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by z-frog
Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:03 am
Forum: Home Brew and other Country Skills
Topic: Ederberry and Rosehip
Replies: 12
Views: 3766

Re: Ederberry and Rosehip

There is one thing that can be done with unripe figs, and that is to capture that lovely vegetal siesta-under-the-fig-tree scent in a liqueur. Take a couple of handfuls of unripe figs and a few leaves as well , cover with water and simmer gently for about 10 minutes until the water turns green and i...
by z-frog
Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:46 am
Forum: Wild Foods and Foraging
Topic: Foraging in east Cheshire for autumn wine fruit
Replies: 4
Views: 3563

Re: Foraging in east Cheshire for autumn wine fruit

Rosehip wine you say? I have just been picking a whole lot of them off the new Olympic site in Stratford yesterday (an excellent spot)...What recipe are you using? Would also love to hear about the hawthorn one...
Many thanks!
by z-frog
Sat Aug 06, 2011 1:46 pm
Forum: Home Brew and other Country Skills
Topic: ELderberry port issues
Replies: 11
Views: 3407

Re: ELderberry port issues

I am trying this recipe this year, got a whole lot of elderberries + some blackberries to show for my nettle burns and bramble scratches. I have never fermented anything serious before so am very excited about this. Once the fermentation stops, how long did you leave the port to mature before drinki...