frydogbrews
Well-Known Member
ok, so i looked through the site and only found one reference to making mead with elderberry flowers, and he didn't have many replies.
i have a big batch of elderberries in my back property and while i will let most of them fruit out (to make the berries into beer and cider and mead!) i would like to clip some of the flowers and make a mead with them.
has anyone done this?
would i just steep them in hot water for 30 minutes to extract the fragrance then add this to the secondary once fermentation is complete?
i have one batch of mead i was thinking about bottling soon, could i just plop this elderberry water into that, let it sit a few weeks, then bottle?
any help is much appreciated.
i have a big batch of elderberries in my back property and while i will let most of them fruit out (to make the berries into beer and cider and mead!) i would like to clip some of the flowers and make a mead with them.
has anyone done this?
would i just steep them in hot water for 30 minutes to extract the fragrance then add this to the secondary once fermentation is complete?
i have one batch of mead i was thinking about bottling soon, could i just plop this elderberry water into that, let it sit a few weeks, then bottle?
any help is much appreciated.