How to make chacha from grapes at home

Chacha is considered a strong alcoholic drink, which began its history in Georgia. Visit any Georgian cafe or restaurant and on the menu you will definitely see this kind of strong alcohol. Let's find out together whether it is possible to independently prepare a similar drink, if you are not from the country of the highlanders.

Chacha - classics of the genre

• grape cake - 10 l.
• granulated sugar - 6.5 kg.
• purified water - 30 liters.

1. The main component for the preparation of a strong drink is mash. Such a product can be easily obtained from the grape cake that remained from the production of wine. In rare cases, home brew is obtained from whole fruits. Classic Chacha Georgian recipe is made from water and husks. Yeast and sugar are not always used.
2. If you were making wine from the fruits of the Isabella variety, then you will have to add sugar to the cake to make chacha.Such grapes have a low sugar content. Adding water will be required in order to reduce the high acidity of the raw materials. Get down to preparing. Gather grapes and get rid of all the excess, wash it is prohibited.
3. Whitish plaque that is on the fruit, acts as wild yeast. The result is a natural fermentation process. Crush the grapes in any way possible, the procedure can be carried out together with the ridges. To make the process much easier and faster, it is recommended to use a drill with a special nozzle or a large mixer.
4. Remember, to make a Georgian drink, you only need a squeeze. Pour the juice into a separate container; a delicious wine will be made from it. Consider, in the recipe, the values ​​(quantity of oil cake), which are obtained from freshly squeezed fruits, are given. If you are going to take cake, which is already fermented from wine, its amount must be increased by 2 times.
5. Then go to the fermentation procedure. Send the squeeze into a suitable container, add sugar and pour water. The liquid should be at room temperature.Consider the amount of sugar you need to add, focusing on the indicators of the sugar meter. In his wort should be from 20 to 25%. To speed up the process, it is allowed to resort to the help of wine yeast. The procedure will take from 14 to 21 days.
6. The fermentation process should take place at room temperature from 20 to 25 degrees. The duration of the process depends on many factors. As practice shows, the mash will be ready after 1-2 months. In the allotted period, regularly stir the wort and drown the cap, which will rise to the surface. Willingness is determined by the termination of gas and the presence of alcohol odor.
7. After that, press the mash from the mash. This procedure is carried out if you decide to take the ferry in the classic moonshine. Manipulation helps to avoid burning solid particles. It is permitted not to filter if you use a steam boiler. The drink will turn out with a richer flavor.
8. Send the finished home brew in a distillation cube. Perform double distillation. The first time you get raw alcohol. Distill the mash at maximum power to get water. As a result, you will have about 12 liters.moonshine raw. His fortress will be from 30 to 40 degrees.
9. The second distillation will be fractional. First, separate the head fraction. This will be 10% of alcohol (approximately 380 ml.). The head fraction is used exclusively for technical purposes, as it is very harmful to humans. Increase heat and separate the fraction you can drink. The result should be about 4 liters. quality chacha. Her fortress will reach up to 90 degrees.
10. In the final stage, the refining and maturation of the drink takes place. Dilute chacha with purified water. Get a drink strength from 45 to 70 degrees. Spread the composition in glass containers and seal the lids. Hold the drink for 1 month.

Chacha on yeast

Thanks to this method of preparation, the fermentation of the wort will be much faster, you will need about 10 days. When adding yeast, chacha will retain unsurpassed aromatic and taste qualities.

For the recipe will require:

• granulated sugar - 2.4 kg.
• grape marc - 4.8 l.
• purified water - 14.5 liters.
• briquette / dry yeast - 240 or 45 gr., respectively

1. Depending on what type of yeast you prefer to use, they must be put according to the recommendations on the pack.Prepare a container, pour in it a squeeze with yeast, enter granulated sugar.
2. Bring the water up to the desired temperature (22-24 degrees) in advance, fill it with components. Do not use boiling or excessively hot liquid, so as not to kill the yeast bacteria.
3. Stir the ingredients thoroughly, place a glove or water seal on the container. Choose a place to insist with a temperature regime of about 30 degrees. Leave the tara in the dark.
4. We must not forget about the infusion, knead the contents every couple of days and wear a glove again. When the fermentation is complete, the glove will fall on its side. You will notice that the composition has become light and bitter in taste.
5. Remove the mash from the sediment, filter by using 5-6 layers of gauze fabric. Fill the resulting composition with a cube for distillation, remove the moonshine until the fortress drops to 30%.
6. Before you re-conduct the stage, dilute the mash with purified water to obtain a 20% feed. Eliminate approximately 10% of the composition you received at the very beginning. It accumulates toxic compounds for humans.
7. In the process of producing chacha, the moonshine is taken away until the moment when the fortress becomes 40%. The resulting product is diluted with water to gain 40 degrees. Next, chacha is left in the cold for 3 days.

The impact of chacha on the body

1. In our country, the drink is consumed with a different purpose, but most often it prevents various viral diseases. It saves from colds and improves immunity.
2. If you take the composition in small doses, there will be no harm. Alcoholic medicine will improve the activity of the digestive system, relieve blood pressure surges, normalize the psycho-emotional environment of a person.
3. Composition based on grape marc is considered a cure for cancer. Especially effective drink affects the lungs.
4. The undoubted advantage of chacha is the absence of hangover. Naturally, I mean a limited amount. If you are hypersensitive composition is contraindicated.
5. Chacha is contraindicated in categories of persons who have pathological changes in the heart muscle or circulatory system. Pregnancy and breastfeeding are in the category of prohibitions.

Subtleties of reception and norms of chacha

1. An interesting feature of this kind of drink is absolute ease of consumption. Despite the rather high degree, chacha literally “flies”.
2. In the process of consumption, it must first be heated in the hands, the drink must reach room temperature. As for the quantity, do not exceed the stack volume of 30-50 ml.
3. Tea can be drunk not only clean, but also as a component of a cocktail. She reveals her notes in room temperature drinks.
4. Extremely popular cocktail of 45 ml. Chachi, 140 gr. juice of grapes, a slice of lime and mashed mint. Such a composition can be pre-cooled, but not much.

Tips

1. Chacha, recently cooked, does not smell very much. This fragrance needs to be eliminated. Manganese crystals are used, they are added to the prepared drink. On 2 l. relies 1,5-2 crystals. After adding chacha insist in the dark for three days. Next, a precipitate appears, from which it is necessary to get rid of.
2. There is another way to get rid of the unpleasant smell. Throw a handful of cedar in the chacha, leave for 6-8 days in the dark for infusion. Then remove the nuts and filter the alcohol itself. It is possible to filter through ground activated carbon and gauze.

Chachu can be prepared by yourself, if you have certain knowledge.In addition, you must have all the necessary equipment. Follow the instructions and you will get a real Georgian drink.

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