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I was at a spring fayre at Surrey Docks City Farm last weekend, and the farm brew stall owner had wanted to make elder flower wine, but it wasn't out yet, so he made some from the flowers/blosom that were out - and so we sampled some very nice Bird Cherry Blossom wine.
I think that he made it using a normal elderflower wine recipe, and it was still fermenting, so about 6% and quite sweet. It was a hit with the ladies, some of whom didn't quite get the idea of what it was, so we told them it was Smirnoff Ice/Bacardi Breezer lol :whistle:
he also had mead, elderberry wine, and two sorts of cider from last years pressing (at the autumn fayre), and some 'meadowsweet' wine.
all rather nice.
I've got some beetroot seeds coming up, so I'll be attempting some beetroot wine in a few months time, and I'm going to plant some rhubarb too, for next year.
I think that he made it using a normal elderflower wine recipe, and it was still fermenting, so about 6% and quite sweet. It was a hit with the ladies, some of whom didn't quite get the idea of what it was, so we told them it was Smirnoff Ice/Bacardi Breezer lol :whistle:
he also had mead, elderberry wine, and two sorts of cider from last years pressing (at the autumn fayre), and some 'meadowsweet' wine.
all rather nice.
I've got some beetroot seeds coming up, so I'll be attempting some beetroot wine in a few months time, and I'm going to plant some rhubarb too, for next year.
Plum is my favourite and I hide a few bottles away from Mrs Mc as she'll drink it all. We only have a small victoria plum tree enough to make 23ltrs so may actually buy some plums this year to double up.
Goozegog is another easy one to drink, I have a red gooseberry plant and I mix it with white goozegog's I get from a neighbour.
We live near a nature reserve and get 20lb to 30lb of blackberries each year, trouble with blackberry you have to wait nearly 12months for it to be ready.
I have 20 bottles of elderflower champagne in the garage, tastes okay to me, but no one here is that fussed about it, saying that don't think I've opened a bottle since xmas.
I'm not a fan of elderberry wine, but when mixed with apple juice its okay to me
Goozegog is another easy one to drink, I have a red gooseberry plant and I mix it with white goozegog's I get from a neighbour.
We live near a nature reserve and get 20lb to 30lb of blackberries each year, trouble with blackberry you have to wait nearly 12months for it to be ready.
I have 20 bottles of elderflower champagne in the garage, tastes okay to me, but no one here is that fussed about it, saying that don't think I've opened a bottle since xmas.
I'm not a fan of elderberry wine, but when mixed with apple juice its okay to me
Apples are always available in the supermarkets so that is one easy possibility.
Another is both Tesco and Sainsbury's have bags of frozen fruit, presently seems 3 bags/containers for £5. You would get 2 1/2-3lb for that. So you could make a raspberry wine. Alternatively get 3 lots of mixed fruit.
Another is both Tesco and Sainsbury's have bags of frozen fruit, presently seems 3 bags/containers for £5. You would get 2 1/2-3lb for that. So you could make a raspberry wine. Alternatively get 3 lots of mixed fruit.
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