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Cracked Cork!!! Oh my word!!! It's you. LOL. I followed your name and when I saw the pic, that feeling hit me again. JEALOUSY...Somewhere one day through many searches on elderberry wine, I found that page, and my tongue and heart drolled w/ envy over some of the finest elderberry patches I...

Elderberries were terrrible here, too. (PA) I'll have to try that. Do you use a dehydrator. I do have a good one. Do you have a recipe? You mentioned dry "some." I'll have to try it.

I have to agree w/ you, and even though I am a new wine skin, I stuck to guns and I'm glad I did. Allow me to explain. I've only been making wine 2 years. I lurk here, reading often, posting never. When when it comes to "gas" most people say a shake or 2, a whip or two and the problem...

Dave, here's my 2 cents. I made Elderberry wine 1.8 years ago and purchased every whip and tried everything. I refused to five up on it. So I followed the instruction and bit the bullet and gas-racked the wine. I had to transfer it 5 times to get the gas out. (happy for the vacuum) FINALLY...

Hey Arne and everyone else. Well, it took some time, but I finally learned how to gas rack. I had to do it 6 times back and forth, but the FINALLY the gas is out and my Elderberry is delicious. Now to figure out how much p-meta to put in for the final rack before bottling. I don't have the...

Thanks Arne. I'll give it a try. My hubs can probably figure it out from your description, but I will search it.

I don't know how to vacuum rack, Arne. Is this something that I can use my vacuum pump for, and if so, do you have any links or ideas how to create a setup to do this? I'm wondering this, as well, now, Arne, now that you got my wheels turning. I had a silicone burping bung on the carboy and...

The temp of the wine is 75 degrees. And ETB, trust me, splashing it isn't doing anything. The wine was started in September of last year, and I'm not in a hurry to drink it, but I do want the gas out.

Hi everyone: I'm new to winemaking and this forum, and hope you experts can help. I decided I had enough elderberry jelly and tried some elderberry wine last fall september. I purchased the right equipment. Practiced sanitary methods, etc. All is well. It even tastes delicious. Except...