Re: Elderflower !

found some ;-) Added 4tsp tannin (1 less than the recipe but let's see).
Got just about enough nutrient so have started a starter bottle of yeast
to see if it's working still (about 3 years out of date)..then I'll add
the nutrient to the must and the yeast tomorrow if all going well.
Initial SG of the sugar mix was 1.13 (so it'll be a little higher when
the raisins and lemon are steeped...high, but shouldn't be higher than
my previous batch a couple of years back which was sweet but great).

Ant.

On 31/05/2012 14:27, Ant and Bev wrote:
> 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.