It's not beer....It's Elderberry Melomel (get over it)

Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:52 am

So far my little 1gal test batch of this is great. I'll probably do 5gal next year if I can harvest that many berrys. This is done fermenting and 18% ABV :shock: I'll have to age it for a while, but it tasted pretty good when I racked it yesterday. A pretty good alcohol burn to it, but that was about it. Anyway on to the pictures....

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Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:49 pm

That looks awsome, when it is done ageing you should send it in for critique. I wouldnt know a melomel if it bit me in the arse. One of these days i will have the juevos to send in my brew. Every time i hear Elderberrys I think of MP & The Holy Grail.

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Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:12 am

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:15 am

I don't think I'm coming off of a bottle of this. I'll only get about 10 12oz bottles out of it. I can't make more till next year when I can pick more berrys. And a word of advice for anyone picking elderberrys they are a PITA. Very small and will stain everything you wear.

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Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:16 am

If anyone quotes Monty Python to your kids (should you have any), they'll be able to say with pride that their father does indeed smell of elderberries.
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:01 am

Hey Lufah I have a solution to your berry problem There is this winery here in kansas that produces a concentrate for health reasons. I keep a bottle of it around for the kids and me to keep us well and fight sickness faster. Well this stuff is a good concentrate the ingredients list is elderberry juice filtered water and potasium sorbate. So check this site out buddy. http://www.elderberry.net/index.htm
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Lufah wrote:What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?


African or European?
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Speyedr wrote:
Lufah wrote:What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?


African or European?


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