Thank you Bigdavek! I love the short response time on this forum!! and I appreciate your reply, thx! very valuable info for a semi-newbie like me..
I hope I fulfil the give/take quote
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I have gotten some new ingredients and just got the idea to ask if anyone have used that already?
I bought the dried elderberry for color and the ground rose hip for tannines :)
'those sneaky swedes'.... 😅
I don't know if you figured out why the cranberry was so.. uncooperative.. but I have an idea.
It must have to do with the 'vaccinium' part in its latin name..
;) not that reason alone.. because swedish blueberries and others also has that... here it comes...
Yeah I wonder what time is best. To leach out lots of colors and tannines, alcohol might help when leveled up.. which need some time. I think I will try 3 weeks next time.
The 'thing' I try to describe has a hose where the wine sample goes out when CO2 is pressed in, so no danger even with...
Tack :) Do you know from what part of Sweden? niice! late summer my house is surrounded by wild lingonberry och blueberry. I have not made a lingonberry only wine. But used them in several.
OK, very interesting about 'astringent flavor is a multiplier of acid flavor'! I think that is why they almost taste too acidic even though pH is not too low. I think bulk storage of these will do them really good.
Ah cool.. marbles or other 'filler' :)