That sounds interesting, funny I was going to post & ask how everyone goes about keeping pickles submerged under the liquid. When you buy gherkins you sometimes get a plunger thingy, obviously I've saved a few but the other day needed to keep my crab apples under the gin & brandy so I cut a circle of plastic out of a yogurt tub lid, cut some slots in it from outside the outside edge towards the middle bar a cm or so, shaved off another strip next to each cut to create a gap, pierced some holes in it then placed it in the jars, so far so good. I've had to readjust it a couple of times when I shook the jars.
What dies everyone else do? I didn't do this with my elderflowers in my gin earlier in the year & it's gone all brown, not very attractive, will it still be drinkable or can I filter it out do you think & if so how!