Alcohol tinctures have a pleasant aroma and unusual taste. Many use them in traditional medicine, because they have healing properties. Especially good, such drinks cope with colds, but the dosage must be observed.
We present the 10 best recipes for alcohol tinctures: delicious and quick options for making homemade alcohol.
10. On apples
Choose apples winter grades, they are harder and do not fall apart ahead of time, otherwise they will ruin the tincture. Rinse and peel the apples. Then cut into cubes and pour into a jar.
Pour the apples with alcohol so that it completely covers the apples. Clean for two weeks in a dark place. Then strain the drink through cheesecloth. Make sweet syrup from water and sugar. Dissolve sugar and water over low heat, stir until sugar dissolves. Mix tincture and syrup.
Bottle the resulting tincture and dilute it with water. Apples can also be used for cooking. For example, for desserts, but do not forget that they are with alcohol, so they should be given only to adults.
9. On chokeberry
Berries need to be prepared. If you have frozen berries, then they should not be thawed. Sort and rinse them. Then crush with a rolling pin, but do not turn it into slurry. Pour in all the alcohol and pour sugar. Shake the tincture until the sugar has dissolved.
Leave for a week in a dark, cool place. Shake up every two days so that sugar does not settle to the bottom. Ready aronia tincture need to strain through cheesecloth, folded several times. Keep refrigerated until handy.
8. On the red rowan
Brandy is very popular among lovers of tinctures. Most often used red rowan. First of all, sort the berries. Pour the berries into a bowl and add sugar. Fill everything with alcohol and put in a dark place for a month.
Add alcohol if the berries absorb liquid. After a month, drain the tincture and pour the berries with alcohol again. Leave on for three to four weeks. Then mix both tinctures with each other. Strain through cheesecloth so that the drink is not cloudy. This infusion is taken to improve the digestive tract or increase appetite.
7. On the viburnum
This tincture has a huge amount of nutrients. In addition, tinctures on viburnum pleasant aroma and beautiful color.
First of all, you need to slightly freeze the berries. Then wash them in cold water and pass through a colander. After all the water flows out, you need to dry the berries. Crush them a little and fill with alcohol.
Tincture on viburnum has a sour taste, if you want to avoid this, add sugar. You need to insist for at least three weeks. Shaking the contents of the can every two to three days. Cool the drink in the refrigerator and then you can drink it.
6. On sea buckthorn
Sea buckthorn possesses a huge amount of vitamins and other beneficial substances. During tincture, the berry transfers its substances to liquids.
Prepare the berries for tincture. They need to be sorted out, washed, dried and crushed a little. Then pour sugar on the berries and pour everything with alcohol. Insist for at least two weeks. These berries can once again pour alcohol and make more tinctures.
Leave in a cold place. Tincture will reach full readiness after 6 months. Sea buckthorn gives a unique taste and pleasant aftertaste. In stores, you can often find tincture with sea buckthorn, but it is better to do it yourself.
5. On raspberries
Raspberry It is known for its beneficial properties and pleasant taste, and in addition it is able to give the drink an aroma and beautiful color. And the availability of this berry makes it just a treasure for lovers of homemade tinctures.
In the absence of fresh ones at hand, store berries are also suitable. They should be slightly frozen, so the berry gives away better nutrients. First you need to make a syrup, for this you need to mix sugar with water and bring to a boil.
Add raspberries to the syrup and boil water for another three minutes. Allow to cool and add alcohol to the solution and close with a tight lid so that no air enters the jar and no debris enters.
Tincture needs to stand at least two weeks, but better longer. For every two to three days, the liquid must be shaken. After that, after the specified period, filter the drink through cheesecloth to remove sediment and pulp.
For bottling, it is better to choose from dark glass. A drink packaged in this way will not lose its taste and health benefits, and when stored in the refrigerator, the tincture can be stored for many years.
4. On tea and cardamom
This tincture can be used during colds and it copes with its task. For three liters of alcohol you will need 15 pieces of green cardamom and a handful of green tea.
Grind the cardamom together with the peel in the mortar and pour everything into a jar. Add green tea and add alcohol. Leave for a month in a dark place and mix several times during this time. Filter the tincture and put it in the refrigerator. This unusual tincture is sure to be appreciated by all your guests.
3. Ginger
Recipe ginger tincture very simple and unpretentious, reminds pepper tincture. First you need to peel the ginger root by peeling it off. Grate the prepared ginger. Add some honey and alcohol.
It is necessary that the honey is completely dissolved, so mix the tincture well. After that, close the jar tightly and leave it alone for two weeks, shake the contents every two days. A useful tincture of ginger is ready.
2. Limoncello
Lemon tincture on alcohol It has a rich citrus flavor and a refreshing effect. The use of this drink in small quantities before meals helps increase appetite and improve digestion.
To prepare it you will need:
- alcohol (moonshine or vodka);
- one or two lemons;
- a glass of sugar.
Gently remove the peel from the washed lemon, finely chop it with a knife. With peeled lemon you need to get as much lemon juice as possible, which must be filtered. To do this, use a juicer.
Mix chopped peels with juice and granulated sugar. After that, add alcohol to the resulting drink and insist for a week. The finished drink needs to be filtered again and put in the refrigerator.
1. Borodino tincture
This is a drink for real men. It has a pleasant bread taste and it is not difficult to make it, the main thing is to be patient.
First, take care of pearl barley, which must be carefully sorted, and then washed. Dry with a clean and dry towel, then pour into a dry frying pan. Put the pan over medium heat, fry the barley to a light golden color. After pour the cereal from the pan onto a flat plate and leave to cool.
Pour cumin and coriander into a jar. Then add the cooled cereal. Fill everything with alcohol and leave for three weeks. Do not forget to shake the drink every two to three days.
The finished tincture should have a golden color. Try a drink, if it’s not sweet enough, add some honey. Bottle and store in the refrigerator. The aroma of tincture is similar to Borodino bread.