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  • From: "Bill Russell" <shaman@penn.com>
  • To: <nafex@egroups.com>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] elderberry goo
  • Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:34:25 -0400

Simple fix: Boil the elderberries first.

Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "mIEKAL aND" <dtv@mwt.net>
To: <nafex@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 1:32 PM
Subject: [nafex] elderberry goo


> Bumper crop of elderberries this year, (but almost no grapes) so Im
turning a
> lot of the berries into wine. Now my question is this. Whenever I make
wine
> out of elderberries I get a green goo, almost as sticky as glue, & it
deposits
> on all of the winemaking glasswear & the strainer bag.... Seems like some
sort
> of tannic compound. What is it & is there anyway to avoid producing it, &
> anyway to get it off short of scraping or alcohol..
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> These berries are from bear creek, I believe they are York, & suckering
> profusely which we are gladly spreading around our various plantings.
>
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> miekal
>
> dreamtime village | zone 4 WI
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