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You can check out this thread... https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/elderberry-mead.143557/#post-10064169

Do you want to brew beer, mead, or wine? I haven't brewed any beer, yet. But I plan on it. I have made a few one gallon batches of mead and wine, and this can be done fairly cheap. Before finding this website, I watched City Steading Brews on YouTube. They explain everything quite well, and they...

This would be great for these Wisconsin winters. It's like being part of the Night's Watch up here.

Does any body know if the green goo problem happens if you just use the liquid from the berries after a long low simmer? I've read about this problem and I was wondering how much of a difference it would make if I just used a strong elderberry tea instead of pitching the berries right into...

I'm using dried berries. If I would have had more foresight, I would've picked some this year. They're fairly common around here.

Thanks again for the tip, Dan. I was planning on using a full pound of berries, but because I saw your reply about using 3oz. to start for one gallon I started to read through some more posts on this thread and realized that 1 lb. would most likely be too much, and a waste of berries as well...

I'm happy I found this website. thanks for the insights guys. It's a pretty interesting little rabbit hole to go down. I figure I'm just gonna simmer them for about 10-15 minutes and then add the berries and liquid into primary. Better to be safe than diarrhea. :thumbsup:

Thank you kindly, Raptor99! I've spent some time looking into this myself and getting mixed answers, so your input has really cleared things up quite a bit. I was thinking I was gonna try a ! gallon batch of mead with a pound of dried elderberries, 10oz. of frozen sweet cherries, a cup of...

My name is Lucas and I've made a few one gallon batches of mead, so I'm pretty new to it, but I look forward to learning more.

Do dried elderberries need to be cooked before use in a mead? and if so, do you add the water the berries were cooked in into the ferment as well as the berries? I only ask because my bag of elderberries says elderberries should be cooked before consumption.