Can sugar oranges be used to make wine? How to make delicious wine with sugar oranges?

Wine culture has been widely used in people's lives since ancient times, and the main way to obtain wine is from winemaking. So can tangerines be used to make wine? How to make delicious wine with tangerines? The following editor will explain them one by one, hoping to help everyone.

Can sugar oranges be used to make wine?

Wine is a product converted from sugar. Whether the raw materials for brewing are polysaccharides (starch), monosaccharides (glucose and fructose) or sucrose maltose, they can be converted into wine under the action of Rhizopus (for starch fermentation) or yeast (for monosaccharides, sucrose maltose and maltose).

The main sugars in sugar oranges are glucose and fructose, which are fine for making wine. The alcohol content of wine made from sugar oranges depends on the sugar content in the oranges. If the sugar content in sugar oranges is high, the alcohol content of the wine made from them will be higher accordingly.

How to make delicious wine with sugar oranges

Mandarin oranges can be used to make wine. There is an orange liqueur in France, and its brewing process can be used as a reference. 10g of brewing yeast is used for 100 kilograms of oranges. After 7 days of fermentation, the peels and orange wine are separated. The peels are distilled in a distiller, and the highly distilled original orange brandy is added back to the orange wine to reach 21 degrees. Add a little sugar and orange juice, and the taste will be basically close to orange liqueur.

What water is good for brewing wine?

Generally, you can use pollution-free drinkable water, such as: tap water (tap water is generally filtered), deep well water, mineral water, and the best is spring water. If you are not sure whether the water at home is qualified, you can use PH test paper to test it. If the water quality does not meet the standard, you can also use a water purifier to filter the water. For details, you can consult the professional technicians of Chuancheng Wine Machinery, who will help you solve similar problems.