tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569256104345228771.post3772792182521251102..comments2024-03-27T04:35:30.620+00:00Comments on Ben's Adventures in Wine Making: Elderflower Wine 2012 - The Making Of ...Ben Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236432903658898557noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569256104345228771.post-4729314498767989432012-07-20T23:13:37.133+01:002012-07-20T23:13:37.133+01:00Hello Anonymous - Thank you for your tip. Certainl...Hello Anonymous - Thank you for your tip. Certainly dispensing with the stripping of elderflowers would make this wine rather less tedious, and I shall try it next year. I wonder if the same applies to elderberries, which - if anything - is even worse than elderflowers. Since typing this post, the wine has cleared and has left only a small sediment, so I will probably rack the wine early in August. Please feel free to pass on any more handy hints!Ben Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236432903658898557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569256104345228771.post-10637275129087219722012-07-20T23:08:16.440+01:002012-07-20T23:08:16.440+01:00oh i should have said, cut close to the florets wh...oh i should have said, cut close to the florets when picking and have the bucket or whatever close by to catch them. obviously too much stalk could give you an undesired bitterness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569256104345228771.post-4443447388774056192012-07-20T22:57:14.110+01:002012-07-20T22:57:14.110+01:00you dont need to strip the elderflower. put everyt...you dont need to strip the elderflower. put everything in a big bin and start the process for a week, in exactly that, with a loose lid. it will ferment like a rocket and so contamination is not an issue. Then take the flavoured liquid off and ferment only that in demijohns. keep adding sugar once a week for a few months until you have great tasting rocket fuel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com