Ingredients for homemade hawthorn wine

10 pounds of white wine, 2 pounds of hawthorn, 2 pounds of white sugar (or an appropriate amount of xylitol and sweetener)

Homemade hawthorn Wine utensils

One container larger than 15L

Applicable to ceramic containers, glass containers, plastic steel containers, and stainless steel containers. Copper, iron, aluminum and toxic containers are prohibited.

Preparation of home-brewed hawthorn wine

1. Add 10 kilograms of loose liquor to 10 kilograms of water (raw water, cold boiled water, mineral water, softened water can be used) and reduce the content by 25% (v/ v) or so, put it into a container larger than 15L for later use.

2. Select large cotton ball hawthorns and remove miscellaneous fruits, rotten fruits, diseased fruits and impurities. Rinse quickly with clean water (do not rinse for too long) and drain the remaining water.

3. Crush the hawthorns that have been drained of water and should be broken into pieces.

Soaking in home-brewed hawthorn wine

Put the crushed hawthorn into the reduced-alcohol liquor, stir evenly, seal and soak for more than 15 days. Stir every other day.

Filtering the home-brewed hawthorn wine

After soaking the hawthorns until the end, remove the hawthorns and filter the remaining wine with gauze.

Home-brewed hawthorn wine with sugar

Add 2 pounds of sugar to water, put on the fire and stir continuously until the pot boils, it turns slightly yellow and remove from the fire, slowly add the sugar and water after it cools

Things to note when brewing home-made hawthorn wine:

1. In autumn, hawthorns are full of juice and suitable for wine making.

2. The hawthorns in early spring have become sandy, and the wine yield is low. 3 pounds of hawthorn produce 1 pound of liquor. Moreover, the temperature in early spring is low and the fermentation speed is slow.

3. You don’t need to add high-quality white wine. Adding white wine will help fermentation.

4. After filtration, the wine will become clearer as time goes by.