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I've now started fermenting it and the colour does seem to be improving a bit - now more beige than scary dark brown! When I washed my hands after pulling the flowers off the stalks my fingers were stained a kind of 'nicotine brown' (probably by the pollen), so this could have something to do with i...

Thanks, so hopefully the colour change is harmless and I'm quite tempted to ferment it just to see what happens - however I am a bit short on space and it would also be a shame to poison myself!! But then again I don't really want to waste it - It took ages pulling the little flowers off all their s...

Hello I started making my second batch of elderflower wine yesterday - put the flowers and lemon peel into the bucket with boiling water - and this morning I saw that the liquid had all gone dark brown. Does anyone know what's going on with it? I didn't put lemon juice in straight away like I did la...