[Redwellies]

For elderflower wine,  one is in flower down at the allotment, so if anyone has a nice simple recipe I would be grateful

[Little Miss Muffet]

INGREDIENTS

30 elderflower sprays
2 lemons, sliced
2oz citric acid
4lb sugar
2¼ pint of water
Saucepan
Funnel
Bottle with cork
 

METHOD



Use open elderflower heads picked from a tree well away from the road so that the flowers are free from dust and pollution. Pick over the elderflowers and set them aside.
Put all the ingredients in a pan, cover with the cloth and stand for a fortnight, stirring every day.
Pour the sweetened liquid into a clean bottle until it is filled to the top.
Keep any surplus in a bottle for topping up the water receptacle during fermentation.
Stand the bottle on a tray in a warm room. Fermentation soon begins and froth will pour out over the side of the bottle. Fill up again from the surplus bottle until a froth no longer forms.
Insert a cork into the bottler, loosely at first, but when the fermentation is over and no bubbles of gas are seen, then cork tightly.
If you want a really clear wine it should be racked from time to time, i.e. pour the clear wine from the old bottles, into clean ones, keeping the yeast deposit to re-clear in the old bottles.
The wine should be kept for six months without sampling.


found this for you on the net if this helps.

[Redwellies]

Thanks for receipe will give it a try

[Little Miss Muffet]

your welcome  

[Jay Dubya]

Hi, if the amount of flowers is not clear you need a pint glass full per gallon, but not pressed down just knocked to settle.

[Stripey_cat]

Make sure you pick elderflowers that smell nice!  There are a lot of different sorts, and some are much nicer than others.