HagaGrimalkin Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Is there someone who made wine from dried elderberries? Is it possible? Do you need to add sugar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagefire Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 The only problem is that they are dried. The wine comes from fermenting the juice.However,dried berries can often be reconstituted with boiling water, sugar and a pectin of some sort, much like making syrup.This syrup can the be added to a wine or brandy as a flavoring. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HagaGrimalkin Posted September 15, 2019 Author Share Posted September 15, 2019 That's a bit like liquor making! Good idea! Sounds good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagefire Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 It sounds delicious.Let us know if it turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodwitchofthewest Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 I am kind of partial to meads, myself - if it were me, I'd set up a mead to ferment and throw the berries into that to reconstitute and infuse. I agree that reconstituting the berries and making the wine with that alone is not likely to yield a very tasty product. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodwitchofthewest Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 A typical batch of mead has about 3 pounds of honey per gallon. It can vary a bit by recipe - I'd just grab a good beginner's recipe and use that as your base, adding the dried elderberries into it for the first fermentation. Let us know how it goes! :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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