Elderflower !

boys, the elderflower is coming out and I managed to collect some
yesterday on the way back from ballet (I had to hitch my tutu up to
reach some of it but managed to get enough to hopefully scrape a decent
few bottles).

before I lose my thoughts...

boilder up 18L of Water and added 7 KG of granulated to make around
23-25L of liquid which I poured straight into my industrial wine
fermentor ;-)
Into a new 'large' straining bag from the lady boy shop I added
2.5Pints of elder flowers (stripped from their stalks using a fork) - I
needed another pint ideally but they're not fully out so had to make do.
2.270Kg raisins Chopped
Rind of 5 lemons without the pith
Juice of 5 lemons squeezed into the bag whilst it was sitting in a bowl
to catch the run off and to catch any pips in the bag. Remainder is
thrown away.

Tied the bag, fed it into the fermenter suspended about 1/2 way in with
some nylon, and poured the juice run off in.

I need to add 5tsp tannin, nutrient and yeast.


anyone got any white wine yeast kicking around ? we're off in the camper
tomorrow night and I'm in a bit of a rush !

took me about an hour to put this all together (plus say 30 mins picking
the elderflower).

Ant.