Apple & Elderberry originally posted by Sniper
2 Ltr Apple Juice (Supermarket cartons)
125 g Dried Elderberries
1/2 pt Red grape juice concentrate
1/2 tsp Tannin
1 tsp tartaric acid
1 1/2 lb Sugar
Gervin No. 2 yeast & nutrient
pectolase
Wash elderberries and remove damaged fruit.
Add to sterilised bin,
Pour on 2 pt cold water.
Dissolve sugar in 1 pt boiling water and pour into bin.
Cover and allow to cool.
Add Apple juice, red grape juice concentrate, acid, tannin, pectolase, and 1 crushed campden tablet.
Cover and leave for 24 hrs.
Add yeast & nutrient.
Cover and ferment on pulp for 3 days, gently stirring twice daily.
Strain into demijohn.
Ferment out.
Rack, fine and filter as normal.
Sweeten to 1012
Enjoy
2 Ltr Apple Juice (Supermarket cartons)
125 g Dried Elderberries
1/2 pt Red grape juice concentrate
1/2 tsp Tannin
1 tsp tartaric acid
1 1/2 lb Sugar
Gervin No. 2 yeast & nutrient
pectolase
Wash elderberries and remove damaged fruit.
Add to sterilised bin,
Pour on 2 pt cold water.
Dissolve sugar in 1 pt boiling water and pour into bin.
Cover and allow to cool.
Add Apple juice, red grape juice concentrate, acid, tannin, pectolase, and 1 crushed campden tablet.
Cover and leave for 24 hrs.
Add yeast & nutrient.
Cover and ferment on pulp for 3 days, gently stirring twice daily.
Strain into demijohn.
Ferment out.
Rack, fine and filter as normal.
Sweeten to 1012
Enjoy
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