Recent content by bearpaw8491

Thanks Bernard:) Will add to my "Santa" list. Again, appreciate your help. John

I was unaware that he had authored other books. The one I have is First Steps in Winemaking. Could you supply other titles please? I'd like to add them to my collections. Thanks again.

Thanks Bernard, Believe I had come across this vid in my search; lots of good info. Just came in from cycling and I noticed some late-blooming elders. I may be able to find some others that are not in a nature reserve, harvest a pint of flowers and weigh them. I'll let you and others know if...

The recipe I was considering called for 1 pint - loosely packed / gal. Not much help - kinda like "how long is a piece of string":rolleyes::D I'll post for others who may have the same question if I can figure it out. May end up winging it and see how it turns out and make adjustments from...

Thanks DuncB Yep, mine turned dark also but figured since they were frozen, they couldn't have deteriorated in flavor. The recipes I find give a volume quantity for the flowers and they all vary considerably from 1 pint/ gal all the way to 1 gal (US) to the gallon and up to 100 flower heads...

I gathered about 23 oz (after stripping from stalks) of elderflowers in preparation of making 5 gallons of wine. My schedule was interruped and I froze the flowers. I'm ready to start the wine but a little uncertain of how many ounces of the flowers to use for the 5 gal batch. Any...

Thanks Miraculix for the fast reply 👍🙂. Headed to Costco early this week to pick up a few things and will grab 5 gals of the Motts Apple juice - seems to be what a lot of folks are using. I was wondering if the dextrose contributed anything other than facilitating yeast activity/feeding that...

Apfelwein newbie here - just found this thread this morning and would like to give this a try but have a couple of questions if anyone has time: Does dextrose add a particular element to the Apfelwein or can ordinary table sugar be used? Would like to bottle in 750 ml wine bottles and age for a...