... I just kicked off with 2 gallons of elderflower, initial SG 1106, and the fermentation is chugging away quite famously. I can't remember a better spring in S. England for a long time; the domestic plums, damsons and sloe bushes around are all bursting with young fruit forming - looks like being a good year!
What's anyone else started with this season?
cheers, robin
Hi! Glad to hear the season is going well. I'm picking rhubarb and freezing it for a batch of wine later on. Currently, I'm working on a herb wine - oregano. We've had tons of rain here in southern Wisconsin, so if we get some sunshine along with it, strawberries should be good in about a month or so. Darlene
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Sounds good! My own strawberries are strictly for eating, so I think the next batch will probably be gooseberry. A trip abroad later on in the summer means I may miss most of the plums; straight in to wild damsons, blackberries and then sloes, I guess!
Not sure it's as good as last year (?), but time will tell. Up here in Scotland things are obviously a bit slower. I don't make Elderflower anymore but the roses are coming (and I'm considering another Hawthorn blossom). I'm pushing the Rhubarb for another week or two.
Other fruits won't be along for a while, and I really go for maximum ripeness so I'll be looking at July-September being the height of most harvesting really.
Ben
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