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The other day, i was going through my garage to look for some spare DJ`s and came across a DJ full of Elderberry & Plum that i made 2 years ago. i had forgotting all about it! So i tried a glass and was amazed at how good it was! I bottled up five bottles and enjoed the rest myself.
Gonna try and put away at leat 2 bottles of it and see how well it matures.
Cool! I just found 3 lbs of plums in the freezer as I was tidying them out this afternoon - I was wondering what to do with them, so thanks! you've solved my dilemma.
Sorry i cant remember the full recipe, but i know i added plenty of pectolase in, and i might of even used some blackberrys too. I`m sure someone on here with better knowledge will help you out.
I thought you meant the crushing and processing part.....you mean seperating berries from stalks
well...what I do when picking the Elderberries is use either rubber gloves or those gloves from petrol stations, and rub the elderberry heads, so that I dont remove any of (or very few of) the stalks, this way they are easy peasy to process on arrival home (into the steam juicer, and a few stalks dont matter) its a little more work whilst picking, but a heck of a lot easier than stood over a sink with a fork!
regards
Bob
N.G.W.B.J.
Member of 5 Towns Wine and Beer Makers Society (Yorkshire's newest)
Wine, mead and beer maker
Bob - I know it will vary, but have you worked out what weight of berries you need for a gallon of must? When we talked about it, it seemed considerably more than for traditional methods.
I've just been for a walk and found a couple of bushes still laden with big, ripe berries. I'll be going back out in a while with gloves and a plastic bag
Pete the Instructor
It looks like Phil Donahue throwing up into a tuba
Around 6lb of berries (varies from tree to tree) will give you around 1 litre pure juice...use this for 1 gallon must ...with all the usual adjuncts and additives of course, and sugar to 1.080, it will be very rich in elderberry flavour indeed.
N.G.W.B.J.
Member of 5 Towns Wine and Beer Makers Society (Yorkshire's newest)
Wine, mead and beer maker
Finally finished de-stalking my elderberries...
I think I have about 7kg in totoal.. will have to double check tomorrow..
But, I think that enough to keep me busy for a while
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