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Elderflower Hock Home Brew Wine Recipe
This makes a delightful white wine of the hock type, but if it turns out slightly too dry for your liking, add one or, at the most, two drops of sweetener per bottle
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Ingredients |
Metric |
British |
USA |
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Elder blossoms (4 to 5 sprays, not pressed down) |
300 mL |
Half a pint |
Half a pint |
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1 kg |
21/4 lb |
2lb |
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100ml |
31/2 ounce |
2 ounce |
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Lemons |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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Grape tannin |
Quarter teaspoon |
Quarter teaspoon |
Quarter teaspoon |
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Water |
4.5L |
1g |
1g |
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Hock yeast |
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- Trim the flowers from the spray with scissors,
- Put them into your polythene bucket with the sugar, concentrate, and lemon rinds (no pith), and pour 3.5 L (six pints) boiling water over them.
- Stir to dissolve the sugar, and leave until cool,
- Add the lemon juice, tannin, nutrients and yeast.
- Leave in a warm place, closely covered, for four days,
- Strain into a fermenting jar, top up to the bottom of the neck with cold water and continue as usual.
- Ready for drinking by Christmas
Elderflower Hock Equipment & Ingredients
