Another simple recipe that imitates the organoleptic properties of the original. To make cognac from vodka at home, you need oak bark, hawthorn and rosehip berries, as well as a few other readily available ingredients. It will turn out a soft drink of dark yellow color with a red tint, floral cognac aroma and oak notes.

Attention! Real cognacs and brandies are made by infusing double distilled grape distillate in oak barrels for at least three years. The recipe proposed in the article is just an attempt to recreate the color, taste and smell of cognac in a simpler, faster and more affordable way.

To prepare cognac tincture, use only pure vodka without additives (egg peel, birch buds, cranberries, lemon, etc.), since third-party impurities can give an unpredictable aftertaste. Also, vodka can be replaced with diluted to 40% ethyl or medical alcohol or double distillation moonshine.

Ingredients:

• vodka - 1 liter;
• oak bark - 2 teaspoons;
• rose hips (dry) - 8 grams (10 pieces);
• hawthorn berries (dry) - 10 grams (40 pieces);
• sugar (honey) - 1 tablespoon;
• cloves - 4 pieces (without hats, only legs);
• black tea - 1 teaspoon;
• nutmeg - 1 pinch.
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife (optional).

Bark and berries can be bought at the pharmacy. The addition of honey softens the tincture, but a light honey tint appears in the drink. The main thing is not to overdo it with vanilla, so that there are only weak notes.

vodka cognac recipe

1. Brew oak bark in boiling water (water layer is 2-3 cm higher) and leave for 10 minutes. Drain the decoction, rinse the bark in cold running water, then dry in the sun. Treatment with boiling water removes excess tannins, thanks to which there will be no smack of baseboard, characteristic of many “oak” tinctures.

2. Berries, cloves, nutmeg, tea and oak bark put in a jar for infusion.

3. Pour in vodka. Add sugar (honey) and vanilla. Stir, close the lid tightly.

4. Infuse for 25-30 days in a dark place at room temperature. Shake every 5 days.

5. Filter the finished cognac from vodka through several layers of gauze and cotton wool.

6. Pour into bottles for storage, seal tightly.

7. Before tasting, leave the drink for 1-2 days in a dark, cool place.

Shelf life - up to 5 years. Fortress 37-38%.

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Cognac is far from the cheapest drink, so its level of availability is not the highest (meaning real, high-quality cognac). Buying the one that costs a penny is not respecting yourself and your health, wanting to ruin it.

So, resourceful people have long come up with a way to drink good brandy and not spend a lot of money on it: they created recipes for homemade brandy from vodka.

Yes, we understand that it looks quite doubtful, but only at first glance. Preparing alcoholic drinks at home is not at all as difficult as it might seem: we told you about, and now we'll talk about cognac.

First, a couple of interesting facts: what is cognac?

Let's immediately burn all the bridges and say that only the one that is produced in six specific cru, that is, areas of one French province, produced with strict adherence to technology, is called cognac. The same story, by the way, with champagne - only that sparkling wine that is produced only in the Champagne region in France, and only it, can be called that.

Six cru (or seven appellations):

- Cognac. This is the name that can be used by any official cognac producer in that region.

- Grand Champagne or Grand Fine Champagne;

- Petit Champagne or Fin Petit Champagne;

- Borders;

- Feng Bua;

- Bon Bois;

- Bois Ordinaire.

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Moreover, the strict requirements for compliance with the technology of making cognac are not an exaggeration or a myth at all. In those six districts of the province of Charente, where real cognac is produced, there are even special bodies, the police, which checks whether this technology is fully observed.

You can go to jail not only for non-compliance with technology, but even for experiments with a drink that is practically sacred to them. And there were such precedents: manufacturers ended up in prison for several years and lost their license for the rest of their lives. This is how to offend the honor of French cognac!

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Although it would be necessary, of course, to clarify that cognac was invented not by the French at all, but by the Dutch. But that is another story.

So, remember once and for all: brandy (cognac)- this is only what is produced within the province that we have already mentioned above. Everything else is brandy. That is, if you walked 20 minutes from Charente to another province, all in the same France, and cognac is also produced there, it is still not cognac, but exclusively brandy.

Another question arises: why, then, on Russian-made drinks, the name “cognac” still boldly flaunts? But because the French are already tired of litigating and explaining to everyone, including Armenia and Georgia, that cognac can be produced only in one place in the world - theirs, and they gave up on this matter.

Next riddle: what is the difference between cognac and brandy?

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Nothing. It's basically the same thing, just with different names. Unless the preparation of cognac requires strict adherence to the rules.

The story will look even more confusing if we say that among connoisseurs and professionals, cognac is generally considered only a kind of brandy. But we will not tell the French about this - after all, they fought so hard to ensure that only that which is made in the province of Charente is called cognac.

More to the point: how is cognac made from vodka?

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As you already understood, you still won’t be able to do it at home - there are too many nuances and features in this process that must be observed. But, adhering to a different class of recipes, you yourself can produce a wonderful, tasty alcoholic drink that resembles cognac. But it is more correct to call it a tincture.

It will have a pleasant smell and quality taste, despite the fact that the recipe will be extremely far from the original.

Cognac recipe based on vodka with oak bark

This is one of the most delicious recipes for homemade cognac, which is prepared with oak bark, herbs and spices. Most likely, it will also appeal to those who have never tried cognac.

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What do you need:

Moonshine 50%

Oak bark

1 tbsp (can be bought at a pharmacy)

St. John's wort

1 st. l. (can be bought at a pharmacy)

Carnation

Allspice

Vanillin

Coriander

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How to cook:

The main secret of this recipe lies in the quality base: good vodka or moonshine.

Pour vodka or moonshine into a saucepan or jar;

Heat a spoonful of sugar over the fire, and when the sugar turns yellow and begins to melt, then add it to the container with the base (vodka or moonshine). In addition to oak bark, burnt sugar serves as an excellent dye;

Add all other ingredients;

Mix everything, close the container and put in a cool dark place. The drink should be infused for at least a month. As soon as you see that the liquid has become caramel or darker in color - it is ready;

Pour the finished drink through a strainer into those containers in which it is convenient for you to store it (bottles, jars).

№2

This recipe involves making homemade cognac from alcohol. Don't be scared, it's even interesting.

What do you need:

Alcohol (3 liters, remember to dilute it to 400)

Oak bark (3 tablespoons)

Sugar (take 3 tablespoons and prepare a thick syrup, “fry” the sugar until brown)

Rose hips (you can take dried - 10-15 pieces)

Black pepper (4-5 peas)

Large leaf tea (black, teaspoon)

St. John's wort (twig)

Raisins (tablespoon)

How to cook:

Soak rose hips with oak bark;

Mix all the ingredients and leave the jar of liquid in a dark place for a week;

After 7 days, remove the raisins (and prunes, if added) from the jar and leave for another two weeks;

Strain through a strainer, or rather cheesecloth, put it in the refrigerator again for a week;

Strain for the last time and you can try.

Properties of oak bark

This is a very useful component, and oak feed extract is used even in official pharmacology. This is a remedy that perfectly fights skin diseases, burns, inflammation of the mucous membranes, larynx.

Oak bark contains flavonoids (natural antioxidants) and tannins, which, interacting with proteins, form a protective barrier for tissues. Also pentosans with anti-inflammatory action, pectins, starch and sugar.

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Oak bark is used:

In diseases of the oral mucosa: stomatitis, tonsillitis, fragility of the gums (in the form of rinses);

With wounds and inflammation of the skin (in the form of ointments, tinctures);

To combat seborrhea;

With excessive sweating of the legs (baths with a decoction of oak bark).

Contraindications

If you are prone to allergies, then be careful - oak bark can cause allergies.

Recipe for homemade cognac with prunes

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Dried fruits are also very useful for your body, so homemade cognac with hints of prunes is a blessing. One of the most popular and beloved by Russian people is prunes.

Do you know what prunes are? It is a hybrid of sloe and plum. It is this unusual combination that gives a unique taste and strong aroma.

It is used in the preparation of strong alcoholic beverages such as cognac and whiskey.

№ 1

What do you need:

20 grams of dried prunes

Half a liter of vodka

1 teaspoon of granulated sugar

1 bag of strong black tea

A little cinnamon and vanilla

You can add cloves

How to cook:

Pour vodka into a jar and add all other ingredients;

Dip a tea bag into the jar;

Close the jar and shake well;

Keep the drink in a cold dark room for three days. If there is no opportunity to wait so long, then you can try in a day. Just be sure to strain several times through several layers of gauze.

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What do you need?

0.5 liters of vodka or diluted alcohol

5 prunes

3 allspice peas

1 clove inflorescence

Vanillin

How to cook

We place all the ingredients in a 2-liter jar;

We fill it all with alcohol;

Again, the mixture should be left in a cold, dark room for two weeks;

Strain through a strainer or cheesecloth and drink.

The taste will be gentle without the addition of sugar. In order for the drink to become fragrant and absorb all the notes of the added ingredients, you need at least a week and a half. In addition, the added spices soften the strength of alcohol.

№ 3

This is the shortest recipe imaginable - it's like making a light cocktail. But you can still try it only the next day.

What do you need:

One liter of quality vodka;

40 gr. prunes; - 2 tsp Sahara;

Not a large number of vanillin, cinnamon and cloves;

2 disposable black tea bags.

How to cook:

Place everything in a container and mix well;

Drop two tea bags;

Close the container and shake well;

Ideally, he needs to let it brew for at least three days, but if you can't wait, you can drink it for four days already. Just remember to strain it through cheesecloth.

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What do you need:

Oak bark

2 tbsp. spoons

Carnation

Nutmeg

Lemon juice

4 tbsp. spoons

2 tbsp. spoon prunes

How to cook:

Soak oak bark in boiling water;

Add sugar, spices, berries to the tincture and pour it all over with vodka;

Insist 2 weeks;

Strain through a strainer or cheesecloth.

Recipe for homemade cognac from vodka with almonds

What do you need:

Vodka (but grape moonshine 45-50% is better)

Almond

10 grams

10 grams

oak chips

5 grams

How to cook:

Soak oak chips in boiling water for a day;

Pour vodka into a container and add the resulting oak infusion to it;

Add almonds and raisins;

Close the mixture and insist for a month;

Strain and taste after 30-40 days.

Recipe with chocolate

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Unexpected, right? It is used for cognac tinctures for a variety of flavors, and only dark and bitter chocolate. With it, the aroma is even more incredible.

What do you need:

Vodka 0.5 l.

Shop brandy 0.2 ml

Bitter chocolate 60-85% cocoa beans

Sugar 100 gr.

Water 50 ml

Vanillin

How to cook:

Grind one bar of chocolate on a grater;

Add water, sugar and vanilla;

Put the mixture in a water bath and melt;

Add vodka, wood chips and ready-made cognac to the resulting cream, shake well;

Infuse for two weeks, shaking every 2, or even every day; Strain before tasting.

Recipe for homemade cognac on pine nuts

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Or, in Russian, nutcracker .

In general, nutcracker was previously used for medicinal purposes. Now, of course, this is no longer a cure, but the drink is known for not causing a hangover.

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What do you need:

Unpeeled pine nuts

orange peel

2-3 grams

Vanillin

Pinch

Fresh blackcurrant leaf

1 tablespoon moonshine (vodka diluted to 40-45% alcohol)

How to cook:

Pour the nuts with boiling water in a container and wait 5 minutes;

Merge and repeat the first and second paragraphs three times;

Transfer the nuts to a jar and mix them with orange zest, sugar, blackcurrant leaf and vanilla;

Pour all this with vodka and mix well;

Close the jar and put in a warm dark place for two weeks, shaking every couple of days;

Strain the resulting nutcracker and put the drink in a cool place for several more days. After that, you can drink.

Alternative

There will be a sharper taste and aroma. If you're ready for this, let's go.

What do you need:

Shelled pine nuts

100g

110 grams

Carnation

Moonshine (vodka, alcohol)

How to cook:

Break nuts into two parts and put in a jar (liter);

Add sugar with cloves and mix well with moonshine or vodka;

Close the lid and put in a dark warm place, shake every 3 days;

After filtration, a very strong concentrate will be obtained. It will need to be diluted with pure vodka to make the taste softer;

Pour into bottles, serve.

P.S. There is also a medicinal option for preparing nutcracker. With the help of it, they increase immunity, anemia, nervous disorders, and much more. Also use expensive vodka or high-quality moonshine as a base.

Do you want to diversify alcoholic drinks served for the New Year holiday with exclusive alcoholic products?

Make homemade cognac, which is a good alternative to vodka or dubious brandy.

At the same time, home-made cognac from vodka / alcohol and even from moonshine is almost as good as the original in its taste. It turns out to be no less fragrant and very pleasant in taste, although it is made from simple and affordable ingredients.

Homemade cognac from vodka is much cheaper than store-bought counterparts. At the same time, you can always be sure of the quality of the product made by yourself.

« Cognac (fr. Cognac) is a strong alcoholic drink produced from certain grape varieties using a special technology.. And that says almost everything.

The main thing is said - cognac is not a simple moonshine, such as whiskey or rum, cognac is a moonshine made from grape wine! Accordingly, making real cognac at home is a very, very difficult task.

Yes, and there is no particular point in producing cognac at home - there are varieties that are quite decent in taste for sale, at a price not much higher than the cost of good vodka.

It should be noted that in Russia and the Soviet Union almost all brandy is called "cognac", although it is well known that the brandy drink got its name from the city of Cognac (fr. Cognac), in France, and that the geographical boundaries of the area in which the production of cognac is allowed, the production technology and the very name "Cognac" are strictly defined, regulated and secured by numerous legislative acts.
Moreover, international - "Cognac" is a primordially French product.
“Drinks from other countries, as well as drinks produced in France outside the Charente region, even if they are obtained by distillation of grape wines produced in the Poitou-Charente region, do not have the right to be called cognac on the international market, such drinks are usually called brandy"

But their decrees are not a decree for us, and in our country any brandy produced using a technology close to the technology for the production of real cognac is called cognac.
According to GOST R 51618-2009 “Russian cognac. General technical conditions”, cognac is called a wine-making product with an ethanol content of at least 40.0% by volume, made from cognac distillates obtained by fractionated distillation of table wine material produced from Vitis vinifera grapes and aged in contact with oak wood for at least three years.
Clearly, clearly.
But if the drink is not produced according to GOST, without aging and not from cognac spirits, etc., then such a substance is now called brandy!
Understandably?! I got stuck with this brandy - they drive it on an industrial scale.

I had to savvy a little in this matter - in the production of a skate in general and in its taste, in particular.
It quickly became clear that cognac, as such, does not have a "cognac" taste, but always gives off something else.
Like Isabella wine, for example, it has a pure strawberry flavor (real wine, in fact), and if it doesn’t exist or the taste is very weak, then you have either a blend (mixture) or a fake in general.
So are cognacs (read brandy), depending on the area, country, etc. they have completely different tastes and smell of everything - from bedbugs to flowers. The same "Napoleon", perhaps the most famous "French" cognac to the general Russian public, smells disgusting. (By the way, Napoleon, like Extra or Grand Reserve, is not the name (brand) of cognac at all, but just a brand in cognac classification).

This state of affairs is connected with the fact that in addition to the differences in cognac spirits, due to natural differences in the feedstock and in the distillation process, the taste and aroma of the drink also changes during the first years of aging, - there is an extraction of tannins, lignin, reducing sugars extracted from wood, and, to a lesser extent, amino acids, lipids, volatile acids and oils, resins, and enzymes. Cognac alcohol acquires a golden color and is filled with woody vanilla flavors(!).
And then, over time, cognac becomes darker in color, softer and rounder. In its aroma and taste, many shades appear, among which notes of flowers, fruits and spices . (!!!)

Well, that's all ... - you can make cognac from vodka. Moreover, even if it is less than 40%, then this is quite in accordance with French laws - the strength of cognac when sold in France and abroad should not exceed 40%.

Decided - do it cognac at home.
It will not work - we will call brandy.

Naturally, I did not become the “inventor” of homemade cognac. I remember that back in the days of socialism, even in expensive restaurants, waiters "earned money" by slipping drunken visitors sweetened vodka (or moonshine) tinted with ordinary tea. So the recipe for fake cognac is more than a dozen years old, and maybe more.
A priori, it is quite clear what should be included there:
- Oak bark - for 3 years of aging, at least :).
- Tea or coffee - for color, lignin, tannin and lipids.
- Buttercups-flowers - for "fruity-floral" notes,
- and of course vanillin - for a woody-vanilla flavor.
It remains only to find a suitable recipe and it will be possible to drive "Napoleon" in buckets: o)

After rummaging through old magazines and cookbooks, looking at what “moonshine makers” recommend on the Internet (the main producers of homemade cognac are moonshine makers, this is understandable - for them, “ennobling” moonshine is a production necessity), I picked up a couple of acceptable recipes.
However, almost all of their recommendations come down to one technology - I poured all the ingredients into an alcohol-containing liquid and put it in a dark place for 3-5 weeks. An indicator that a homemade alcoholic drink can be considered ready is color.
Won't go. How long to wait to get spoiled vodka? Ah, meaning?

But, in one place I found a recipe for a quick “cooking” of cognac. In my opinion, a suitable recipe is without “exotic plants” and “foreign spices” (there are no such “notes” and aromas in ordinary cognac), and throwing out purely “moonshine” ingredients from there, intended for cleaning and softening the product along the way (such as potassium permanganate - we already have all this in our vodka), having prayed, we proceed.

Before you make cognac from vodka, be sure to make sure that all the necessary ingredients are of good quality. Vodka should be bought only in a specialized store, oak bark can be purchased at a pharmacy or a special department in the market.

homemade cognac recipe:
- vodka - 3 liters;
- 1 teaspoon oak bark;
- 1 teaspoon of dry tea leaves;
- 1 teaspoon of instant coffee;
- 1 teaspoon of sugar;
- 1/2 teaspoon of soda;
- vanillin - on the tip of a knife! the main thing here is not to overdo it - just a few crystals!
- 3 pcs. peas of black pepper;
- 2 pcs. bay leaves;
- 2 pcs. cloves;
- 5 pieces. raisins;
- 1 PC. prunes;
- 0.5 gr of nutmeg;
- 4 coriander seeds (crush with a knife)

Not so everything and simply in composition. Although, you can throw away nutmeg and coriander with a clear conscience - their presence in the drink is absolutely not felt, and in fact - superfluous. The main composition ends, somewhere on black pepper.
Soda, if anyone does not know, is used to “extract” color from tea leaves - also, by the way, a recipe from long-distance trains from the times of socialism - with the help of soda, conductors from one serving of tea leaves received 3-4 full-fledged “brews” of tea for the entire car - black and okay!

Cognac making at home

Here is an approximate composition of ingredients for the production of cognac at home. In the background, the main source product is a 3-liter can of homemade vodka: o).

Sequentially pour all the ingredients into a large stainless steel saucepan. Some recommend using a glass pan for this purpose so as not to miss the moment of boiling the liquid, but I don’t have one, unfortunately - we’ll get by with a glass lid.

Pour vodka into a saucepan and put on a small fire. Close the glass lid and wait until boiling.

Subtle moment! The amount of vanillin is very difficult to measure, indicate and measure at home. We take about the same amount on the tip of the knife. It’s better not to report, in my opinion, so that there is no pronounced aftertaste ...

The hole in the lid (if any), in order not to lose "degrees", we close up with bread crumb.

When the liquid approaches the boiling point, turn off the stove and leave the cognac to cool.
DO NOT BOIL this “divine” drink!!!
Actually, this is the most difficult and crucial moment in the entire recipe for making homemade cognac.
Therefore, without a photo - you simply do not have time to perpetuate this moment!

It's not scary - you will "cook" - you will immediately understand when it "begins". It's okay, even if you turn off the heat a little earlier - degrees 90 C, apparently, the drink is already enough to "get enough".

The cooled composition is filtered through a “hygienic” towel and poured into containers and bottles.

Homemade brandy is ready! It is also home-made cognac, although not from France, and we cannot export it either: o).

The taste turned out to be quite tolerable - not Armenian cognac, of course, but not Dagestan, to be frank. In terms of color, in general - an absolutely accurate hit.
It smells nice, soft fragrant drink with hints of grapes and vanilla. If we compare it with real expensive French cognacs and brandy, then, frankly, I liked my cognac more - well, I'm not an expert, actually.

Popular homemade cognac recipes

The process of making homemade alcohol is no less exciting than kitchen witchcraft. There is in it something from ancient alchemical magic. And when to "chemize", if not before the holidays? It's time to invent your own recipe for the "elixir of life".

Homemade cognac from available ingredients (vodka or alcohol)
As already mentioned, cognac is one of the most difficult alcoholic beverages to prepare. Sticking to classic technology is very difficult. This requires certain grape varieties and special distillation cubes (alambiks).
But there is a way out, then I will tell you how to make cognac at home from the available ingredients. The taste of this drink resembles the original.

Ingredients:

• vodka (alcohol 45%) - 1 liter;
• oak bark - 4 teaspoons;
• ground nutmeg - 0.3 teaspoons;
• carnation - 5 buds;
• vanilla sugar - 0.3 teaspoons;
• regular sugar - 2 tablespoons;
• black leaf tea - 3 teaspoons.

I advise you to take good vodka or dilute high-quality ethyl alcohol to 40-45 degrees. In many ways, the taste of cognac drink depends on the alcohol base.
Oak bark can be bought at a pharmacy or prepared by yourself. In the second case, it is enough to cut off the young bark from oak branches in June and dry it. Its bark is much more aromatic than pharmacy analogues.

Technology for making cognac at home

1. Preparation of burnt sugar. This stage is necessary in order for the caramel shade to be felt in the drink.
In addition, it is thanks to burnt sugar that the color of our drink will resemble real cognac.

Pour sugar into a thick-walled aluminum bowl and put on a slow fire. During the melting process, sugar must be constantly stirred, otherwise it will burn. When caramel forms, remove the dishes from the stove.

2. Mixing ingredients. A clean wooden barrel is best suited for infusion, but most of us don’t have one, so we’ll get by with a regular three-liter glass jar.
Add all the ingredients to the bottle or jar, the order is unimportant. Personally, I first pour in vodka, then add burnt sugar, tea, oak bark, cloves, nutmeg and vanilla.
If you do not like the smell of any of these components, feel free to exclude it from the recipe.

3. Infusion. Stir the resulting cognac mixture well with a spatula or wooden spoon, close the lid and put in a cold dark place for 3-4 weeks (many recipes indicate at least 30 days). Prolonged infusion improves the taste.

4. Filtration. This is the final stage of making cognac at home. We just have to open the container and strain the drink through a double layer of gauze and cotton wool to remove the sediment.

The advantage of this alcohol cognac recipe is that it uses cheap and affordable ingredients that are available in every store. The process itself takes a little time, which is also very important. The only drawback is the long exposure time, but you can’t do without it.

It is clear that cognac made from alcohol only remotely resembles the original one, since we did not follow the traditional technology, but used improvised means.

ginger cognac
Cognac according to this recipe turns out to be very original in taste. Ginger cognac is found in Brazil, and for its preparation, apples are also used there, among other things.

For our own drink you will need:

• 50 grams of ginger root
• 200 grams of sugar
• vanillin - one sachet (five grams)
• walnuts - five - six pieces
• diluted alcohol or vodka - 0.5 liter bottle

Grate the ginger root on a grater (preferably on the largest one), chop the walnuts. Put both in a jar and add sugar and vanillin, pour alcohol.
Close the jar tightly and shake well to mix all the contents. Leave to infuse in a dark place for two to three weeks, but shake daily.
Before use, ginger cognac must be filtered.

Cognac from moonshine at home

Real cognac is made from grape spirit, but this has never stopped craftsmen moonshine. They know how to make cognac from moonshine at minimal cost. We will look at four of the best recipes that have received popular recognition.

1. Classic

Ingredients:

• moonshine - 3 liters;
• potassium permanganate - several crystals;
• partitions of walnuts - 1 handful;
• black tea - 1 tablespoon;
• carnation - 6-7 buds;
• cumin - 1 tablespoon;
• vanilla sugar - 1 tablespoon;
• citric acid - 2-3 grams.

Cooking:

1. Add potassium permanganate to a three-liter jar of moonshine. This is done so that the fusel oils precipitate. If instead of moonshine you took vodka, then potassium permanganate is not needed.

Moonshine for cognac can be cleaned by other methods or double distilled. The main thing is to get a high-quality alcohol base.

2. Add a handful of well-dried inner walnuts, black tea and clove buds to the jar.

3. Pour in cumin and vanilla sugar.

4. Citric acid is added last to the jar at the tip of the knife.

5. Close the jar tightly with a nylon lid and infuse the cognac drink for 3-4 days at room temperature.

Keeping homemade cognac for longer than 7 days is pointless, as this does not improve its taste.

6. At the last stage, the resulting cognac must be filtered through a clean cotton cloth or cotton-gauze filter.

2. With bay leaf

There is an alternative recipe for homemade cognac from moonshine (in the video), the technology for its preparation is no different from the first method, but other ingredients are used. Imitation of color and taste is achieved by adding oak bark, bay leaf and cloves to the distillate.

There is a faster way to make cognac from moonshine.

3. Express - a recipe for cognac from moonshine

• Pour a liter bottle of drink with a strength of at least 50% into a pan with an enamel coating or stainless steel
• The saucepan is put on fire and the following components are added to it: 1 pea of ​​black allspice, 1 bay leaf of a small size, 0.5 teaspoon of black leaf tea, soda on the tip of a knife, about two tablespoons of granulated sugar, a pinch of vanillin
• Cover the saucepan and bring the contents to a temperature of 75-77 ºС, then remove the saucepan from the heat and leave covered for five minutes
• Pour the drink into a jar, close it and wait for it to cool completely. We filter the resulting “cognac”, bring its strength to 40 degrees and bottle it

Five days later, the express - the resulting drink is already quite drinkable. To make such cognac even better, you can add 1/3 teaspoon of good coffee and 1-2 potassium permanganate crystals to the components added to it (eliminates the presence of fusel oils). Moonshine made with grape juice, in which oak bark has been infused for at least a month, will be amazing. But you can speed up the process and keep within just three days.

4. Cognac recipe on oak bark

For the manufacture of this "cognac" on a glass three liters of moonshine it is worth taking

• 3 tablespoons of sugar
• 2 tables. spoons of oak bark, leaf black tea without flavorings and St. John's wort, as well as chopped rose hips.
• Here we add peas of black pepper (5-6 pieces)
• 1/3 teaspoon of cinnamon and vanilla.

The jar must be closed and placed in a place deprived of access to the sun and light. After three days, the drink is well filtered and bottled.

In addition to the above, it is worth trying other recipes for making homemade cognac from moonshine.

Cognac with milk

We take three liters of moonshine, pour it into a larger glass dish and add 200 grams of milk to the alcohol, which will instantly curdle. There is no need to be afraid, we just do not pay attention to it for now.
At the same time, we dilute 50 grams of instant coffee with slightly warm water. Pour the coffee drink into the general mixture.

It's spice time.

• 1 piece of ground nutmeg (nut),
• 4-6 cloves
• and the same number of peppercorns (you can use black or allspice),
• vanillin on the tip of a coffee spoon
• 100 grams of sugar.

The resulting suspension is thoroughly stirred and infused for about 20 days, and in the first days the future cognac is periodically shaken.
After three weeks, we filter the “cognac” and bottle it.

Cognac "Siberian"

On a three-liter jar of moonshine, 200 grams of milk is taken, poured in, filtered from the precipitate.
Then an infusion of oak bark is poured into it (2 teaspoons of bark pour boiling water, cool, strain).
As “additives”, moonshine is supplemented with pine nuts or their shells (0.5 cups are needed).
“Cognac” is kept for a month, filtered and poured into a container for storage.

Unlike collection cognacs from well-known manufacturers, a homemade drink will have a slightly different taste and aroma. However, there is also an advantage in the home version. You can independently compose an aromatic bouquet of your favorite spices and spices that will make your homemade cognac truly exclusive.

Advice. Before you make cognac from vodka, prepare a few glasses, vodka and your favorite spices. You can independently create a unique bouquet of this drink. Pour clean vodka into small glasses and add various mixtures to it - cloves, cinnamon, vanilla, rose hips. Let the drinks stand for 1-2 days and try. Use the aroma that you like more to make homemade nonsense and it will be no worse than real French cognac.

Homemade cognac is a wonderful alcoholic drink that is ideal for family gatherings and for treating guests at the festive table.
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Everyone wants to make an excellent cognac based on vodka, thereby greatly delighting friends and relatives with an excellent drink. It is clear that this will not be real cognac, because such a drink has not only its own unique technology, but also a unique taste. True, you can do something similar on your own.

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Cognac recipe from vodka on oak bark

If you want to make a drink that is as reminiscent of a real classic cognac as possible, you can prepare a real tincture based on the bark of an old oak. Cognac based on ancient oak bark can be made from vodka on its own, and it will have a mild flavor and a slightly tart smell.

Ingredients:

• Vodka - 3 liters;
• Oak (its chips or bark) - 3 tablespoons with a slide;
• 2 grams of vanillin;
• 2 small spoons with sugar. It is best to use burnt sugar for color.

How to cook

1. Buy the bark at a pharmacy or cut it yourself and dry it in a dark place;
2. Grind bark;
3. Pour vodka into a jar or pan (the larger the neck, the easier it is to add ingredients);
4. Add burnt sugar to the container and mix so that this ingredient dissolves completely;
5. Add vanilla and bark to the pan;
6. After that, you need to stir all the ingredients and cork the pan, and then leave to stand completely. The approximate time of standing and maturing the drink is 30 days.

Prune Cognac

Another good option is prune cognac. This drink also has a great smell and taste, so everyone will like it. Dried fruits in this case are both flavoring and coloring, which helps to give the cognac an excellent bouquet of a French drink. Prunes can be bought at the market or in the store.

Ingredients:

• 500 milliliters of vodka. The best thing in this business is not to save money and buy excellent vodka;
• Dried prunes. Normal will use 15 grams;
• 1 classic tea bag;
• 1 small spoonful of granulated sugar;
• Various standard spices and seasonings to your own taste.

How to cook

1. Pour vodka into the jar. You can also use moonshine or moonshine based on grapes;
2. Then prunes must also be added to the liquid, and it should not be crushed;
3. The remaining ingredients are lowered into the same container, and after that all the ingredients must be mixed;
4. In vodka with ingredients already added, you need to lower the tea bag. The rope can be pressed with the edge of the lid - it's easier to remove it;
5. The container must be properly corked and shaken, and then left for 24 hours in a dark place.

Ideally, you need to infuse the drink on dried plums, and it would be best to infuse it for 3 days, but you can drink the drink after a day. Before serving brandy, you need to strain it through cheesecloth or a sieve, and then pour it into a decanter or bottle. You can prepare a drink in any quantity - it is enough to observe the required proportions.

Pepper and prunes on vodka

Cognac on prunes alone is suitable for those cases when there is no time. And how can you make a drink if you have time? There is another recipe that uses rose hips and peppers.

Ingredients:

• Vodka - 500 milligrams;
• Prunes in the amount of 7 pieces (you can take the fruits immediately with seeds);
• 1 rose cloves;
• Black pepper - 4 peas;
• Vanillin - 0.5 grams;
• Sand (if needed) - 1 teaspoon.

How to cook:

1. Distribute spices and prunes and pour them into a jar;
2. Add sugar and vodka to the container, and then shake well;
3. Close the jar with a lid and leave for 12 days. A cool room without light will do;
4. Open the jar and strain the liquid through cheesecloth several times. You can also use a carbon filter;
5. Take one or more bottles with tinted glass, and then leave them for 2 weeks in a dark place with a slight temperature;
6. Strain the drink and pour into a new bottle.

After all the steps listed above have been completed, cognac can be served at any appropriate occasion. In addition, the drink can be stored for many years, and it will not get worse from this.

red rosehip recipe

There is another very popular and common recipe that can be used to create a cognac drink based on good vodka. And this recipe is based, first of all, on such a healing and useful fruit in all respects as rose hips. Popularly, this shrub is referred to as a wild rose, and it is the wild rose that has the highest content of a wide variety of useful substances and components.

Thus, it is rosehip that not only improves immunity, but is also used as the main remedy in the treatment of diseases associated with the liver and kidneys. In addition, rose hips, when properly prepared and used, can have a positive effect on the circulatory system and the health of men.

For this and other reasons, a tincture based on rose hips and its roots can benefit a man. This is especially felt if a person does not abuse such a medicinal drink, but uses it in moderation.

The main components that are needed for cognac:

• 3 liters of quality vodka, filtered. As always, at this point it is better not to save;
• Red rose hips. Enough four tens;
• Oak bark - 70 grams;
• Black peppercorns - 5 peas;
• One teaspoon. Black tea is best suited for such purposes;
• Sugar - 2 teaspoons.

Vodka cognac recipe

The recipe below is best used when real, high-quality, clean and strong vodka is available. It is best, in addition to this, to choose vodka without fusel oils and completely purified. Otherwise, the full bouquet of taste of the created drink simply cannot be opened.

The recipe for high-quality cognac, which is based on red rose hips, is very simple, and the aroma and taste of this drink will definitely surprise anyone, even the most sophisticated gourmet who has tried this drink.

To create a drink, follow these steps:

1. Wash fresh and dried fruits properly, and then pour them into any container. As before, it is the bank that is best suited;
2. The container must be filled with vodka, and then close the jar with a tight lid, shake the contents well and leave to infuse for 7 days (dark and cold room);
3. Get a container with liquid, shake it well and rearrange it in a warm place for 2 weeks;
4. Then you should add the remaining components indicated in the ingredients to the container with the cognac being prepared, shake it all up again. Next, it is important to leave the resulting mixture for another month. So you can be sure that the drink is completely infused.

Once all the steps have been completed, you need to take the liquid and strain it through cheesecloth. It is important to fold the gauze in several layers. You can also use specialized filters and pour cognac into several glass bottles. The drink is ready, so it can be presented during the feast. In addition, cognac can be stored for many years, and it will only get better from this.

At the same time, home-made cognac from vodka / alcohol and even from moonshine is almost as good as the original in its taste. It turns out to be no less fragrant and very pleasant in taste, although it is made from simple and affordable ingredients.

Homemade cognac from vodka is much cheaper than store-bought counterparts. At the same time, you can always be sure of the quality of the product made by yourself.

« Cognac (fr. Cognac) is a strong alcoholic drink produced from certain grape varieties using a special technology.. And that says almost everything.

The main thing is said - cognac is not a simple moonshine, such as whiskey or rum, cognac is a moonshine made from grape wine! Accordingly, making real cognac at home is a very, very difficult task.

Yes, and there is no particular point in producing cognac at home - there are varieties that are quite decent in taste for sale, at a price not much higher than the cost of good vodka.

It should be noted that in Russia and the Soviet Union almost all brandy is called "cognac", although it is well known that the brandy drink got its name from the city of Cognac (fr. Cognac), in France, and that the geographical boundaries of the area in which the production of cognac is allowed, the production technology and the very name "Cognac" are strictly defined, regulated and secured by numerous legislative acts.
Moreover, international - "Cognac" is a primordially French product.
“Drinks from other countries, as well as drinks produced in France outside the Charente region, even if they are obtained by distillation of grape wines produced in the Poitou-Charente region, do not have the right to be called cognac on the international market, such drinks are usually called brandy"

But their decrees are not a decree for us, and in our country any brandy produced using a technology close to the technology for the production of real cognac is called cognac.
According to GOST R 51618-2009 “Russian cognac. General technical conditions”, cognac is called a wine-making product with an ethanol content of at least 40.0% by volume, made from cognac distillates obtained by fractionated distillation of table wine material produced from Vitis vinifera grapes and aged in contact with oak wood for at least three years.
Clearly, clearly.
But if the drink is not produced according to GOST, without aging and not from cognac spirits, etc., then such a substance is now called brandy!
Understandably?! I got stuck with this brandy - they drive it on an industrial scale.

I had to savvy a little in this matter - in the production of a skate in general and in its taste, in particular.
It quickly became clear that cognac, as such, does not have a "cognac" taste, but always gives off something else.
Like Isabella wine, for example, it has a pure strawberry flavor (real wine, in fact), and if it doesn’t exist or the taste is very weak, then you have either a blend (mixture) or a fake in general.
So are cognacs (read brandy), depending on the area, country, etc. they have completely different tastes and smell of everything - from bedbugs to flowers. The same "Napoleon", perhaps the most famous "French" cognac to the general Russian public, smells disgusting. (By the way, Napoleon, like Extra or Grand Reserve, is not the name (brand) of cognac at all, but just a brand in cognac classification).

This state of affairs is connected with the fact that in addition to the differences in cognac spirits, due to natural differences in the feedstock and in the distillation process, the taste and aroma of the drink also changes during the first years of aging, - there is an extraction of tannins, lignin, reducing sugars extracted from wood, and, to a lesser extent, amino acids, lipids, volatile acids and oils, resins, and enzymes. Cognac alcohol acquires a golden color and is filled with woody vanilla flavors(!).
And then, over time, cognac becomes darker in color, softer and rounder. In its aroma and taste, many shades appear, among which notes of flowers, fruits and spices . (!!!)

Well, that's all ... - you can make cognac from vodka. Moreover, even if it is less than 40%, then this is quite in accordance with French laws - the strength of cognac when sold in France and abroad should not exceed 40%.

Decided - do it cognac at home.
It will not work - we will call brandy.

Naturally, I did not become the “inventor” of homemade cognac. I remember that back in the days of socialism, even in expensive restaurants, waiters "earned money" by slipping drunken visitors sweetened vodka (or moonshine) tinted with ordinary tea. So the recipe for fake cognac is more than a dozen years old, and maybe more.
A priori, it is quite clear what should be included there:
- Oak bark - for 3 years of aging, at least :).
- Tea or coffee - for color, lignin, tannin and lipids.
- Buttercups-flowers - for "fruity-floral" notes,
- and of course vanillin - for a woody-vanilla flavor.
It remains only to find a suitable recipe and it will be possible to drive "Napoleon" in buckets: o)

After rummaging through old magazines and cookbooks, looking at what “moonshine makers” recommend on the Internet (the main producers of homemade cognac are moonshine makers, this is understandable - for them, “ennobling” moonshine is a production necessity), I picked up a couple of acceptable recipes.
However, almost all of their recommendations come down to one technology - I poured all the ingredients into an alcohol-containing liquid and put it in a dark place for 3-5 weeks. An indicator that a homemade alcoholic drink can be considered ready is color.
Won't go. How long to wait to get spoiled vodka? Ah, meaning?

But, in one place I found a recipe for a quick “cooking” of cognac. In my opinion, a suitable recipe is without “exotic plants” and “foreign spices” (there are no such “notes” and aromas in ordinary cognac), and throwing out purely “moonshine” ingredients from there, intended for cleaning and softening the product along the way (such as potassium permanganate - we already have all this in our vodka), having prayed, we proceed.

Before you make cognac from vodka, be sure to make sure that all the necessary ingredients are of good quality. Vodka should be bought only in a specialized store, oak bark can be purchased at a pharmacy or a special department in the market.

homemade cognac recipe:
- vodka - 3 liters;
- 1 teaspoon oak bark;
- 1 teaspoon of dry tea leaves;
- 1 teaspoon of instant coffee;
- 1 teaspoon of sugar;
- 1/2 teaspoon of soda;
- vanillin - on the tip of a knife! the main thing here is not to overdo it - just a few crystals!
- 3 pcs. peas of black pepper;
- 2 pcs. bay leaves;
- 2 pcs. cloves;
- 5 pieces. raisins;
- 1 PC. prunes;
- 0.5 gr of nutmeg;
- 4 coriander seeds (crush with a knife)

Not so everything and simply in composition. Although, you can throw away nutmeg and coriander with a clear conscience - their presence in the drink is absolutely not felt, and in fact - superfluous. The main composition ends, somewhere on black pepper.
Soda, if anyone does not know, is used to “extract” color from tea leaves - also, by the way, a recipe from long-distance trains from the times of socialism - with the help of soda, conductors from one serving of tea leaves received 3-4 full-fledged “brews” of tea for the entire car - black and okay!

Cognac making at home

Here is an approximate composition of ingredients for the production of cognac at home. In the background, the main source product is a 3-liter can of homemade vodka: o).

Sequentially pour all the ingredients into a large stainless steel saucepan. Some recommend using a glass pan for this purpose so as not to miss the moment of boiling the liquid, but I don’t have one, unfortunately - we’ll get by with a glass lid.

Pour vodka into a saucepan and put on a small fire. Close the glass lid and wait until boiling.

Subtle moment! The amount of vanillin is very difficult to measure, indicate and measure at home. We take about the same amount on the tip of the knife. It’s better not to report, in my opinion, so that there is no pronounced aftertaste ...

The hole in the lid (if any), in order not to lose "degrees", we close up with bread crumb.

When the liquid approaches the boiling point, turn off the stove and leave the cognac to cool.
DO NOT BOIL this “divine” drink!!!
Actually, this is the most difficult and crucial moment in the entire recipe for making homemade cognac.
Therefore, without a photo - you simply do not have time to perpetuate this moment!

It's not scary - you will "cook" - you will immediately understand when it "begins". It's okay, even if you turn off the heat a little earlier - degrees 90 C, apparently, the drink is already enough to "get enough".

The cooled composition is filtered through a “hygienic” towel and poured into containers and bottles.

Homemade brandy is ready! It is also home-made cognac, although not from France, and we cannot export it either: o).

The taste turned out to be quite tolerable - not Armenian cognac, of course, but not Dagestan, to be frank. In terms of color, in general - an absolutely accurate hit.
It smells nice, soft fragrant drink with hints of grapes and vanilla. If we compare it with real expensive French cognacs and brandy, then, frankly, I liked my cognac more - well, I'm not an expert, actually.

Popular homemade cognac recipes

The process of making homemade alcohol is no less exciting than kitchen witchcraft. There is in it something from ancient alchemical magic. And when to "chemize", if not before the holidays? It's time to invent your own recipe for the "elixir of life".

Homemade cognac from available ingredients (vodka or alcohol)
As already mentioned, cognac is one of the most difficult alcoholic beverages to prepare. Sticking to classic technology is very difficult. This requires certain grape varieties and special distillation cubes (alambiks).
But there is a way out, then I will tell you how to make cognac at home from the available ingredients. The taste of this drink resembles the original.

Ingredients:

• vodka (alcohol 45%) - 1 liter;
• oak bark - 4 teaspoons;
• ground nutmeg - 0.3 teaspoons;
• carnation - 5 buds;
• vanilla sugar - 0.3 teaspoons;
• regular sugar - 2 tablespoons;
• black leaf tea - 3 teaspoons.

I advise you to take good vodka or dilute high-quality ethyl alcohol to 40-45 degrees. In many ways, the taste of cognac drink depends on the alcohol base.
Oak bark can be bought at a pharmacy or prepared by yourself. In the second case, it is enough to cut off the young bark from oak branches in June and dry it. Its bark is much more aromatic than pharmacy counterparts.

Technology for making cognac at home

1. Preparation of burnt sugar. This stage is necessary in order for the caramel shade to be felt in the drink.
In addition, it is thanks to burnt sugar that the color of our drink will resemble real cognac.

Pour sugar into a thick-walled aluminum bowl and put on a slow fire. During the melting process, sugar must be constantly stirred, otherwise it will burn. When caramel forms, remove the dishes from the stove.

2. Mixing ingredients. A clean wooden barrel is best suited for infusion, but most of us don’t have one, so we’ll get by with a regular three-liter glass jar.
Add all the ingredients to the bottle or jar, the order is unimportant. Personally, I first pour in vodka, then add burnt sugar, tea, oak bark, cloves, nutmeg and vanilla.
If you do not like the smell of any of these components, feel free to exclude it from the recipe.

3. Infusion. Stir the resulting cognac mixture well with a spatula or wooden spoon, close the lid and put in a cold dark place for 3-4 weeks (many recipes indicate at least 30 days). Prolonged infusion improves the taste.

4. Filtration. This is the final stage of making cognac at home. We just have to open the container and strain the drink through a double layer of gauze and cotton wool to remove the sediment.

The advantage of this alcohol cognac recipe is that it uses cheap and affordable ingredients that are available in every store. The process itself takes a little time, which is also very important. The only drawback is the long exposure time, but you can’t do without it.

It is clear that cognac made from alcohol only remotely resembles the original one, since we did not follow the traditional technology, but used improvised means.

ginger cognac
Cognac according to this recipe turns out to be very original in taste. Ginger cognac is found in Brazil, and for its preparation, apples are also used there, among other things.

For our own drink you will need:

• 50 grams of ginger root
• 200 grams of sugar
• vanillin - one sachet (five grams)
• walnuts - five - six pieces
• diluted alcohol or vodka - 0.5 liter bottle

Grate the ginger root on a grater (preferably on the largest one), chop the walnuts. Put both in a jar and add sugar and vanillin, pour alcohol.
Close the jar tightly and shake well to mix all the contents. Leave to infuse in a dark place for two to three weeks, but shake daily.
Before use, ginger cognac must be filtered.

Cognac from moonshine at home

Real cognac is made from grape spirit, but this has never stopped craftsmen moonshine. They know how to make cognac from moonshine at minimal cost. We will look at four of the best recipes that have received popular recognition.

1. Classic

Ingredients:

• moonshine - 3 liters;
• potassium permanganate - several crystals;
• partitions of walnuts - 1 handful;
• black tea - 1 tablespoon;
• carnation - 6-7 buds;
• cumin - 1 tablespoon;
• vanilla sugar - 1 tablespoon;
• citric acid - 2-3 grams.

Cooking:

1. Add potassium permanganate to a three-liter jar of moonshine. This is done so that the fusel oils precipitate. If instead of moonshine you took vodka, then potassium permanganate is not needed.

Moonshine for cognac can be cleaned by other methods or double distilled. The main thing is to get a high-quality alcohol base.

2. Add a handful of well-dried inner walnuts, black tea and clove buds to the jar.

3. Pour in cumin and vanilla sugar.

4. Citric acid is added last to the jar at the tip of the knife.

5. Close the jar tightly with a nylon lid and infuse the cognac drink for 3-4 days at room temperature.

Keeping homemade cognac for longer than 7 days is pointless, as this does not improve its taste.

6. At the last stage, the resulting cognac must be filtered through a clean cotton cloth or cotton-gauze filter.

2. With bay leaf

There is an alternative recipe for homemade cognac from moonshine (in the video), the technology for its preparation is no different from the first method, but other ingredients are used. Imitation of color and taste is achieved by adding oak bark, bay leaf and cloves to the distillate.

There is a faster way to make cognac from moonshine.

3. Express - a recipe for cognac from moonshine

• Pour a liter bottle of drink with a strength of at least 50% into a pan with an enamel coating or stainless steel
• The saucepan is put on fire and the following components are added to it: 1 pea of ​​black allspice, 1 bay leaf of a small size, 0.5 teaspoon of black leaf tea, soda on the tip of a knife, about two tablespoons of granulated sugar, a pinch of vanillin
• Cover the saucepan and bring the contents to a temperature of 75-77 ºС, then remove the saucepan from the heat and leave covered for five minutes
• Pour the drink into a jar, close it and wait for it to cool completely. We filter the resulting “cognac”, bring its strength to 40 degrees and bottle it

Five days later, the express - the resulting drink is already quite drinkable. To make such cognac even better, you can add 1/3 teaspoon of good coffee and 1-2 potassium permanganate crystals to the components added to it (eliminates the presence of fusel oils). Moonshine made with grape juice, in which oak bark has been infused for at least a month, will be amazing. But you can speed up the process and keep within just three days.

4. Cognac recipe on oak bark

For the manufacture of this "cognac" on a glass three liters of moonshine it is worth taking

• 3 tablespoons of sugar
• 2 tables. spoons of oak bark, leaf black tea without flavorings and St. John's wort, as well as chopped rose hips.
• Here we add peas of black pepper (5-6 pieces)
• 1/3 teaspoon of cinnamon and vanilla.

The jar must be closed and placed in a place deprived of access to the sun and light. After three days, the drink is well filtered and bottled.

In addition to the above, it is worth trying other recipes for making homemade cognac from moonshine.

Cognac with milk

We take three liters of moonshine, pour it into a larger glass dish and add 200 grams of milk to the alcohol, which will instantly curdle. There is no need to be afraid, we just do not pay attention to it for now.
At the same time, we dilute 50 grams of instant coffee with slightly warm water. Pour the coffee drink into the general mixture.

It's spice time.

• 1 piece of ground nutmeg (nut),
• 4-6 cloves
• and the same number of peppercorns (you can use black or allspice),
• vanillin on the tip of a coffee spoon
• 100 grams of sugar.

The resulting suspension is thoroughly stirred and infused for about 20 days, and in the first days the future cognac is periodically shaken.
After three weeks, we filter the “cognac” and bottle it.

Cognac "Siberian"

On a three-liter jar of moonshine, 200 grams of milk is taken, poured in, filtered from the precipitate.
Then an infusion of oak bark is poured into it (2 teaspoons of bark pour boiling water, cool, strain).
As “additives”, moonshine is supplemented with pine nuts or their shells (0.5 cups are needed).
“Cognac” is kept for a month, filtered and poured into a container for storage.

Unlike collection cognacs from well-known manufacturers, a homemade drink will have a slightly different taste and aroma. However, there is also an advantage in the home version. You can independently compose an aromatic bouquet of your favorite spices and spices that will make your homemade cognac truly exclusive.

Advice. Before you make cognac from vodka, prepare a few glasses, vodka and your favorite spices. You can independently create a unique bouquet of this drink. Pour clean vodka into small glasses and add various mixtures to it - cloves, cinnamon, vanilla, rose hips. Let the drinks stand for 1-2 days and try. Use the aroma that you like more to make homemade nonsense and it will be no worse than real French cognac.

Homemade cognac is a wonderful alcoholic drink that is ideal for family gatherings and for treating guests at the festive table.
Based on materials