Elderberry Wine

Elderberry Wine

Taken from  http://www.brewstore.co.uk/dried-elderberries-1354-p.asp

Here is the recipe:

500g - Dried Elderberries
 240g - Grape Concentrate (Red)
 2 - Bananas
 1kg - Sugar
 3.4 ltr - Water
 1 tsp - Citric Acid
 1 - Campden Tablet
 1 Sachet - Yeast Nutrient
 1 Sachet - Yeast (Burgundy)
 1 tsp - Potassium Sorbate
 Finings - As per instructions

Method

1) Skin and slice the bananas and simmer in 2 pints of water for 15 minutes (Do Not Boil).

2) Dissolve Sugar in 3 pints of boiling water. Place dried Elderberries in a pail and scald with sugar syrup and banana liquor. Leave till cool (20°C. 60°F.)

3) Add yeast, yeast nutrient, and citric acid and top up to six pints with water. Cover and ferment the pulp for seven days, stirring daily.

4) Strain must into clean demijohn. Add grape concentrate and top up to 1 gallon with cold water. fit air lock and ferment out to required sweetness (dry 995 – sweet 1015 on your hydrometer)

5) Add 1 Campden tablet and Potassium Sorbate (to stop fermentation).
6) One week later, rack into a clean demijohn, add finings and rack again when clear. The wine is now clear for bottling.