1 pint elderflowers
1 gallon water
3 1/2lbs white suger
1/2lb raisins
juice of 3 lemons
yeast
nutient

Collect flowers on a sunny date when fully open and trim from the stems. Bring water to the boil and pour over the flowers, add sugar, chopped raisins and lemon juice. When cool add yeast and nutrient. Leave to ferment in a warm place for a week, strain into a demi john, fit an airlock and leave to ferment. When it clears siphon if off the deposit, wait 2 months and then filter and bottle.

Don't forget elderberry wine is also very nice. We are going to try elderberry port this year.