Spent elderberries

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Spent elderberries
« on: September 02, 2011, 09:21 »
I have just strained my first batch of elderberry wine into demijons. It seems an awful waste to chuck the berries away, does anyone do anything else with them or should I just bin them?

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Steve

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Re: Spent elderberries
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2011, 09:24 »
compost heap, feed them to the chickens in small amounts? 

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Re: Spent elderberries
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2011, 10:28 »
i add 2 liters of white grape juice and about half kilo of sugar top it up to 1 gallon of water leave it for 4 or 5 days and rack into demijohns and ferment to dry for a nice rose
if you have made more than one gallon of elderberry then adjust these quantities acordingly

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Re: Spent elderberries
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2011, 14:35 »

The Yanks are heavily into re-using the berries again, they call the second use a 'blush'.  Think I'll give it a try.     Cheers,    Tony.
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