Comments on: Preserving the harvest: elderberry wine. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/ Wed, 16 May 2012 21:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Crackedcork http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-163894 Crackedcork Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:51:09 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/#comment-163894 We have a site dedicated to growing, picking and making wine from elderberries at http://www.oatmealjack.com/Elderberries/Elderberries.html . There are pictures of what elderberries look like, there are easy ways to get the berries off of the stems and get rid of the green ones as well as elderberry wine and mead recipes. Crackedcork We have a site dedicated to growing, picking and making wine from elderberries at
http://www.oatmealjack.com/Elderberries/Elderberries.html . There are pictures of what elderberries look like, there are easy ways to get the berries off of the stems and get rid of the green ones as well as elderberry wine and mead recipes. Crackedcork

]]> By: gaze http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-161864 gaze Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:17:06 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/#comment-161864 Hi all! I have a couple of stupid questions about eb wine. I tried it for the first time two months ago and I used a different way that I'd read before coming to your site - slowly boiling berries with sugar/lemon for 15' before fermenting. It seems logical to me since eb can be poisoning. Fermenting went VERY active and gave lots of smell, so I strained the liquid to the 5 gallon bottles without waiting for the end of fermentation.Then I did not use an airlock, just put a rubber clove on the top, as my father did with other home wines. Now the wine (if I still can call it wine) is standing at room t under rubber clove, no fermenting is seen, no bad smell; the taste is rather rather strong and just a sip of it gave me a headache. Any idea what have I done and what can be done now? Waiting longer as it? botteling? something elce? I hate to think that I've spoiled it... PS. Special thank you for the lovely site!! Hi all! I have a couple of stupid questions about eb wine. I tried it for the first time two months ago and I used a different way that I’d read before coming to your site – slowly boiling berries with sugar/lemon for 15′ before fermenting. It seems logical to me since eb can be poisoning. Fermenting went VERY active and gave lots of smell, so I strained the liquid to the 5 gallon bottles without waiting for the end of fermentation.Then I did not use an airlock, just put a rubber clove on the top, as my father did with other home wines. Now the wine (if I still can call it wine) is standing at room t under rubber clove, no fermenting is seen, no bad smell; the taste is rather rather strong and just a sip of it gave me a headache. Any idea what have I done and what can be done now? Waiting longer as it? botteling? something elce? I hate to think that I’ve spoiled it…
PS. Special thank you for the lovely site!!

]]> By: cf http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-157950 cf Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:35:59 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/#comment-157950 I have about 15 gallons of berries from this fall enough to make maybe 35 gallons of wine. We really like an apple-elderberry wine 3 to 5 parts apple to 1 part elderberry. Another nice combo is raspberry elderberry. The tannin in the elderberry adds that little bit of bit. I remove the berries by sliding the umbrellas over a 1/4 in hardware cloth place over a pail. It works best when berries are fresh picked. I have frozen them, but this method works the best for me. I can get 5 gallons of berries in 90 minutes. I have about 15 gallons of berries from this fall enough to make maybe 35 gallons of wine. We really like an apple-elderberry wine 3 to 5 parts apple to 1 part elderberry. Another nice combo is raspberry elderberry. The tannin in the elderberry adds that little bit of bit. I remove the berries by sliding the umbrellas over a 1/4 in hardware cloth place over a pail. It works best when berries are fresh picked. I have frozen them, but this method works the best for me. I can get 5 gallons of berries in 90 minutes.

]]> By: tammy http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-156350 tammy Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:47:42 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/#comment-156350 so glad i found your website!!! my father has more elderberries than he knows what to do with. i have a wine kit, my question is: how much juice should i use per gallon of wine. he has already juiced the berries. so glad i found your website!!! my father has more elderberries than he knows what to do with. i have a wine kit, my question is: how much juice should i use per gallon of wine. he has already juiced the berries.

]]> By: bianka http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-154949 bianka Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:21:49 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/#comment-154949 Hi to the moderator - is there anyway one can tick a box before submitting a comment that will notify me when someone replies to my comment please? Hi to the moderator – is there anyway one can tick a box before submitting a comment that will notify me when someone replies to my comment please?

]]> By: bianka http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-154874 bianka Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:04:01 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/#comment-154874 Hi I have a huge elderberry tree and every year I want to make wine it hasn't got thorns and the berries are black - the tree itself grows vine like branches which root everywhere - so what I am asking is, is this type of elderberry tree safe to make wine from ? I missed the flowers but then again don't have a herbal receipe for them anyway- I live in france so where would I get the wine yeast from and what is it called please? bianka Hi I have a huge elderberry tree and every year I want to make wine it hasn’t got thorns and the berries are black – the tree itself grows vine like branches which root everywhere – so what I am asking is, is this type of elderberry tree safe to make wine from ? I missed the flowers but then again don’t have a herbal receipe for them anyway- I live in france so where would I get the wine yeast from and what is it called please?

bianka

]]> By: Raelyn http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-152613 Raelyn Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:24:17 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/#comment-152613 I am getting ready to make elderberry wine from elderberries I harvested last fall and put in the freezer. I am looking for wine yeast and finding different kinds. What should I get and do you recommend an online supplier? I don't have a shop local. Also, I found a recipe for elderflower wine. Have you ever mixed flowers and berries? A trick to de-stemming the berries is putting them in the freezer for a little while until the berries are firm and then just messaging them off the stem. I have made jam and if you leave any stem on it makes the jam taste bitter. I am getting ready to make elderberry wine from elderberries I harvested last fall and put in the freezer. I am looking for wine yeast and finding different kinds. What should I get and do you recommend an online supplier? I don’t have a shop local. Also, I found a recipe for elderflower wine. Have you ever mixed flowers and berries?

A trick to de-stemming the berries is putting them in the freezer for a little while until the berries are firm and then just messaging them off the stem. I have made jam and if you leave any stem on it makes the jam taste bitter.

]]> By: Catherine Gipson http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-135968 Catherine Gipson Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:08:03 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/#comment-135968 Hi, we are in the process of making elberberry wine, as my older sister in her 70's requested some, we found elderberries growing ,pick them, & husband & I sit in the shade & destem them, we enjoyed the relaxing time doing this. brought back lots of memories of desteming eb when i was a child. they are so beautiful. my question can we grow eb in garden. I would love to plant my own, even through i would miss the adventure we enjoy roadsiding together (husband & I).I also have enough eb to make jam can't wait. with homemade bread yum. good ole hot summer time fun. Catherine, August,2010 Hi, we are in the process of making elberberry wine, as my older sister in her 70′s requested some, we found elderberries growing ,pick them, & husband & I sit in the shade & destem them, we enjoyed the relaxing time doing this. brought back lots of memories of desteming eb when i was a child. they are so beautiful. my question can we grow eb in garden. I would love to plant my own, even through i would miss the adventure we enjoy roadsiding together (husband & I).I also have enough eb to make jam can’t wait. with homemade bread yum.
good ole hot summer time fun. Catherine, August,2010

]]> By: Michele http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-135790 Michele Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:39:49 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/#comment-135790 We just prepared our juice for our elderberry wine. This is the first time that we are making it. We used a electric juicer and put the whole thing in. Stem and all. Is that ok or should we have picked the berries off. We just prepared our juice for our elderberry wine. This is the first time that we are making it. We used a electric juicer and put the whole thing in. Stem and all. Is that ok or should we have picked the berries off.

]]> By: kate http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-135787 kate Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:04:40 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/08/31/preserving-the-harvest-elderberry-wine/#comment-135787 The general consensus amongst herbalists is to remove stalks from elderberry before making medicines like tinctures as the stalks are considered somewhat toxic. I've used tincture from elderberries with stalks on, and it's been fine, but you take a risk that someone will react to the stalks and/or it will affect the taste of the wine (I'm not a wine maker so not sure of the taste risk. If I was making a liqueur I'd remove the stalks). The general consensus amongst herbalists is to remove stalks from elderberry before making medicines like tinctures as the stalks are considered somewhat toxic. I’ve used tincture from elderberries with stalks on, and it’s been fine, but you take a risk that someone will react to the stalks and/or it will affect the taste of the wine (I’m not a wine maker so not sure of the taste risk. If I was making a liqueur I’d remove the stalks).

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