29-03-2008, 03:30 AM
posted to rec.crafts.winemaking,rec.crafts.meadmaking
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Elderberry Website
Ryan Case wrote:
Pavel314 wrote:
"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
I always thought it was a high falutin' way of saying his father was a
drunk!
Picked 20lbs of elderberries along the roads around here last year and
made five gallons of decent wine, btw. But cleaning them is a PITA!
Ryan
Elderberry wine was once well known as an old ladies drink.
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