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This turned out just fine. I back sweetened half the batch and left the other half dry…both are great.

Finished that gallon of bad-berry…not to bad right now. I'll wait till next year to try it again.

Arne, Yeah man...I totally plan on finishing it.

Basically the only things on the ingredients list should be fruit juice and water

I have had good success with the $3-4 quarts of 100% juice from Trader Joe's and Whole Foods...or the hipster section of the local grocery store. They are usually in glass bottles. I have made the stuff listed below, usually in 1 gallon batches. Pomegranate Pomegranate/Cherry Cranberry...

So... I replaced the blended blackberries with new fresh ones. Fermentation was executed without abnormalities. I have the Elderberry/Blackberry in a carboy now. Although I am a little upset with myself because I had to top off about 3 quarts, I used water, and I am afraid that may dilute it...

Here I am (just in time) Crossing my fingers!

Arne, I tasted it and the elderberry is so powerful it was all I could identify. Wiz, thanks for the input. Bergmann, I wound up taking your advice. I hit up the store on the way home and blackberries were on sale!:mny so I got 3 lbs. I also got a new nylon bag from the local brew store...

wow, you're right down 81 only about 40 min drive

Vintner's Harvest elderberry wine base - 96 oz Blackberries - 3.5 lbs Sugar - 15 cups Water - to make 5 gal Tannin - 0.5 tsp Acid Blend - 2 tsp Yeast Nut - 4 tsp Pectic Enzyme - 2.5 tsp K-Meta - 5 tabs i'm freakin' out

SG was 1.081 when all was said and done last night. I think if I swap out the same amount of fruit and maybe add some water I'll be ok in that regard. I'm thinking of calling my wife and having her take the bag out. If she does that right now time will only be 15 hrs.

Angelina, thank you for that. I don't care if it kills me, I just don't want it to taste bad...haha My plan is: When I get home today the blended berries will have been in the must for about 19 hours. I'll hit up the store on the way home and get new fruit, take the bad stuff out, put the...

Bergmann, not that I don't believe you (or value your input)...because I do...but... Does anyone else have input?

crud... I was afraid of that :slp

So... last night I mixed everything for some Elderberry Blackberry must. I used the Vintner's Harvest 96oz can for Elderberry and (from reading suggestions on this site) I used frozen fruit to supplement a 5 gal batch. I pretty much followed the recipe on the can with the exception of the...

6 L of Mead (local honey) aging 2 gal Pomegranate Cherry first rack was a month ago 3 L orange wine racked about a month ago (this is an experiment) What I'm most excited about is the Elderberry I just started… here is what I did: 1 96oz can VH Elderberry 8 lbs of blackberries 2/3 tsp tannin 4...

THANKS for the feedback! 64oz HomeWinery Elderberry concentrate 7.5lbs "Fresh" Blackberries Water to 5 Gallons Sugar to SG 1.080 acid to 0.55% 1 Banana 5 K-meta tabs 5 tsp yeast nut wait 24 hrs pitch EC-1118

I'm planning on making some Elderberry wine. For me, it seems, the best thing is going to be using homewinery.com's concentrate. From reading previous posts, and e-mailing them, one of their 64oz bottles will make a great 3 gallons of wine and an ok 5 gallons. (yes I know they are designed...

Ok... I put a few cups of cracked corn in there and agitated the carboy...it worked.

this place is so cool