"ebrad" wrote in message
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On Mar 23, 10:28 am, "Pavel314" wrote:
Here's a link to a website with a lot of excellent advice about making
elderberry wines:

http://www.geocities.com/wvmountaine...s/Elderberries....

Paul

I thought elderberries were smelly. I remember from the movie Monty
Python's Holy Grail, "Your mother was a hamster, and your
father ....smelt ...of elderberries."

I know that is not an intelligent comment.

I always wondered about that reference. Maybe it a reference that dad was
into the elderberry wine too frequently? I use elderberries to improve my
Concord grape wine; 20% elderberries adds a lot of complexity and depth to
the taste and tones down the foxiness. I also make a melomel with
elderberries and honey, which I call Dragon's Blood because of the deep
color.

Paul