Among other things, the grape variety is also responsible for the taste of the Georgian chacha, which is why it is better to give preference to slightly more sugary berries that enrich the drink with natural sweetness, or to sweeten the chacha yourself.
Details about several recipes of chacha from grapes at home are described below.
Recipe for chacha from grapes at home
If you cook chacha from a sugary fresh grapes, and not a cake, then this is the ideal basis for a classic drink. Before the preparation of berries is strictly forbidden to wash, exactly, as well as cleanse from the bones, which give the saturation of the drink.
Ingredients:
- water - 1 part;
- grapes - 2 parts.
Preparation
Before you make a chacha from the grapes, the grapes themselves are sorted, removing the spoiled berries, and then pour into the enameled pot and begin to crush. Make sure that almost every one of the berries is crushed. Pour in the water, making sure that about 10% of the pan volume is left empty. Next, put the drink to ferment under the septum. Once in a couple of days it will be necessary to mix the wandering base of the Chacha to break the film from the popping grapes, on which mildew does not often settle. Fermentation takes place in the warmth and takes from one month.
The fermented beverage is passed through cheesecloth, the cake is squeezed well and collected in a bag. The very same brew is poured into a container for distillation and hang a bag with a cake in the liquid. Primary distillation does not imply a division into fractions, it should be completed when the strength of the drink falls below 30 degrees. After measuring the strength of the obtained beverage by any preferred method and reducing it to 20%, start the second distillation. The first 10% of distilled liquids pour out - it is dangerous for consumption, and the rest is distilled, waiting for the fall of the fortress to 45%.
Preparation of chacha from grapes at home is completed, it remains to dilute the drink to 40% and leave in cool for a couple of days before consumption.
Chacha from a cake of grapes in house conditions
After obtaining grape juice , the cake can be used to make chacha.
Ingredients:
- grape cake - 1 part;
- water - 2 parts;
- sugar - 0.5 parts.
Preparation
The latter ingredient is not necessary when using sugary grapes, if you are making chacha from isabella grapes and other similar varieties, sugar is mandatory.
Dilute the cake warm (no more than 25 degrees) with water and pour the sugar. After mixing, the container is placed under the hydraulic seal and sent to ferment in heat for about a month or more, focusing on the completion of carbon dioxide emissions.
After the fermentation, the drink is passed through the cheesecloth, the cake is squeezed and discarded, and the liquid is distilled (without dividing into fractions) until the strength falls to 30%. The finished distillate is diluted to 20% and again distilled. The first 10-12% of alcohol poured out - this is a dangerous for the health of the harmful faction, which is popularly called "head". The rest of the liquid - the "body" of the drink - is distilled before the fall of the fortress in a stream below 40%. The finished beverage is then diluted to the desired strength in the range of 40 to 60 degrees.
Chacha can be drunk immediately after distillation, but experienced manufacturers of home-made alcohol recommend leaving the drink for a couple of days in a cool, so that its taste could fully form and open to the taster in all its glory.