The Durham Elderberries
Another 4kgs of elderberries from the St. Margaret's allotment hedges behind the house at Allergate. I've just added 2kgs of sugar, 4 pints of boiling water and another sachet of wine-making yeast to this jam-pan full of fruit. I gave the mixture a good mashing up and a blend to release the fruit juice, and when the whole thing has cooled down, then I'll combine this second batch with the elderberries which we gathered from the hedgerows around Duns Tew on Thursday of last week.
All together in the same 60 litre barrel, we will have around 8kgs of fruit, which we hope we can top up with water and leave once the primary fermentation has gone on for about a further four days from today.
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