Strawberry wine: 3 recipes at home

We are all waiting for summer to enjoy the taste and aroma of fresh strawberries. And experienced winemakers, and beginners, are waiting for the berry wine season to begin.

Strawberries are also used to make liquor, tincture, liqueur, syrup

Tips before you start

1. For most fruit wines, it is strictly forbidden to wash the fruit so as not to wash away the wild yeast, but with strawberries, it's different. If you skip this step, the finished drink will have an unpleasant earthy flavor.

2. Natural yeast for strawberry wine can be replaced with raisins or you can prepare the starter yourself. Berries are not washed for her.

3. You can't make dry wine from strawberries. This ingredient is suitable for dessert and liqueur types of wine. Because without sugar and water, the berries will not be able to give the right amount of juice.

4. For fermentation, it is not recommended to use a container in which milk was previously stored.

5. Before starting the preparation, it is advisable to rinse all containers with boiling water and then wipe them dry with a clean towel.

Now you can safely proceed directly to the recipes and step-by-step instructions for making homemade wine.

Classic strawberry wine

Ingredients

1. Strawberries - 3 kg

2. Granulated sugar - 2 kg

3. Water - 3 liters

4. Quality raisins - 100 g

Cooking method

1. Strawberries must be washed very thoroughly, remove the stalks and spoiled berries. Then we crush each strawberry with our hands or with a wooden spatula.

2. Heat water to 30 degrees, add 1 kg of granulated sugar and mix well until the granules are completely dissolved.

3. Pour the prepared berries and unwashed raisins into a wide-necked container (a basin, bucket, or enamel saucepan) and cover with syrup. All ingredients should not exceed 3/4 of the volume of the container, because during the fermentation process the wort can overflow.

4. Cover our container with gauze and leave for 5-7 days in a dark place with a temperature of about 18-28 degrees. Several times a day, do not forget to stir the contents of the container with a wooden spatula.

5. As soon as the active fermentation stage is over, the liquid must be filtered, the cake squeezed out, and then filtered.

6. Fill the glass container with 70-75% of the obtained strawberry juice, add 500 g of sugar, mix and install a water seal. Or use a medical glove with a small hole in the finger in the old fashioned way. Leave for 1-2 months in a dark, warm place (18-28 degrees).

7. After five days of quiet fermentation, add another 250 g of granulated sugar. To do this, drain 200 ml of liquid, dissolve sugar in it and then pour it back into the general container. Install a water seal and after five days repeat this manipulation again with the remaining granulated sugar.

8. As soon as fermentation is completely over, the young wine must be drained from the lees, using a dropper tube or in any other way convenient for you.

9. Then take a sample and, if desired, you can add a sweetener or add strength with vodka or good alcohol.

10. If you added sugar at the previous stage, it is better to put the water seal back on and let it stand for another ten days.

11. There should be no empty space between the lid and the drink in the storage container.

12. Homemade wine should be transferred to a room with a temperature of 5-16 degrees and left to stabilize the taste for 3 months. As the sediment falls out, the drink must be carefully drained and poured into a clean container.

13. As soon as the strawberry wine stops giving sediment, bottle it and store it for no more than 2 years.

Homemade strawberry wine

Ingredients

1. Strawberries - 8 kg

2. Granulated sugar - at the rate of 150 g per 1 kg of berries

Method of preparation

1. Repeat step 1 from of the first recipe.

2. Put the prepared berries in a 10 liter bottle and add sugar. Cover the neck with gauze and leave for three days in a warm place.

3. As soon as the juice sinks to the bottom of the container and the pulp rises up, strain the juice into another container and install a water seal. Leave the drink until fermentation is complete (about 2-3 months).

4. Then transfer the container to a cool room and leave for 1-2 months until the liquid is completely clarified.

5. After clarifying the drink, carefully drain it from the sediment and bottle it.

6. Ready homemade wine should be stored in a cool place.

Fortified strawberry wine

Ingredients

1. Strawberries - 1 kg

2. Vodka - 500 ml

3. Sugar - 1 kg

4. Water - 500 ml

The method of preparation

1. Follow step 1 from the first recipe.

2. In a glass fermentation container, mix the prepared berries, sugar and hot water.

3. Install a cork with a drainage tube and leave for 5-7 days in a warm, dark place.

4. As soon as active fermentation is over, squeeze out the pulp with cheesecloth.

5. Mix the resulting strawberry liquid with vodka. Let it brew for another week in a cool place.

6. Then we pass the finished fortified wine through a filter and bottle it.

7. You can start tasting after the taste has stabilized, after one week.

8. Store the finished drink in the refrigerator or cellar.

Update: 26.02.2018

Category: Wine and Vermouth