How to make a tincture of alcohol and berries

It is impossible to overestimate the useful properties of tinctures on alcohol, especially if they are made by themselves from berries grown on their site. These tinctures are delicious, useful and can become a wonderful decoration of any festive table. But not everyone knows that the first to start producing alcohol tinctures of the Chinese, but it happened about the 3rd century BC. Recipes of alcoholic infusions came to Russia much later, almost seven centuries later.

To learn how to make a tincture of alcohol, you need to learn some of the basics of this craft. Alcohol tincture is a drink with a strength of 45%. It is obtained by insisting on alcohol, in particular alcohol, on berries, fruits or fragrant herbs. Sometimes tincture is confused with a liquid, which is obtained by fermentation or mixing of berries and alcohol. The fortress of the liqueur usually does not exceed 20%.

You can read a mountain of literature, but never learn about how to make a tincture of alcohol. To master this art in perfection will be helped only by practical tests. There is no single right recipe for tinctures. Using the same ingredients, you will get a variety of drinks at the outlet. Taste qualities depend on aging, storage conditions and other circumstances.

Widely known tinctures of propolis, black currant, lemon, pepper tincture and many others. But a special popularity was given to tincture from cherry and cranberry. And how to make a tincture of alcohol and from these berries, you will learn from the following recipes.

How to make a tincture of cherries

There are several recipes for tinctures from cherries, consider some of them:

1. One kilogram of cherries without twigs put in a five-liter bottle, fill it with sugar (750 grams), cover with gauze and stand in the sun for about a month. Then the resulting syrup is divided into portions of 250 gr., Each serving is mixed with 500 gr. Vodka and 250 grams. water.
2. One and a half kilograms of cherries pour two liters of 60% alcohol and infuse 1.5 months. The resulting infusion is drained, mix the berries with sugar (800 gr.) And water (1.5 liters), bring to a boil. Syrup cool, strain through gauze and mix with alcohol infusion.
3. Cherry put in a three-liter jar on the neck and pour alcohol (vodka), tightly close the lid and put in a dark place for 3 months. After this time, drain the tincture. If you add sugar, you will get a delicious liqueur.

How to make a tincture of cranberries - "Cranberry"

No less tasty and useful tincture of cranberries, recipes which also there are many. Here are some of them:

1. In a 0.5 liter bottle, pour out a glass of cranberries, add 5-6 tablespoons of sugar, pour alcohol or vodka, insist in a dark place for about two weeks.
2. For a kilogram of washed berries, chop the blender, drain the juice. From the pulp, boil the syrup, adding to it a kilogram of sugar and a pinch of vanilla. In the resulting syrup pour in the cranberry juice, boil and cool. Pour 700-800 gr. Vodka and insist 2-3 days.

By the way, to any berry tincture you can add scented herbs, such as lemon balm, mint, kalgan. They will give the drink a refined and original taste.

Now you know how to make a tincture of alcohol and berries. Experiment, adding different ingredients, surprise your guests with new drinks.