How To Make Elderberry Wine (1)

Homemade Wine Recipe

Ingredients: Elderberry Wine Recipe

3 lbs / 1,350 grams fresh elderberries
3 lbs / 1,350 grams sugar
8 pints / 1 gallon water
1 teaspoon citric acid
Wine yeast

Method - What to Do

Strip and crush the berries and place them in a bucket. Add 1/2 of the boiling water and allow to cool. Dissolve the sugar in the remaining boiling water and strain the berries through a sieve on to the sugar and add the citric acid and the yeast. Pour the liquid into a demijohn and seal with an airlock.

Store the wine in a warm place and allow the fermentation to work itself out. When fermentation has ceased, rack the wine into a clean jar and place in a cooler environment and leave for a further few months. Rack again and leave until the wine is stable. Leave for a further six months and bottle.

How To Make Elderberry Wine (2)
(Wine Recipe)

Ingredients: Elderberry Wine Recipe

3 lbs / 1,350 grams fresh elderberries
3 lbs / 1,350 grams sugar
8 pints / 1 gallon water
1 teaspoon citric acid
1 campden tablet
Wine yeast

Method - What to Do

Strip and crush the berries in place them in a bucket. Add 1/2 of the boiling water and allow to cool. Dissolve the sugar in the remaining boiling water and strain the berries through a sieve on to the sugar and add the citric acid and the yeast. Leave to ferment for five days. Strain the berries through a sieve and pour the liquid into a demijohn and seal with an airlock.

Store the wine in a warm place and allow the fermentation to work itself out. When fermentation has ceased, rack the wine into a clean jar and place in a cooler environment and leave for a further few months. Rack again and leave until the wine is stable. Leave for a further six months and bottle.

How To Make Elderberry Wine (3)
(Wine Recipe)

Ingredients: Elderberry Wine Recipe

3 lbs / 1,350 grams fresh elderberries
1 lb / 450 grams sultanas
3 lbs / 1,350 grams sugar
8 pints / 1 gallon water
1 teaspoon citric acid
1 campden tablet
Wine yeast
Yeast nutrient

Method - What to Do

Strip and crush the berries and boil with water. Strain through a sieve and place liquid in a bucket. Add the sugar and the citric acid and when cool add the campden tablet and yeast. Leave to ferment for five days stirring daily and then pour the liquid into a demijohn and seal with an airlock.

Store the wine in a warm place and allow the fermentation to work itself out. When fermentation has ceased, rack the wine into a clean jar and place in a cooler environment and leave for a further few months. Rack again and leave until the wine is stable. Leave for a further six months and bottle.


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