Crafting Your Own Bayberry Wine at Home

bayberry wine

“At the moment, arbutus, one of the main seasonal fruits of property, is flooding the market. “Unlike other fruits, bayberries are very popular because they taste sweet and sour without harming the spleen.”

How to make bayberry wine

Step 1

Remove leaves and stalks from fresh bayberries and rinse with water

Remove leaves and stalks from fresh bayberries and rinse with water

Step 2

Pour arbutus into cold boiling water, water to not over arbutus

Pour arbutus into cold boiling water, water to not over arbutus

Step 3

Add a tablespoon of salt and stir it slightly to dissolve it. Slowly you can see that there are white insects crawling out of the bayberry

Add a tablespoon of salt and stir it slightly to dissolve it.

Step 4

Soak for 20 minutes, take out the bayberries and rinse them again with cool white leaves

Soak for 20 minutes, take out the bayberries and rinse them again with cool white leaves

Step 5

Gently drain the arbutus with a piece of kitchen paper, then lay it flat on a container that helps ventilate it and place it in a ventilated area to dry thoroughly

Gently drain the arbutus with a piece of kitchen paper

Step 6

Prepare a clean, water-free, oil-free, sealable jar with a wide mouth. Pour the dried bayberries into the jar and add rock sugar

Prepare a clean, water-free, oil-free, sealable jar with a wide mouth.

Step 7

Shake the container every two days, soak for more than 20 days, and serve

Shake the container every two days, soak for more than 20 days, and serve

Cooking techniques

1, before cleaning arbutus must not put the refrigerator, otherwise the bug froze to death, the small white bug can not bubble out;

2, pour, using layers of bayberries and rock sugar overlapping, that is, a layer of bayberries, a layer of rock sugar, into the bottle, and then pour all the wine;

3,There is no fixed ratio of bayberry, white wine and rock sugar, but the white wine must not pass the 1-2cm of bayberry;

4, bayberry wine after opening, to quickly separate the flesh and wine. Pour a small glass when drinking, can add ice cube, refreshing sweet;

5, big head, the color is dark red, feel dry, is ripe and good sweet bayberry. If you like sour some taste of arbutus wine should choose the bright red arbutus, because the red arbutus is actually not ripe, the taste is a little sour;

6, it is best to choose 45 degrees above, pure grain liquor qingxiang brewing. If you do not like the height of the liquor, you can choose a slightly lower degree of liquor, but it is best not less than 35 degrees;

7,Containers should be made of wide-mouth glass that can be sealed. Clean and oil-free.

Print Recipe

bayberry wine

Prep Time30 mins

Course: Fashion Drinks

Cuisine: Chinese

Keyword: bayberry wine

Servings: 2 people

Equipment(affiliate link)

• bottle

Ingredients(affiliate link)

• 400 g Bayberry

ingredient

• 1 spoon salt
• 150 g rock sugar
• 500 g wine