 liter

6. Nutmeg - 2 pcs.

7. Lemon balm - 6 leaves

The method of preparation

1. Apples and pears should be washed, peeled, core and cut into slices.

2. Put the apples in a jar, add nutmeg, lemon balm and pour vodka. Let it brew for 2-3 weeks in a dark place.

3. After 2-3 weeks, filter the tincture through a homemade or purchased filter, add sugar and mix until it is completely dissolved.

4. Pour the liqueur into glass bottles and you can start tasting. Store the tincture in a cool place for no more than 15 months.

P.S. If you do not like spicy drinks, then nutmeg and lemon balm can be omitted.

A classic recipe for apple tincture on moonshine

This is the easiest and fastest recipe for making apple tincture. As an alcoholic component, instead of moonshine, you can take vodka or inexpensive cognac.

It is worth noting that the tincture will be quite strong 25-30%.

Ingredients

1. Apples - 1 kg

2. Moonshine - 1 liter

3. Cinnamon stick - half a stick

4. Vanillin - 3 g

The method of preparation

1. Wash the apples, core them and cut them into slices.

2. Put the apple slices in a jar, add cinnamon, vanilla and pour moonshine, close the lid tightly and put in a dark place for 7 days.

3. After a week, filter the tincture through a homemade or purchased filter, pour into glass bottles and store in the refrigerator or cellar.

P.S. The apples can be poured over the alcohol again and let stand for 10-12 days in a dark place. Then repeat step 3.

You can also remove all flavored components and prepare the tincture in its pure form.

Apple tincture with honey

The apple tincture prepared according to this recipe will be moderately sweet with a slight sourness. The strength of the tincture is 20-25%.

Ingredients

1. Apples - 2 kg

2. Vodka - 2 liters

3. Water - 2 liters

4. Granulated sugar - 1 cup

5. Honey - 2 tbsp.

The method of preparation

1. Wash the apples, core them and cut them into quarters.

2. Put the prepared apples in a bottle and fill it with vodka. Let it brew in a dark place for 10 days.

3. Strain the apple tincture through a homemade or purchased filter, add granulated sugar, water and honey. Mix everything thoroughly and put in the cellar or refrigerator and after 2-3 days you can start tasting.

Apple tincture with bourbon

This recipe has American roots and only apple peel is needed for its preparation, as it has a high content of essential oils. It is important that bourbon will not lose its strength.

Ingredients

1. Apples - 800 g

2. Cinnamon stick - 1 pc.

3. Cloves - 2 pcs.

4. Bourbon - 750 ml

The method of preparation

1. Wash the apples thoroughly and carefully peel them.

2. Transfer the "apple zest" to a liter jar, add a cinnamon stick, cloves and pour bourbon.

3. Insist our tincture for 7 days in a dark place at room temperature. After 2 days, the spices can be removed from the jar to avoid completely interrupting the taste of the apples.

4. After a week, filter the tincture through a homemade or purchased filter, pour into a glass bottle and store in the refrigerator.

5. The bourbon tincture is ready. To fully reveal the taste, you can throw a couple of ice cubes before tasting.

Apple tincture on two types of alcohol

This tincture has an unusual play of flavors. It's a cross between a liqueur and a tincture. But it is better to make sure that it is really tasty and unusual.

Ingredients

1. Apples - 1.2 kg

2. Vodka - 500 ml

3. Cognac - 500 ml

4. Sugar - 350 g

5. Water - 170 ml

The method of preparation

1. Wash the apples, core and cut into small slices.

2. Put the apples in a glass container and pour vodka and cognac over them. Leave to infuse in a dark place for 30 days.

3. After a month, you need to filter the tincture through a homemade or purchased filter and be sure to squeeze out all the juices from the "apple zest".

4. We make simple sugar syrup.

5. Then the syrup must be cooled to room temperature and mixed with the tincture. Now let our apple tincture brew for another 30 days. If there is a sediment, you can repeat the filtration.

6. Pour the finished tincture into glass bottles and store in a cool place.

Apple tincture on moonshine from dried apples with ginger

In this recipe, you can replace ginger root with rose hips (you need to take half a glass), and moonshine with vodka.

Ingredients

1. Dried apples - 2 cups

2. Ginger root - 50 g

3. Raisins - 2 tbsp.

4. Honey - 1 tbsp.

5. Moonshine - 1 liter

Method of preparation

1. Rinse the dried apples well in water at room temperature.

2. Cut the ginger into small pieces or grate it finely.

3. Put apples, raisins, ginger in a glass container and fill with moonshine. Let it stand for 30 days in a cool place.

4. After a month, filter the tincture through a homemade or purchased filter, add honey and let it brew for another 7 days.

5. Pour the finished apple tincture on moonshine into glass bottles and store in the cellar or refrigerator.

Apple tincture on brandy with mint

This tincture is reminiscent of the famous French Calvados - apple or pear brandy. If desired, brandy can be replaced with cognac.

Ingredients

1. Apples - 2 kg

2. Sugar - 100 g

3. Water - 100 ml

4. Brandy - 1 liter

5. Vanilla sugar - 10 g

6. Mint - 1 sprig

The method of preparation

1. Apples must be washed, core and cut into slices.

2. Put apple slices in a glass container, add mint, vanilla sugar and pour brandy over it. Now let the tincture brew in a dark place for 7-14 days.

3. After 1-2 weeks, filter the tincture through a homemade or purchased filter

4. Cooking a simple sugar syrup.

5. After the syrup has cooled to room temperature, pour it into apple brandy. Pour the finished tincture into glass bottles.

6. You can start tasting in a week, after keeping it in a cool place.

7. The shelf life of apple tincture on brandy is no more than 3 years.

Update: 22.07.2018

Category: Liqueurs and Tinctures