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Eating and Drinking => Homebrew => Topic started by: ghost61 on May 30, 2015, 18:33

Title: Pink elderflower champagne
Post by: ghost61 on May 30, 2015, 18:33

Anyone used pink flowers for this?  If so, does it look pink or muddy brown?

Thanks

Title: Re: Pink elderflower champagne
Post by: grinling on June 19, 2015, 20:45

do not know if that type of elder can be used as the berries are poisonous. Might be useful to check on rhs site about the flowers.

Title: Re: Pink elderflower champagne
Post by: LotuSeed on June 19, 2015, 22:56

It says the berries are inedible unless they are cooked.

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=1769

Title: Re: Pink elderflower champagne
Post by: grinling on June 22, 2015, 20:15

they are not cooked for wine making

Title: Re: Pink elderflower champagne
Post by: Baldy on June 22, 2015, 21:58

Quote from: ghost61 on May 30, 2015, 18:33

Anyone used pink flowers for this?  If so, does it look pink or muddy brown?

Thanks
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Flower not berry - I doubt the flower is poisonous rather than the berry.. but I'm not a agrichemicalbotanist so what do I know  ;)

Pip pip,
Balders

Title: Re: Pink elderflower champagne
Post by: ghost61 on June 23, 2015, 05:26

RHS says the same toxicity as sambucus nigra, the common elder!

I'll give it a go if there are any flowers left when I'm back from hols.