dogger 100 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 got the batch of elder flower champagne on the go now im thinking about making wine from the berries does anyone have a simple recipe that i can use cheers neil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogger 100 Posted July 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 someone must know how to make it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robsharpe 1 Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 here you go dogger elderflower wine champagne and cordial see someone does Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ellir0305 9 Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 got the batch of elder flower champagne on the go now im thinking about making wine from the berries does anyone have a simple recipe that i can use cheers neil we made something we like to call rib-breaker thanks to a funny event after to much of it this last year. we make cider about 1000 gallons but the early morgan sweet apples have little flavour or tannin so make poor cider. so we took some of this and added a good load of lightly crushed elderberries to the mix along with some sugar syrup (sugar and boiling water till it wont dissolve any more) this increases the alcohol content once fermented and a red wine yeast which if added at the right time becomes the dominent yeast without the use of other chemicals. after a week or som remove the the berries and stalks and rack off into a clean container through a seive but make sure the yeast scum still remains as this is what turns the sugar to alcohol. fi a water airlock and once the fermenting slows righgtt down after a few months you should have one hell of a brew and believe me its good stuff. try it out but you may need a small fruit press or a cider making mate to get some juice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
othickman 6 Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 I've found that due to that really hot week a few weeks ago all the elderflower has already bloomed ... I'd be surprised if it isn't the same where you live. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Berrys & flowers by me i saw a lot on sunday Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogger 100 Posted July 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 here you go dogger elderflower wine champagne and cordial see someone does the links not working mate it says the link is broken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
othickman 6 Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 here you go dogger elderflower wine champagne and cordial see someone does the links not working mate it says the link is broken It is working, just click on it and fix the url: just remove everything before the 'www'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogger 100 Posted July 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 its not elder flower i want to make its elder berry wine i want to make Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BellySlater 15 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Try this one.... ElderBERRY http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/elderber.asp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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