Often, a party with friends can not do withoutalcoholic beverages. For complete confidence in the quality of the products, preference should be given to homemade tinctures and wines. "What is the difference between these drinks?"
Rowan tincture on vodka
To create a drink, in addition to berries, you will needvodka and sugar. First of all, rowan should be washed several times (until the water is completely clean) and dried. Then the berries need to crush, using, for example, a fork or mortar. Next, the raw material is placed in a glass container (a bottle or jar with a capacity of no more than a liter), filling it almost to the top, not reaching the edge by about 3-5 cm. We pour the berries with vodka so that it covers them completely. Tara tightly corked and leave to insist for a couple of weeks. Occasionally you need a vessel in this
The role of sugar in cooking
At this time comes the use of sugar -prepare syrup from it. For this, the product is dissolved in a small volume of water. If you want to get a specific, bitter rowan aftertaste, then on a liter jar of tincture should be added no more than half a glass of sugar. If there is a desire to get enough sweet likeness of liquor, then the product will need more. In this matter, you need to rely on your own taste. So, add sugar syrup to the boil, add to the resulting tincture, pour it into the container, cork and leave the drink alone for another week. In this way, natural quality ashberry is obtained.
Properties of the drink and contraindications
In addition to the pleasant taste, tincture cookedfrom mountain ash, has the ability to relieve a severe cold and painful pains of the head. However, this medicine has contraindications. It is strictly prohibited rowan tincture to women during pregnancy and lactation, as well as to people whose body has a tendency to form blood clots, increased blood clotting.
Для приготовления, помимо 500 мл алкогольного drink, you need honey and sugar, oak bark in the amount of a tablespoon of each and 2 pcs. dried cloves. Of course, the composition of the tincture includes rowan berries, which will require one glass. First of all, it is necessary to boil oak bark in water for at least half an hour with the lid closed. After the broth should be added cloves and cool it. When the liquid becomes warm, you need to dissolve the honey and sugar in it. In the resulting broth are added pre-pounded berries of mountain ash and brandy. Leave the drink for 3-4 hours to insist. After that, squeeze the mixture using a thick cloth. Rowan tincture is ready. Keep it in the refrigerator, tightly corked in bottles of dark color.
