1986 Elderflower
October 2018 – I recall that I saw a package of dried elderflowers in The Winery (this is years before I became a partner). It struck my fancy so I gave it a try.
Ingredients
| Fruit | 4 oz dried elderflowers + 2 lemons |
| Water | 1 gallon |
| Sugar | 4# |
| Acid | 1 tsp citric acid |
| Nutrient | 1 tsp nutrient + 1/2 tsp energizer |
| Pectic Enzyme | 1/2 tsp |
| Yeast | Red Star Epernay II |
Method
| Started | 05/18/1986 SG 1.102 |
| Yeast added | 05/19/1986 SG 1.102 |
| Strained | 05/22/1986 SG 1.010 |
| Racked | 05/29/1986 SG 0.988 |
| Racked | 06/10/1986 SG 0.988 |
| 1.5 cups sugar added | 06/10/1986 SG 1.012 |
| Racked | 06/30/1986 SG 1.012 |
| Racked | 08/15/1986 SG 1.012 |
| Bottled | 08/27/1986 SG 1.012 |
Notes
| Yield | 5 bottles |
| Alcohol | 15.5% |
| Afterthoughts | What I remember of this wine is that it wasn’t that interesting. I chalked it up to once tried, then never repeated. 🙂
Although it doesn’t specify, I assume that when I added sugar on 10 June 1986 I was sweetening the wine, so I must have stabilized it with sorbate and sulfite. |