Elderberry & grape juice.

Dave Ne · Aug 16, 2010

With the Elderberry harvest back on track i was thinking about a marriage of elderberrys and supermarket grape juice. 5lb berrys, 5lt grape juice as a base for a decent country wine (5 galls), has anyone made something similar, cheers Dave NE

Moley · Aug 16, 2010

Supermarket grape juices have their uses and can make a good replacement for water in many country wines, but with an elderberry I wouldn't bother. I will try to find you a recipe tonight, but for 5 gallons I'm thinking 15 lbs elderberries and perhaps a kilo of minced raisins.

Dave Ne · Aug 16, 2010

Thanks for that Moley. Last year i made 5 galls using 10lb of berrys but i had to split the mix in 2 and ended up with 10 galls but the taste of the wine is still great. I am disabled and it nearly killed me picking so many berrys but i am going ahead this year again as it should be worthwhile. I have made loads of wine with raisins and was hoping to get away from them to cut down the work load hence the juice idea, cheers Dave NE

Moley · Aug 16, 2010

It all depends on what you're aiming for, less berries plus grape juice should still give an acceptable lighter wine.

I would aim for around 2.5 - 3 lbs berries to the gallon, and raisins will give you more body than grape juice.

Dave Ne · Aug 17, 2010

Thanks Moley, i might have a go at each recipe and see how they turn out, the down side is i wont know until this time next year, cheers Dave

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