Tincture call alcoholic drink which fortress varies ranging from eighteen to sixty degrees. Tincture turns out as a result of interaction of aqueous-alcoholic solution and fruit, berries, spices or herbs. One of the most popular tinctures — mountain ash.
Instruction
1. Receiving good tincture demands time so it is necessary to stock up with patience. Preparation of drink will take three weeks about half a year.
2. It should be noted that tinctures differ from other type of home-made alcoholic beverages — fruit liqueurs. They turn out sbrazhivaniy or simple addition of in advance made fruit drink to alcohol. In tincture essential oils and fragrant substances pass into alcohol directly from berries for this reason preparation of this drink and takes so much time. Various hard liquors from gin to whisky also will be suitable for creation of tinctures, however it is simpler to work with alcohol as it isn't necessary to mask or beat initial taste of drink.
3. All tinctures can be divided into bitter, spicy and sweet. They differ in taste and fortress. Bitter and spicy tinctures usually have fortress from thirty to sixty degrees, and sweet — from eighteen to twenty five.
4. The basic recipe of bitters on a rowan or other berries is very simple. Fill suitable capacity on two thirds with well washed out berries. If you collected a rowan to the first frosts, before preparation of drink it it is possible and it is necessary to take some time in the freezer, it will soften its taste. Fill in the remained space with alcohol or vodka (this option becomes more and more popular as to buy alcohol quite difficult), it is desirable to fill in liquid under the cover, it will save it from oxidation.
5. Close capacity a cover or a dense rag, put to the dark place at least for three weeks. Stir up drink each three-four days. Then filter the turned-out tincture through several layers of fabric or a funnel with the filter, fill in in a clean can or a bottle, leave in the cool dark place for several weeks.
6. To make sweet rowan tincture, to ready bitter add a sugar syrup. You can be guided by the flavoring preferences, but usually on each liter of tincture add primerno250 milliliters of a sugar syrup. To receive a sugar syrup, warm up identical amount of water and sugar on fire, constantly stirring slowly. Mix of tincture and syrup needs to be warmed up on fire too, but not to boil at all. Cool the turned-out liquid, pour on large bottles. Instead of a sugar syrup it is possible to use usual honey.