Preparation of moonshine and alcohol for personal use
absolutely legal!
After the collapse of the USSR, the new government stopped the fight against moonshine. Criminal liability and fines were abolished, and the article banning the production of alcohol-containing products at home was removed from the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. To this day, there is not a single law that prohibits you and me from engaging in our favorite hobby - preparing alcohol at home. This is evidenced by the Federal Law of July 8, 1999 No. 143-FZ “On the administrative liability of legal entities (organizations) and individual entrepreneurs for offenses in the field of production and circulation of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products” (Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1999, No. 28 , art. 3476).
Extract from the Federal Law of the Russian Federation:
“The effect of this Federal Law does not apply to the activities of citizens (individuals) producing products containing ethyl alcohol for purposes other than sale.”
Moonshining in other countries:
In Kazakhstan in accordance with the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Administrative Offenses dated January 30, 2001 N 155, the following liability is provided. Thus, according to Article 335 “Manufacture and sale of home-made alcoholic beverages”, illegal production of moonshine, chacha, mulberry vodka, mash and other alcoholic beverages for the purpose of sale, as well as the sale of these alcoholic beverages, entails a fine in the amount of thirty monthly calculation indices with confiscation of alcoholic beverages , apparatus, raw materials and equipment for their manufacture, as well as money and other valuables received from their sale. However, the law does not prohibit the preparation of alcohol for personal use.
In Ukraine and Belarus things are different. Articles No. 176 and No. 177 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses provide for the imposition of fines in the amount of three to ten tax-free minimum wages for the production and storage of moonshine without the purpose of sale, for the storage of devices* for its production without the purpose of sale.
Article 12.43 repeats this information almost word for word. “Production or acquisition of strong alcoholic beverages (moonshine), semi-finished products for their production (mash), storage of apparatus for their production” in the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Administrative Offenses. Clause No. 1 states: “The production by individuals of strong alcoholic drinks (moonshine), semi-finished products for their production (mash), as well as the storage of devices* used for their production, will entail a warning or a fine of up to five basic units with confiscation of the specified drinks, semi-finished products and devices."
*You can still purchase moonshine stills for home use, since their second purpose is to distill water and obtain components for natural cosmetics and perfumes.
Liquor wine with protected geographical indication "Crimea" (special wine) aged red "Black Colonel" of the "Sunny Valley" brand.
The wine is aged in oak containers for at least three years. Color from garnet to dark ruby. The bouquet is complex, original, with tones of prunes and red berries. The taste is quite full, harmonious, with tones of prunes and chocolate.
| Brand | Sunny Valley |
| Manufacturer country | Russia |
| Region | Crimea |
| Manufacturer | JSC "Solnechnaya Dolina" |
| Wine color | red |
| Sugar content | sweet |
| Grape sort | Aliberne/Odessa black, Bastardo Magarachsky, Dzhevat Kara, Cabernet Sauvignon, Kephesia |
| Compound | Odessa black grapes, Bastardo Magarachsky, Cabernet Sauvignon, Dzhevat Kara, Kefesia, rectified ethyl alcohol from food raw materials of the highest purification, antioxidant food additive - sulfur dioxide |
| Standard | STO 00704652-001-2016 |
| Product type | wine |
| Alcohol content, % | 17.5 |
| Type of packaging | glass |
| Precautionary measures | Alcohol is contraindicated for children and adolescents under 18 years of age, pregnant and lactating women, persons with diseases of the central nervous system, kidneys, liver and other digestive organs. Excessive alcohol consumption is harmful to your health. |
| Volume, l | 0.75 |
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Get the best experience by tasting high-quality, charismatic drinks, a great example of which are liqueur wines. Each product in this segment has its own unique organoleptic properties, and the article will help you study the fundamental features of various assemblages.
It describes in detail the taste and aroma characteristics of drinks, production technologies used by leading companies, the basic principles of proper table setting and recommendations for selection.
Liqueur wines are a segment of alcoholic beverages that are distinguished by remarkable organoleptic characteristics. The strength of these wines is very high, as is the sugar content, which can reach 22%. The basis for making drinks can be not only grapes, but also other fruits and berries.
- Color: The visual appearance of the drinks varies from soft straw to dark red. It all depends on the composition, recipe and manufacturing principles.
- Aroma: Aromatic indicators emerge with the most delicate undertones of fruits, berries, spices and herbs. Each drink has its own original charm, which even an inexperienced taster can recognize.
- Taste: Gastronomic indicators emerge with expressive sweetness and a slightly tart aftertaste.
Did you know? Most often, the wine segment under consideration includes Muscat and Tokay products, as well as Malaga.
Liquor wine production technology
At the moment, there are several unique ways to prepare wines from the segment discussed in the article. In the first case, overripe grapes are used, which undergo long drying in order to thicken the juice in the berries and increase sweetness. After drying, the berries are separated from the branches and placed in a separate container for soaking. Next, the liquid in the container is drained, and the saturated berries are squeezed.
Subsequent stages of production are standard. Also, when preparing berries for processing, producers can leave them to dry directly on the branches of the vine. This option is usually used in the southern regions, where the climate does not allow the berries to freeze.
Another excellent way to prepare the drink is artificial evaporation over a fire in an enamel bowl. This processing option is much faster than those described earlier, but it does not make it possible to obtain high-quality alcohol with rich organoleptic colors.
Also, this wine is often made by adding alcohol to fermenting wort. Moreover, during the fermentation process, manufacturers try to evaporate most of the sugar. This type of preparation requires additional filtration of the wort.
How to choose original alcohol
Save your own time by choosing alcohol only in specialized stores that can provide the client with quality certificates for the entire wide range. Also, when considering liqueur wine from France, Portugal and other countries, do not neglect the generally accepted signs of high-quality alcohol, namely:
- Excise stamp. This element of protection must be present on all strong drinks that have undergone customs clearance.
- The appearance of the bottle. Before purchasing, be sure to visit the manufacturer’s official website and familiarize yourself with what the branded product should look like. Also examine the bottle itself. It must be free of flaws and deformations. Signs of manufacturing defects are unacceptable for modern alcohol, which is bottled using high-precision equipment.
- Consistency. The structure of the proprietary liquid implies impeccable purity. A good fortified wine should be free of sediment, impurities and other new formations. The presence of foreign elements indicates low quality or non-compliance with generally accepted storage standards.
How to drink liqueur wine
A high-quality representative of the segment should be served in special glasses, but often tasters prefer to pour the drink into tall glasses.
In both cases, you can easily see the corporate color and study the colorful aroma of the product. It is also important to consider the temperature of the alcohol. It should be below room temperature, approximately 16-18 degrees. When served this way, the alcohol acquires rounded features and pampers with delicate organoleptic qualities.
Suitable snacks
Strong and sweet wines are best served as dessert. They go well with chocolate, ice cream, cookies, fruit and a variety of sweet desserts. It is strictly forbidden to serve smoked meats and fish.
Create cocktails
When purchasing branded wines for personal tasting, pay attention to their versatility. These drinks perform well in a wide variety of cocktails. Thus, if you want to enhance your acquaintance with the aromatic assemblage, pay attention to the recipes of such mixes as Lafayette, Amontillado, Dubonnet and Royal Purple.
Did you know? In Europe, almost all wines whose strength ranges from 15 to 22% are called liqueur.
Popular representatives of the segment
If you are really interested in the segment of strong and bright alcohol products discussed in the article, try to purchase drinks in the store that have already proven themselves to be the best on the market. Such alcohol can safely be classified as:
- Liqueur wine Favreau Pinot de Charente Blanc. Golden alcohol with tones of tropical fruits, melon, dried apricots, peach and fig in the aroma. Taste characteristics are based on stylish fruit and honey-nut outlines.
- Liqueur wine Phanagoria Black Doctor. Ruby red alcohol with blackcurrant and cherry aroma. The taste of the drink is enriched with multifaceted berry tones.
- Wine Moldavian Cahors liqueur. Dark ruby spirit with a sweet fruity flavor. The aroma is based on elegant berry lobes with notes of herbs.
- Liqueur wine Favraud Pineau des Charentes AOC Rouge with 17% strength. It has a rich ruby color and a sweet fruity flavor. The aromatic essence is based on the outlines of jam, ripe berries and spices.
- Liqueur wine Porto Solnechnaya Dolina. Pomegranate alcohol with an expressive aroma of dogwood, cherries and red currants. Taste ambitions are revealed by berry sweetness and piquant tartness.
- Kopke liqueur wine 1989. It has a brick color, as well as enticing notes of dried fruits, caramel, apples, cream and gingerbread cookies in the aroma. The taste is based on a multi-faceted sweetish fruity nature.
Bright analogues on the market
If the strength and expressive sweetness of drinks from the wine segment in question is not to your liking, we recommend that you pay attention to other popular products on the market. Alcoholic products that are guaranteed not to let you down include:
- Conti D'Arco Trentino DOC. Straw-colored alcohol with a fragrant dry fruity flavor. The aromatic base is built on shades of rose hips, lime and honey.
- Kaesler Old Vine. A purple product with raspberry outlines and a pleasant aroma with notes of blackberry, wildflowers, vanilla and lavender. Flavorful ambitions are revealed by silky tannins and the most delicate shades of red fruit.
- Plantaze Pro Corde. Dark red spirit with expressive aroma of blueberries, blackberries and cherries. The taste is based on chocolate flavors with silky tannins.
- Gavi DOCG Villa Scolca. Golden-straw spirit with a pleasant aroma of white flowers and fruits. The taste indulges with a delicate fruity bitterness.
Historical reference
Since in the world community the products discussed in the article include almost all fortified assemblages, we can conclude that the production of this alcohol is akin to winemaking itself. Therefore, we can assume that the first representatives of the segment appeared 6-7 thousand years ago.
Did you know? All liqueur wines can be considered as a subtype of dessert drinks or as a separate type of fortified assemblages.
Strong wines with their own genuine nature
Representatives of the segment under consideration are charismatic alcoholic products with a multifaceted organoleptic nature. In the colorful segment you will always find those products that are sure to pamper you with unsurpassed emotions from every moment of tasting.
The collection of famous companies includes products for romantic conversations and noisy parties.
Go to the nearest store for a bottle of bright alcohol, whose indicators will not only pleasantly surprise you, but also delight you.
Wines differ in color, strength, sweetness, and bouquet. Therefore, there is no single way to drink correctly. There are the right glasses, serving temperatures and appetizers for each type and variety.
How to open and pour wine correctly
There are several traditional rules for how to drink other types of vintage products.
Expensive aged drinks are opened in the same position in which they were stored - at an angle, so as not to disturb the sediment. Liqueur alcohol is stored and opened in a vertical position.
In order for the bouquet and taste of the drink to fully develop, the bottle must be opened in advance to allow contact with air. This is especially important for complex red drinks - contact with air softens the tannin. They are opened half an hour before serving. First, remove the protective foil from the neck with a special knife and wipe it with a clean towel or napkin.
To open, I use a corkscrew with 5 turns, which is screwed into the center of the cork by 4 turns and carefully removed. After this, you must wipe the neck so that crumbs from the cork do not get inside. If this does happen, a little liquid is drained, getting rid of them. Place the bottle in the basket with the label facing up to allow guests to examine it.
The glasses are pre-wiped so that nothing interferes with assessing the color of the drink. Pour it, holding the bottle at a height of 15-25 cm from the bottom of the glass. This will allow the alcohol to be enriched with oxygen and soften the tannin astringency, which is especially important for dry red varieties. A bottle of white wine is poured after being wrapped in a towel so that the drink does not heat up from your hands.
The degree of filling of glasses depends on the selected variety. Fill the bowl half or a third with dry white wine to prevent it from heating up, red - 2/3, sweet - 1/2, 1/3, Madeira - 2/3. Liqueur wine (port, malaga, malvasia and others) is poured, filling the glass only halfway.
Having filled the wine glass, turn the bottle so that there are no drips. After all the glasses are filled, the neck is wiped with a towel again.
Temperature and serving rules
The bouquet and taste of alcohol are greatly influenced by the temperature at which it is served. This especially applies to how to drink white wine correctly. Elite varieties aged in oak are cooled to +13...+15ºС, ordinary dry drinks - to +8...+12ºС, semi-sweet drinks - to +6...+8ºС. The finer the taste, the higher the serving temperature is allowed. Rose varieties are cooled to +11...+13ºС, dessert varieties - to +8...+12ºС, ice varieties - to +11ºС, Rieslings - to +9...+12ºС.
The serving temperature for red wines depends on their age. Young drinks are cooled to +12…+15ºС, and aged ones - to +15…+17ºС. Red “Bordeaux” varieties can be served warmer (+18…+19ºС). Liqueur and fortified wines are cooled to +10…+12ºС.
Serving rules largely depend on the type and age of the wine. Elite aged drinks are served in the same position in which they are stored - at an angle, in special baskets or on a stand, so as not to disturb the sediment. Bottles are not wiped clean of dust; this is indirect evidence of long exposure. Liquor brands are stored and served in an upright position.
The drink is served to the table in a bottle and poured in front of guests. The ladies' glasses are filled first. The owner pours himself last. If several varieties are served at the table, you should first allow guests to try them all and make their own choice, pouring only a few sips for tasting.
What to drink wine from
In order to fully appreciate the color, taste and bouquet of wine, the choice of glass is important. It is best to give preference to glass or crystal transparent wine glasses with a high stem. You need to hold the glass by it so that the wine does not get warm in your hands. The clarity of the bowl is important for assessing the color of the drink.
For red varieties, choose voluminous wine glasses such as “Bordeaux” or “Burgundy”. Bordeaux type glasses have a tulip-shaped bowl, with a base wider than the top, with a volume of 0.6 ml or more. This shape of the container primarily ensures contact of the drink with the tip of the tongue, where the receptors that recognize sweet taste are located. They are universal and suitable for any red wine.
The bowl of a Burgundy glass has a volume of 0.7-0.75 ml and is more spherical in shape. It is suitable for red varieties with pronounced acidity and moderate tannin. Dishes of this shape direct liquid to the side receptors of the tongue, which recognize sour taste. Since the container highly concentrates the bouquet and taste, experts use it to identify the shortcomings of the drink.
Dry white wine is drunk from Bordeaux type glasses, but of a smaller volume - 0.19-0.35 ml. The small bowl of the glass is emptied faster, which does not give the drink a chance to warm up. White wines of the Grand Cru type, aged in oak barrels, with a complex taste or drinks with weak acidity are drunk from small Burgundy-type wine glasses.
Liqueur and fortified wines are served in 0.22 ml glasses.
What to drink wine with
Served with various hard cheeses. The drier the drink, the more mature the cheese should be; sweet varieties are better. Cold appetizers are also suitable: boiled pork, ham, raw smoked sausage, hot meat dishes. Table and young varieties can be eaten with pasta or pizza. An excellent choice are sweet fruits (pear, nectarine, peach, mango) and berries. The “fusion” culinary trend suggests serving red wine with seafood, sea fish, and sushi.
White wine has a more subtle taste and bouquet, so the main requirement for an appetizer to go with it is that it should not drown out the taste and aroma of the drink. Therefore, the more delicate and subtle the taste and aroma, the less spices should be in the prepared dishes, and the food’s own taste should be more neutral.
A good choice is non-spicy cold meat appetizers, poultry and fish dishes, pates, mature hard cheeses of a neutral type and delicate cream cheeses, caviar and seafood, olives, nuts, sweet fruits and berries, desserts, ice cream, tea and coffee.
Semi-dry varieties are universal; they are served with almost any dish, both meat and fish. Semi-sweet drinks are served with vegetables or seafood, sweet drinks are served with desserts.
Almond
Among home distillers, recipes for various alcohols with almond seeds are often discussed. In fact, it is not a nut, as is commonly believed, but simply a seed from a green, inedible fruit from the plum family. Like other seeds, it contains not only valuable substances, but also a number of harmful and dangerous ones. Therefore, you need to infuse moonshine with almonds at home with knowledge of the theory and without using an excessive amount of these “nuts”.
A little theory
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Note that in nature there are wild (bitter) and cultivated almonds. Wild has a more pronounced aroma, but contains amygdalin - a substance that is easily broken down into a number of components, where hydrocyanic acid is present, among others. Surely many of you from school chemistry courses remember that cyanides smell like almonds. So the presence of this pleasant smell and slight bitterness does not always indicate the value of the drink. Perhaps this moonshine is poisonous.
Important: a commonly available antidote for hydrocyanic acid is sugar. So drinks that are made at home using wild (bitter) almonds must be very sweet.
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