A real chacha from grapes at home: how to do?

How to make chacha from grapes, almost every citizen of Georgia knows. After all, the homeland of such an alcoholic beverage is precisely the represented state. However, this does not mean that such fruit vodka is not cooked in other localities. Moreover, chacha in other Caucasian countries is made not only from grapes, but also from mandarins, figs, oranges, and cherry plums.

Chacha from grapes at home: how to cook

Required components:

• Grape cake, left after cooking wine - 15 kg;
• Sand sugar - 5 kg;
• Purified drinking water - 5 liters.

Selection and processing of the main ingredient

Chacha from grapes at home is prepared only from unripe fruits and berries. However, some families of the Caucasian people make such an alcoholic drink from the cake that remains of the wine. It is this product that can wander well, which subsequently will necessarily affect the strength of vodka and its taste.

Brewing process

Chacha from grapes in the home should be prepared in a large glass bottle. In it, you need to put the whole grape cake, and then pour in the sugar and pour in the purified drinking water. Then the components must be mixed, loosely covered with a lid or gauze and leave in this state for 5-7 days. It is worth noting that the higher the temperature in the room, the faster the ferment will drink.

In the process of fermentation, a chacha made from grapes cooked at home must be stirred at least once a day (preferably with a wooden stick).

After the surface of the fermented mixture must remove all the floating mash, and the remaining brew to pour into the distillation apparatus. After the 1st treatment, the chacha is considered ready, but many experts on this issue say that it is extremely necessary to have the second distillation, which will remove all its fusel odor from the drink.

The final stage in the preparation

When the second distillation of fruit vodka is completed, the resulting alcoholic beverage should be poured over dry and clean bottles, and then placed in a not very warm and dark place for about 38-40 days. During this time the chacha is infused, and it can be safely submitted to the festive table.

How to check the quality of a drink

As you can see, cooking chacha from grapes can drag on for many months. But such a long wait is surely justified. After all, the drink, made according to the above-described recipe, has a refined taste and aroma of grapes, which each guest will appreciate during the festive feast.

In order to check the quality of the chacha of your own preparation, you should dip your finger into it and immediately set it on fire. If the drink completely burns out without leaving a burn, then the fruit vodka is made correctly. By the way, the real Georgian chacha from grapes gives soothing effect, and also never causes a hangover. In addition, from this drink you can not make any mixtures and cocktails, since it should be consumed exclusively in pure form.