Making Freinds with....

halfway · Post by **halfway** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:28 pm

Hobbies that create enjoyment, fellowship, and a learning atmosphere...

Home Brewing!

Cycling!

Back-country camping!

And you?"

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:37 pm

I'd like to be friends with someone that's into home brewing.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:37 pm

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Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:05 pm

SnoozeAgain;1414838 wrote: I'd like to be friends with someone that's into home brewing.

I make Elderberry wine every year. About a dozen bottles. None of the pretend stuff from a sachet. Proper fruit. Ready for Christmas, along with the Sloe Gin. We give most of it away.

Last years was better than this years. 2011 was a good vintage

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:16 pm

Snowfire;1414841 wrote: I make Elderberry wine every year. About a dozen bottles. None of the pretend stuff from a sachet. Proper fruit. Ready for Christmas, along with the Sloe Gin. We give most of it away.

Last years was better than this years. 2011 was a good vintage

Very cool Snowfire. How do you make this wine. I'd love to try it if you don't mind.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:34 pm

It starts with taking all the small berries off the plant with a fork which takes forever.

You need about 1.5k of berries to the same weight of sugar and about 1.5 litres of water

Heres one recipe thats just about the same as ours....

Winemaking Recipe for Elderberry Wine, How To Make Elderberry Wine: Wine Making Guides

Racking the wine simply means siphoning from one demijohn to another. The whole process takes a few months but the results are really good.

If Elderberries arent available just about any fruit or vegetable will do. Our friends turnip wine tasted like a very good sherry

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Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:06 pm

Snowfire;1414843 wrote: It starts with taking all the small berries off the plant with a fork which takes forever.

You need about 1.5k of berries to the same weight of sugar and about 1.5 litres of water

Heres one recipe thats just about the same as ours....

Winemaking Recipe for Elderberry Wine, How To Make Elderberry Wine: Wine Making Guides

Racking the wine simply means siphoning from one demijohn to another. The whole process takes a few months but the results are really good.

If Elderberries arent available just about any fruit or vegetable will do. Our friends turnip wine tasted like a very good sherry

Thanks so much Snowfire. I'm going to try this during spring break...love it!!!!

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:11 pm

halfway;1414837 wrote: Hobbies that create enjoyment, fellowship, and a learning atmosphere...

Home Brewing!

Cycling!

Back-country camping!

And you?"

Very nice thread Halfway...Thank you!

I love to walk long distances, especially along the beach.

I'm learning how to play the guitar and learning how to clog and shuffle

Learn Spanish.

Make Snowfire's wine.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:14 pm

Snowfire;1414843 wrote: It starts with taking all the small berries off the plant with a fork which takes forever.

You need about 1.5k of berries to the same weight of sugar and about 1.5 litres of water

Heres one recipe thats just about the same as ours....

Winemaking Recipe for Elderberry Wine, How To Make Elderberry Wine: Wine Making Guides

Racking the wine simply means siphoning from one demijohn to another. The whole process takes a few months but the results are really good.

If Elderberries arent available just about any fruit or vegetable will do. Our friends turnip wine tasted like a very good sherry

Thanks so much Snowfire. I'm going to try this during spring break...love it!!!!

halfway · Post by **halfway** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 8:24 pm

Yes to playing guitar, beach walking and long distances, speaking Spanish, and wine making!!!!

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 5:14 am

Snowfire;1414843 wrote: It starts with taking all the small berries off the plant with a fork which takes forever.

You need about 1.5k of berries to the same weight of sugar and about 1.5 litres of water

Heres one recipe thats just about the same as ours....

Winemaking Recipe for Elderberry Wine, How To Make Elderberry Wine: Wine Making Guides

Racking the wine simply means siphoning from one demijohn to another. The whole process takes a few months but the results are really good.

If Elderberries arent available just about any fruit or vegetable will do. Our friends turnip wine tasted like a very good sherry This reminds me that my parents made wine like you.

Usual stuff like elderberry, rhubarb and parsnip but they also made cowslip and dandelion wine which Involved us as kids hiking over the Sussex Downs picking cowslips which we got paid a groat per sack. not sure If you're allowed to pick cowslips any more.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:07 am

oscar;1414852 wrote: .....which we got paid a groat per sack....

Per bushel, surely.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:47 am

Snowfire;1414863 wrote: Per bushel, surely.

I stand corrected.