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jema
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Stripped my last elderberries of the yearWell maybe not, there are still a lot looking like they will get riper and more tempting round here 
But last year when I got back into wine making, I ended up with 15 gallons on. Which was very easy to do, as I was gainfully unemployed, with a distinct creative block on what to do next work wise 
This year, I seem to be spinning an awful lot of plates  and I was not sure I'd manage. But I have just thrown 20lb in the boiler to take the total to 15 gallons for the year again 
Maybe I'll try some experimental 1 gallon batches, with whatever I am still tempted to pick
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sally_in_wales
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What about a final gallon of spiced elderberry mead (or is that strictly a melomel?), anyway, use some nice warming spices and a jar of honey to fortify the batch, for a slightly different effect??
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cab
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| sally_in_wales wrote: | | What about a final gallon of spiced elderberry mead (or is that strictly a melomel?), |
Strictly, yes, I believe so. Although if it's also spiced isn't it a metheglin? There seem to be dozens of names for mead variants.
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anyway, use some nice warming spices and a jar of honey to fortify the batch, for a slightly different effect?? |
Listen to Sally. She's speaking sense!
Use 2 1/2 - 3lb of honey per gallon rather than sugar, and flavour with allspice, mace, cinnamon and cloves. Boil them in a spice bag for a while (minutes) as you boil up the honey in the water to get the scum off.
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sally_in_wales
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| cab wrote: |
Listen to Sally. She's speaking sense!
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Shhh, people will expect me to talk sense more often if you say that 
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cab
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| sally_in_wales wrote: | | cab wrote: |
Listen to Sally. She's speaking sense!
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Shhh, people will expect me to talk sense more often if you say that |
Oops... Sorry...
Jema! Ignore Sally! She knows not of what she speaks!
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