A great way to apple processing - especiallyfor those who have a fruit orchard in their dacha, plot or in a private house - home brewing is the best. Moonshine from apple juice is quite common, and even, one can say, democratic drink. After all, the fruits of different varieties are found everywhere, and when forcing them out excellent fruit drink, or "homemade calvados."
By the way, some any apple juice moonshineor apples are combined together under this name, which is not entirely correct, since real Calvados suggests special aging technology in oak barrels, which saturate it with original and unique aroma and apple flavor with hints of wood.
General Provisions
The recipes of this drink are notthey are of particular complexity, and most importantly - after the qualitatively performed distilling, they practically do not require additional curtsy: beautification, odor removal. And all this because of the pleasant and savory aroma of fruit, which has moonshine from apple juice or apples. And to get the brew you can recommend and apples, and the cake from the processing, and unclarified juice.
Yes, by the way, it is best if the fruits are from different varieties, in this case, the final product will contain a special mixed bouquet and aroma from each of the varieties.
Moonshine from apple juice. Recipe
Make homemade brago from the readyJuice is much easier than directly from whole fruits. Perhaps that is why those who have an annual abundance in the apple garden prefer to put these methods into action. Juices can be used any: as natural, freshly squeezed, and past thermal preservation and cooking. It is noticed that from the natural juices (especially the so-called blend), the resulting final product will be the most fragrant and with a fully saturated taste. The choice of juice as a raw material is relevant, if you have a good-quality juicer, and the volume of the crop itself allows you to do a juicer.
What can be produced at home
Из данного сырья просто нужно попробовать сделать home-made calvados. And by the way, you can also prepare a volume of natural product on the juice for future use as raw materials, in order to make tinctures from it, experimenting with the taste gamut.
The basic method is quite simple:the juice with pulp is diluted with sugar, yeast is introduced, then - the aging of the mash takes place, followed by distillation. It is possible and popular recipe for moonshine from apple juice, reminiscent of the way that Georgian chacha matures, but in this case, the apples must be the sweetest, ripe, juicy. Fruits also need to be cleaned from seeds and take the softest, but not rotten.
Those wishing to make in the conditions of the kitchen homeCalvados should buy a barrel of oak, where the subsequent aging of the drink will occur. The normal and effective replacement of the keg will be the use of oak chips, which are smashed and loaded into a prepared container with alcohol expelled from the juice. The very process of insisting should be more than six months (and better - a year). Of course, not every self-skater will take time, and will definitely want to try. But for these purposes there is a method of making a quicker, but less aromatic, drink that only reminds Calvados. For these purposes, spices are taken plus vanilla in a certain amount.
Braga from apple juice for moonshine. Recipe
Braga, of course, basic and unchangeableingredient for brewing a good drink. The easiest and most popular set of ingredients: for every five liters of juice we take a kilo of sugar and 20 grams of pressed yeast. Then you just have to ferment the wort pretty quickly and everything will be as it should. But in this case, the taste of the brew will be a bit "yeast." If you are not accustomed to rush, if you do not like the taste of store yeast, then the advice: instead of them, use the slightly fermented raisins of ordinary grapes. They live on the culture of natural wine yeast, which is used for making wine. Just before the “starter” you should try not to wash the raisins, in particular - do not pour boiling water, as some housewives like to do, so that supposedly harmful germs are destroyed. From this procedure, all yeast can die, in the mash - not ferment.
Another recommendation
Сахар-песок лучше всего растворить в малом the amount of heated juice, and then mix with the main amount of wort in a fermentation vessel. Processes for the manufacture of home brew in this (yeast-free) case will take a longer time than in a yeast recipe, and can even go up to a month in their length. But the taste will be much thinner.
General Provisions
Braga from apple juice for moonshine is,definitely the product of fermentation. So, if there is at least a slight gas separation, the use of hydraulic locks is required. It is an indispensable condition to make home-brewed apple juice. In the process of fermentation, the mass does not require constant mixing, and the final alcoholic beverage will not need filtration, clarification, or additional efforts to improve the taste. It will be enough just to separate the fermented juice from the precipitated yeast. A homemade Calvados is driven out according to the traditional scheme: the separation of heads and tails. It is also possible to overtake a second time, for additional purification of the product, but then some taste qualities may be lost.
Gate
So, first of all, in order to prepare the correct home-brew from apple juice at home, it is necessary to put a water seal on the container. It is done according to the traditional pattern.
It is necessary to stop the access of oxygen from the surrounding.space, as this leads to the fact that raw materials do not ferment, but sour. The water gate is designed to release carbon dioxide, which is formed during fermentation, and prevents the contact of the brew with open air. Of course, the necessary fixture can be bought in the store or ordered online. But not the fact that it will fit in size on the capacity chosen for moonshine making. Therefore, many people prefer to make a water seal with their own hands.
The most popular among people can be with confidencename the device, converted from a dropper, bought in a pharmacy. In order to make such a device, you need to cut off the plastic tube from the dropper, and close the container with the future brazka into it tightly. In the center of the lid, make a hole corresponding to the diameter of the tube and, inserting one tip there, insulate tightly. And the second end of the tube to bring, for example, in a glass of water (to limit the access of air). During fermentation, the system will emit characteristic “bullets”, indicating that the process takes place on a schedule. As soon as these signals cease, it tells us that the mash is ready, and it’s time to kick out the moonshine!
From homemade apple wine
Preparation of moonshine from apple juice -the process is not too time consuming. But even more it can be simplified using the ready-made "mash" - a young wine made from apples. The drink is usually converted into a moonshine in those cases when it “did not work out”, that is, it does not satisfy certain taste qualities, but it is still a pity to pour out such good. Usually, such a wine, due to improper use of technology, is already in the first stage of acetic transformation or has various fungal diseases that make its taste not quite pleasant, to say the least (well, if it is a completely frank drink, it is still better to pour out for distillation). Fruit wine in this case should be considered as if well cleaned and clarified wort. In addition, any special requirements for this natural product should not be presented, as it is of rather high quality.
In this case, the wine is poured into the hardware capacityfor further action, and you can not add anything there. These actions, as already mentioned, can significantly simplify production. In the future, distillation occurs in moonshine by the traditional method of heating and subsequent distillation. It should be noted that when the moonshine apparatus has a sukhoparnik or distillation column, one distillation will suffice, separating the heads and tails. This is followed by cleaning with a carbon filter. Otherwise, for the distillation of a quality final product, we need double distillation. Some use and additional insisting on dried fruit or sliced fresh apples to enhance the apple flavor.
Homemade calvados with oak notes
How to make moonshine from apple juice so that itresembled this world-famous drink that gained popularity in certain years, thanks to the works of Remarque? The whole secret is that apple brew (for recipes for making mash from juice, see above) must be insisted in oak barrels for quite a long time (at least six months), like, for example, brandy. Apple brandy then acquires a distinctive flavor that many connoisseurs liked so much. Of course, for these purposes it would be best to purchase a small oak barrel made by the master. But if you do not have it at hand, do not be discouraged. It is quite possible to replace the specific capacity with oak spill. It must be taken from 20 to 60 grams per liter, which is supposed to insist. Here, the dosage is done empirically, according to personal tastes and preferences, but still try not to overdo it, otherwise tannins can clog the basic tone - apple!
