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I think I read somewhere that all elderberries are toxic and require boiling for 30 minutes before use. Someone got sick from drinking too much fresh pressed elderberry juice.

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Sounds good to me.

Thanks, Sour Grapes.

It will be interesting to see how that turns out.

I can relate as a good proportion of the drinks I've made had an off aroma. I think it was in part due to using bleach-based sanitizers such as Miltons but other factors such as fermenting at too high a temperatures almost certainly came into play. Letting it sit on the lees too long probably...

I made elderberry wine in September 2013 but never got around to picking them last year, which I'm kicking myself about.

Welcome, I made some blackberry wine too and found it quite enjoyable.

Welcome, I'm new too.

I'd love to make a perry and planting a perry pear tree for future generations is something I've thought about. I'd be interested in making a perry myself although I'll probably have to make do with desert pears in the absence of perry pears.

Thank you. I've not made any flower or herb wines yet but I did make a wine from Demerara sugar and marrow juice, technically a fruit but for all intents and purposes a vegetable.

I do indeed, I've foraged for elderberries, sloes and blackberries so far and I have some currant bushes that I might utilize when they fruit.

Thank you kindly.

Hello all, before I start I have a confession to make: I have never made wine from grapes. This is due to the lack of wine grapes available in my area more than anything else. Although it is possible to grow the vine in England it is not the best environment for grapes to grow in, although there...