Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Elderberry Wine or Port?

I couldn't resist. I came home and immediately rushed into the kitchen and started pulling out stuff in order to start up a batch of elderberry wine. I cracked open the dried berries I had bought and prepped them for yeast innoculation tomorrow.

I'm happy with a medium or light bodied wine since I didn't use the full 8oz of dried berries. It makes a serious purple color. I might decided to port it later but I have time. It' s only a gallon.

Recipe:

60z of dried elderberries
2oz golden raisins
2lbs of sugar
1 gallon of water
1tsp acid blend
1tsp pectic enzyme
1 campden tablet (KMeta)

i'll probably need to add more but since I'm going to gradually feed the wine to up the alcohol, I'm not worried about having so few raisins. Actually I don't like raisins.

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