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Old 12-06-2006, 10:42 AM
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Hi Jersey Jan, Elder flowers have a fantastic perfume but wine will lack body. You will need to add something like berries, grapes pea pods even nettle tops would help. Two pints clean flowers to one gallon, 2lb sugar adjusted down if you use berries. Place flowers in boilng water, keep covered and clean and stir occassionally for four days then strain. Add (tannin and citric acid) could be tea and a lemon, then yeast and nutrient.

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