Recipe for 2 gallons of elderberry wine.

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Recipe for 2 gallons of elderberry wine.

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ingredients
2.5kg-ripe elderberrys.
2lt-red grape juice.
2kg-sugar.
water.
2tsp-GP yeast compound.
Method: simmer the elderberrys for 15 min 3 pints of water the strain and press to extract the hot juice, then dissolve the sugar in the hot berry juice and leave to cool. the divide the berry juice into your demijohns and add the grape juice top up with water add the yeast compound,fit the airlock and fully ferment out. when the fermenting as stoped rack and clear.
NOTE: this wine should mature for at least 12 to 18 months. :cheers:

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Re: Recipe for 2 gallons of elderberry wine.

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Thanks, Ive been looking for a recipe for elderberry wine :iconbiggrin:

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Re: Recipe for 2 gallons of elderberry wine.

Post: # 244053Post MKG »

And if you half all the quantities, it's a recipe for one gallon of wine :dontknow:

And if you're maturing it for that amount of time, you could do away with the grape juice and add another kilo of elderberries (that's for the two gallons).

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