bigugli Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 (edited) After having bottled hundreds of jars of pickles, preserves, salsa, etc..., I really look forward to bottling this last item so it is ready for Christmas. In the summer they look like this. Wee little elderberries that I pick by the bushel. The last pick is set aside for myself, and it was a more abundant pick this year. Tonight they became one of my favourites.. Brandy I still have salsa to bottle, but the brandy marks the end of the harvest season. Edited November 18, 2011 by bigugli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Nice work, and a lot of effort. I did a lady a bit of a favour, picked 5 buckets of chokecherries and 4 small bucket of crabapples for her, she sent me a couple of samples. Very good tasting. Seems like there were bumper crops for everything this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipper D Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 After having bottled hundreds of jars of pickles, preserves, salsa, etc..., I really look forward to bottling this last item so it is ready for Christmas. In the summer they look like this. Wee little elderberries that I pick by the bushel. The last pick is set aside for myself, and it was a more abundant pick this year. Tonight they became one of my favourites.. Brandy I still have salsa to bottle, but the brandy marks the end of the harvest season. I' now theres a man after me own heart , now you would'nt be want'en to shares some of her woods ya ...............i can just taste her now . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 You've had a busy fall with all your preserves Bruce and hopefully you enjoy them all winter long. My neighbor uses elderberries for jams & wines and although I haven't tried the wines, he gave me a couple jars of his jam and it's excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 You've had a busy fall with all your preserves Bruce and hopefully you enjoy them all winter long. My neighbor uses elderberries for jams & wines and although I haven't tried the wines, he gave me a couple jars of his jam and it's excellent. After a bottle of that I should be, as they say, "pickled" Truth is we would not be eating half as healthy if we were relying on the stoopermarkets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 What did you do to get the brandy? Did you vaporize the alcohol from the elderberry wine? I'm just curious cause I didn't know it got that dark. Sounds like you're right into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 From mash there is a fair amount of boiling to do to thicken, plus a liberal amount of sugar to fortify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb4me Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 How did you make it, if you dont mind me asking? I thought you had to distill wine to get brandy? Looks awesome either way thou..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cl_fishin Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Nice work, I canned my first fish this year (Whitefish) its amazing, so good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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