Summer Ends

I'm still behind on posts so imagine it's just starting to get a bit chilly in morning.
Summer draws to an end, it's a bit sad really. Don't get me wrong, weather wise it's been great and produced some fantastic stuff to make wine wit,h but I can't say that I've had much of the time to enjoy the good weather. Ah well, maybe next year.
Still, there's plenty to do. The Elderberry wines are still in their demi-johns and are doing well, best just leave them alone I think. The Elderberry, Blackberry and Rose seems to be incredibly smooth so I'm hoping that it will stay the same. Hoping to start clearing and bottling in mid November.

Riiiiight this is a Damson, or what I mean is that it MIGHT be a Damson...  Thing is, you're supposed to get the damson flesh then add barley and water then leave for four to five days. Yeah... I left it for a week and the smell was a bit funky....
Nevermind! Got two gallons of the 'stuff' going in the demi-johns, we'll just have to see how that we goes.....

Now this one is Blackberry and Apple, it's not strong on the Blackberry so it could come out quite subtle. Again, it's now in the demi-johns doing its thing. Total shot in the dark on this one.


















On another note I cracked open one of the elderflower champagne bottles to see how it was getting on. Very nice I think, dry with a bit of fizz which hopefully will increase as we get closer to Christmas. It's cleared nicely too, Chief Taster exclaimed "It tastes like real alcohol!" Yeah, cheers.

I recently got given a box of quinces so there's a good chance that'll find itself in a demi-john before to long. That's IF I get the time. Got the kit to make two gallons of Rose petal wine too :)

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