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Eating and Drinking => Homebrew => Topic started by: mushroom on August 28, 2007, 20:18

Title: elderberry wine
Post by: mushroom on August 28, 2007, 20:18

hi,

Theres ZILLIONS of elderberries along the riverbank (it's a stream really but "streambank"?!) (ok, it's a ditch with water flowing in it), which flows next to a path running down one side of our site. Tons of blackberries too. I'm going to try making elderberry wine, I've decided. Anyone here with a recipe or three they'd like to share? Please? cheers!  :D Maybe one with elderberry AND blackberry!  8)

Title: Re: elderberry wine
Post by: David. on August 28, 2007, 21:03

Quote from: "mushroom"

Maybe one with elderberry AND blackberry

That's what I recall as THE BEST COMBINATION, but I don't generally do elderberry anymore as it takes too long to mature and I am getting more and more impatient regarding getting to drink my wine.


P.S. Except 'English Port' as Berry's ('First Steps') recipe - elderberries 2lbs, blackberries 2lbs, sloes 1lb, blackcurrants 1lb, RGC 0.25 pt. I make 3 galls each year (which after fermentation/racking off the really heavy sediment yields 2 galls), fortify and leave to mature for a cuople of years.

Title: Re: elderberry wine
Post by: mushroom on August 28, 2007, 21:33

Quote from: "David."

Quote from: "mushroom"

Maybe one with elderberry AND blackberry

That's what I recall as THE BEST COMBINATION,

great minds and all that 8)

Quote from: "David."

but I don't generally do elderberry anymore as it takes too long to mature and I am getting more and more impatient regarding getting to drink my wine.

How long, in your experience, does it take? What makes elderberry longer than others?

Many thanks for your port recipe, it is in the book*

*(I keep a (handwritten) notebook of all the brews I make, and all recipes gleaned.)

Title: Re: elderberry wine
Post by: David. on August 29, 2007, 10:03

Quote from: "mushroom

How long, in your experience, does it take? What makes elderberry longer than others?

1-2 years, probably due to the high tannin content. I just haven't got the patience/space to leave wine that long, and also like a wine that tastes good when I rack it off.

Title: elderberry wine
Post by: seadart on August 29, 2007, 16:20

Here you go Mushroom

http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6777

Enjoy  :wink:

Title: elderberry wine
Post by: mushroom on August 29, 2007, 21:10

cheers, very informative!  :D

Title: elderberry wine
Post by: symond steve on July 01, 2008, 07:57

hello,
I agree with you  elderberry AND blackberry is best combination.                                                                                          
your mind is cheers good:)

http://allnutri.com/elderberry.aspx