First batch of the year...
 

.... I just kicked off with 2 gallons of elderflower, initial SG 1106,
and the fermentation is chugging away quite famously. I can't remember a
better spring in S. England for a long time; the domestic plums, damsons
and sloe bushes around are all bursting with young fruit forming - looks
like being a good year!

What's anyone else started with this season?

cheers,
robin
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Hi!
Glad to hear the season is going well. I'm picking rhubarb and freezing it
for a batch of wine later on. Currently, I'm working on a herb wine -
oregano. We've had tons of rain here in southern Wisconsin, so if we get
some sunshine along with it, strawberries should be good in about a month or
so.
Darlene

"Robin Somes" > wrote in message
...
> ... I just kicked off with 2 gallons of elderflower, initial SG 1106,
> and the fermentation is chugging away quite famously. I can't remember a
> better spring in S. England for a long time; the domestic plums, damsons
> and sloe bushes around are all bursting with young fruit forming - looks
> like being a good year!
>
> What's anyone else started with this season?
>
> cheers,
> robin
> --
> www.newforestartgallery.co.uk
> www.badminston.demon.co.uk www.robinsomes.co.uk
> www.amazonian-fish.co.uk www.pisces-conservation.com
> www.irchouse.demon.co.uk www.blackwell-science.com/southwood
> Trust me, I'm a webmaster...

First batch of the year...
 

In message >, Dar V
> writes
>Hi!
>Glad to hear the season is going well. I'm picking rhubarb and
>freezing it for a batch of wine later on. Currently, I'm working on a
>herb wine - oregano. We've had tons of rain here in southern
>Wisconsin, so if we get some sunshine along with it, strawberries
>should be good in about a month or
>so.

Sounds good! My own strawberries are strictly for eating, so I think the
next batch will probably be gooseberry. A trip abroad later on in the
summer means I may miss most of the plums; straight in to wild damsons,
blackberries and then sloes, I guess!
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First batch of the year...
 

Robin Somes > wrote:

> ... I just kicked off with 2 gallons of elderflower, initial SG 1106,
> and the fermentation is chugging away quite famously. I can't remember a
> better spring in S. England for a long time; the domestic plums, damsons
> and sloe bushes around are all bursting with young fruit forming - looks
> like being a good year!

Not sure it's as good as last year (?), but time will tell. Up here in
Scotland things are obviously a bit slower. I don't make Elderflower
anymore but the roses are coming (and I'm considering another Hawthorn
blossom). I'm pushing the Rhubarb for another week or two.

Other fruits won't be along for a while, and I really go for maximum
ripeness so I'll be looking at July-September being the height of most
harvesting really.

Ben