Red rowan grows throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Orange-red brushes delight us with their views from September to frost. Rowan adorns the city parks and squares, is found in forests and in private plots. In addition to the external beauty, one of the ways to use it - homemade rowan wine. Such a drink will not only please your guests with its exoticness and taste, but also will be useful to the body due to the substances it contains.
Useful properties of rowan wine
The use of mountain ash is due to a large vitamin complex, which is part of it. The amount of ascorbic acid in rowan berries is greater than in red currants, and vitamin A (in ripe berries) is greater than in carrots. 
Did you know? The drink gets a red or yellow tint due to the fact that in the process of fermentation, the wine is painted the color of the peel. Therefore, the color of rowan wine can be from golden and calm orange to bright red.
In the composition of the berries are present:
- vitamins - A, B1, B2, P, PP, E, K;
- macro- and microelements - iron, copper, manganese, iodine, zinc, potassium, magnesium;
- organic acids - malic, citric, succinic;
- flavonoids;
- phytoncides;
- essential oil;
- amino acids;
- P-vitamin tannins;
- pectin and bitter substances.
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The effect of rowan berries on the body:
- help in regulating the psycho-emotional sphere of the body with lethargy, apathy, neurosis, sleep disorders and depressive disorders;
- improve eyesight, reduce dry eyes;
- support immunity;
- promote metabolic processes in various systems of the body;
- stimulate digestion;
- facilitate the work of the liver;
- have a prophylactic effect on the thyroid gland;
- reduce the likelihood of strokes, control the work of the heart;
- have a tonic effect on the body;
- help in the fight against obesity;
- lower cholesterol;
- regulate the hormonal sphere of women with menopause;
- contribute to the reduction of chronic inflammatory processes.
Important! Rowan wine is contraindicated in patients with hemophilia.
This drink is recommended for:
- anemia;
- avitaminosis;
- general lethargy of the body;
- arthritis;
- gout;
- blood pressure;
- overweight.
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Selection of raw materials for cooking
Rowan berries are dense, not susceptible to pests or rot. Therefore, all the berries that you pick from the tree, you can use to make a drink. In addition, at the end of autumn the air is not as saturated with dust as it is in summer, thanks to which the rowan crop will contain less harmful substances. It is believed that it is necessary to collect mountain ash after the first frost, since it is cold that removes bitterness from the berries. Depending on the region, the first frost may hit in November or October. 
Berry preparation
The main thing in the processing of berry raw materials is to prevent bitterness in the finished drink. If it is not possible to collect the berry after frost - put the collected mountain ash in the freezer for about a day. No need to wash the berries. Whitish plaque on the fruit will need to organize the fermentation process.
Important! Rowan berries before cooking wine can not be washed. Washing will wash away the specific bloom from the berries and reduce their ability to ferment.
Ingredients
In addition to berries, you need only the most ordinary products:
- rowan - 10 kg;
- water - 4 l;
- sugar - 2 kg;
- Raisin - 150 g.
In the preparation of rowan wine, some of the water may be replaced by apple or grape juice. As a result, you get drinks with different shades of taste.Classic red ash wine
The procedure is as follows:
- Berries taken out of the freezer should be filled with boiling water for half an hour. Repeat the procedure twice. The purpose of pouring - to reduce the amount of tannins. The fewer they are, the lower the astringency.
- Mince the berries through a meat grinder, and then squeeze the juice out of them. You can squeeze the juice as a juicer, and in the old way, through cheesecloth. It is believed that gauze spinning is better because it allows less pulp to pass through.
- Pour hot water for 6 hours. After that, it must be pressed.
- Mix pure juice and juice from the second spin.
- Add half the sugar and raisins.
- Pour the wort into the bottle and leave to ferment for several days.
- A sign of wort readiness is the appearance of a sour smell.
- At this stage, it is filtered, add the remaining sugar and leave the bottle to ferment. To roam the drink will be 2-3 weeks.
- Now the drink is carefully poured into sterilized bottles and sealed.
- Put the containers in a tight dark place for 4 months. During this time, the contents of the bottle stand and a precipitate forms at the bottom. After 4 months, you need to drain the finished product again - so that the precipitate does not get into the new tank.
Video: rowan wine at home
Important! Red wines are strong antioxidants. Therefore, mountain ash is not just useful, but must be in the diet of hypertensive patients. It should take 2 tbsp. spoon 2 times a day.
Fermentation
To organize the process of fermentation of the wort, two natural components are used: whitish bloom on berries and unwashed raisins. A feature of the rowan wine is that the berries do not wash, but pour boiling water before cooking the wort. The first few days, while the wort is fermenting, the bottles should stand in a warm and dark place. Air temperature should be 18 ° C.
The fermentation process takes place within 2 weeks at a temperature of 20-30 ° C, in a dark place. At this time, air bubbles will rise to the top, and the precipitate from the berries will sink to the bottom of the bottle. The bottle is covered with a rubber medical glove with punctured fingers. During the fermentation process, the glove will inflate and excess air will flow out of it. At the end of the process the glove will drop. 
Ripening, overflow
Ripen young wine will be 4 months. During this time, a precipitate forms at the bottom. Pouring the contents into the final container, it is necessary to ensure that the sediment remains in the previous one. Willingness of wine at any stage of settling is determined by the presence of sediment.
Storage
Store the finished product at a temperature of 15 ° C in a dark place. Glass bottles are best for this. Wine of the first year will be dark in color - this is one of its features. In the second year, it brightens. Its taste is improved as it insists and gains strength.
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What to bring to the table
One of the basic rules of wine etiquette is the following: the more complex the taste of a wine, the simpler the dish should be served with it, and vice versa. Rowan red well complements meat dishes. Pure rowan wine will be perfectly combined with lamb, pilau, kebab, game - they have a rich, bright taste that will be perfectly shaded by wine. You can also serve all the dishes that are cooked on the grill. 
Generally, red wine is usually served with red meat. If you made a sweet wine, then it should be served with dessert. This drink can also be used for medicinal purposes - then it is taken in a few tablespoons before the main meal.
Did you know? From the point of view of botany, the fruits of mountain ash are not called berries, but ... apples.Enter this fine wine into your diet. It will perfectly lift your spirits and, in combination, will work as a therapeutic agent that strengthens the immune system, regulates the cardiovascular system and the gastrointestinal tract. Moreover, the effort for its manufacture requires quite a bit.
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