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JeffinNZ
12-13-2011, 05:05 AM
After great success with lemon cordial this year my good friend put me onto elder flowers. I had heard of elderberry wine but not the elder flower cordial. The elders are flowering here right now so on Sunday I picked a heap, chucked them into the stock pot with aobut 3lb sugar and a gallon or so of water with 3 lemons and let it sit for two days. Success. Lovely drop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elderflower_cordial
44man
12-20-2011, 04:46 PM
I envy you! [smilie=s:
I have none here but back in Ohio I was able to pick gallons of berries.
Best wine and pies EVER. A lot of work but worth all of it.
JeffinNZ
12-20-2011, 11:41 PM
Picked some more flowers on the way to work today. The flowers are just finishing. Berry soon.
webfoot10
12-22-2011, 09:34 PM
Just bottled 16 gals of Elderberry wine. Had a lot of Elderberrys this past summer.
With all the rain this summer, the concord grapes, apples and peaches didn't do well.
But the wild Elderberries were everywhere. So that's what I used. Last year no Elder
berrys at all. Go figure. I will try the Elder Flower this coming summer, If I get a good
crop. Thanks for the recipe. webfoot