94% of the watermelon flesh is water, as well as sugar, vitamins, various amino acids, and a small amount of inorganic salts. These substances can effectively supplement the water and nutrients needed by the human body at high temperature; secondly, the intake The water and inorganic salts in the body are metabolized into urine, which can also take away excess calories and achieve the effect of clearing the heat and replenishing qi. If homemade watermelon wine is also a good choice in the hot summer, how to make watermelon wine?
1. Material selection: Choose fully ripe fresh watermelon with high sugar content as raw material.
2. Juicing: Rinse the watermelon with clean water and drain the water, then peel the watermelon and mash it to squeeze the juice. The squeezed watermelon juice is filtered with gauze, and the filtered watermelon juice is poured into a porcelain jar or aluminum pot, heated to 70-75°C, and kept for about 20 minutes. Note that the melon juice cannot be stored and heated in an iron pan to avoid reaction and affect the quality and color of the wine.
3. Fermentation: After the watermelon juice is cooled and clarified, use siphon to suck out the clarified liquid in the upper layer of sterilization and put it in the porcelain or porcelain jar. First measure the sugar content in the watermelon juice with a hand-held brix meter, add pure white sugar to adjust the sugar content of the juice to 20-22%, and then add 3-5% koji. To prevent rancidity, add a small amount of sodium sulfate ,The proper dosage is 100 kg of watermelon juice plus 11-12 grams. After the prepared watermelon juice is fully stirred evenly, it is placed in an environment of 25-28 ℃ for alcohol fermentation.
15 days later, suck into another jar or jar with a siphon, and add sucrose at 10% of the amount of melon juice. After the sucrose is dissolved, pour it into the pot and boil, filter with gauze after cooling, and serve. In the tank. At this time, the degree of watermelon wine is not high, you can add white wine to adjust it as required, then seal the vat and age at room temperature for 60 days before bottling and drinking. The longer the aging time, the better the taste and quality.
5. Storage: The storage temperature of watermelon wine is 5-25℃. Therefore, it is more suitable to store in a cool and dry place.
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5. Storage: The storage temperature of watermelon wine is 5-25℃. Therefore, it is more suitable to store in a cool and dry place.
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