Elderbery Wine Anyone..?!

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  1. Marley Farley

    Marley Farley Affable Admin! Staff Member

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    [​IMG] I was walking yesterday & noticed how the berries are ripening.... [​IMG] This is the recipe I use, afraid I can't remember where I got it from now... :rolleyes:

    Elderberry Wine..

    4lb Elderberries
    1 gallon (5 litres) of boiling water
    3 lb (1.5Kg) of granulated sugar
    a 'claret' yeast sachet
    8 oz (200g) chopped raisins
    Juice of 1 lemon
    Juice of 1 orange
    1 vitamin B tablet
    1 teaspoon of yeast nutrient


    Method..

    Strip the berries from the umbrells into a suitably large primary fermentation vessel with a fork.
    Add 8 oz chopped raisins, juice of the lemon, juice of the orange, a vitamin B tablet and a teaspoon of yeast nutrient.
    Add the boiling water and stir well.
    When cool enough to handle, squeeze fruit with hands to extract juice.
    Leave for one day to infuse.
    Add 2 1/2 lb sugar and activated yeast and leave covered for three
    days.
    Strain off liquid into demijohns, top up with another 1/4 lb of sugar in each and, if necessary, with cooled boiled water.
    Leave to ferment in a warm (65-75 degrees), dark place.
    Rack off the lees (the clearer wine on top of the sediment layer), into a clean demijohn when bubbling has subsided.
    Rack again 6 weeks later.
    Bottle in dark green bottles when wine is clear (I use a desk lamp to shine through from the other side) and there has been no activity for some time.
    Mature for at least 6 months before drinking & then enjoy..... [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
  2. rosa

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    Great recipe will take it for the party we are going to have on gc [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
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