A simple recipe for making red and black currant wine at home

To make delicious homemade wine from red and black currants, you will have to follow the recipe. Such a drink will delight you with an interesting taste, but it has one drawback - an almost complete lack of aroma. Before you start creating alcohol, make sure that everything is ready: ingredients, containers. This will help you save time and, with a little effort, create a quality drink.

Features of making wine from black and red currants

There are several features that novice distillers should consider when creating an alcohol-containing product.

What are the specifics of production:

1. Currant fruits do not contain enough fructose. For this reason, alcoholic drinks must be prepared with added sugar, otherwise they will be too sour.
2. But the skins of the berries contain a large amount of live yeast, which means you won’t have to add unwashed raisins or other products that speed up fermentation to the wine.
3. Currants go well with other fruits and berries, which can add a pleasant aroma to the drink. For this reason, grapes, apples and other fruits are often added to the composition of such alcohol, which can improve the organoleptic characteristics of the drink.

Help: if the recipe contains black currants, the wine will certainly turn out dark, regardless of other components.

Recipe Ingredients

To create an alcoholic drink, you will need standard ingredients, we will use:

• black and red currant berries, can be either fresh, dried or frozen, no need to wash the fruits;
• water, preference is given to clean, bottled or spring water, it has the necessary properties;
• sugar, it is added to speed up the fermentation process, it will also give the wine the necessary sweetness, it is sugar that the yeast “processes” into alcohol.

How to choose the right products

The main attention is paid to currant berries, they should be:

1. Large, without signs of mold or rot.
2. Pay attention to the presence of inclusions; they indicate poor quality of the fruit.

You will have to sort through the berries, choose those that are the same size, the fruits must be fresh, without signs of spoilage.

One spoiled currant can spoil the drink and change its taste not for the better.

Preparing containers

The containers will have to be heat treated, what to do:

• rinse them under running water using soda;
• let the jars or bottles dry by turning them upside down;
• sterilize over steam, the whole process will take 10-15 minutes.

How to make wine from a mix of red and black currants at home

To create assorted currant wine, you will need:

1. Sort through the berries and remove all spoiled, rotten ones; you cannot wash them - you will wash off the live yeast, and the alcohol will not ferment.
2. Crush the berries so that not a single one remains intact, place them in a saucepan or container in which we will make mash.
3. Fill the pulp with sugar syrup, dissolving 3 kilograms of sugar in water (15 liters).
4. For 5 days we monitor the fermentation process, periodically stirring the mash with a wooden spoon or a clean hand.
5. Cover the pan or container with mash with gauze to prevent insects or foreign bodies from getting into the alcohol.
6. When the active phase of fermentation is completed, remove the mash from the remainder and add another 1 kilogram of sugar, which will lead to the resumption of the fermentation process.
7. We put a glove with a hole in the finger on the bottle or use a water seal, fill the container 70% so that there is room for foam.
8. After another 5-7 days, add a kilogram of sugar, mixing it into currant juice, and continue to monitor the fermentation.
9. When it runs out, remove the mash from the remainder, strain it, and drain it through a thin tube from a dropper.
10. The result is a young currant wine, which can be improved by adding a little vodka or sugar to the drink.

If you add vodka to wine, it will become fortified, but sugar or syrup will help make the drink sweeter.

Storage periods and rules

It is advisable to store the product in a cool but dark place, away from the sun and heat sources. It is important to ensure that the temperature in the room is stable, otherwise the wine will change its organoleptic properties.

It takes time for alcohol to taste good. During this period, the drink will infuse and acquire the necessary properties.

A drink made from black and red currants can be called wine if it is prepared according to the recipe. This alcohol is of good quality and can compete with store-bought products.