Bramble brandy and elderberry gin

[Chris]

Went for a walk in the woods yesterday and found the absolute motherload of brambles, so picked a pound to bring back with me. These have been turned into the beginnings of some Bramble Brandy.

My back garden has a very handy elder hanging over the back of it, so I today liberated it of about half a pound of ripe elderberries and have decided to try making some elderberry gin.

By an absolute stroke of luck, they should be just about ready for sampling around the time of the Winter Moot.

 

[John Fenna]

Setting up to get revenge on me?

 

[Broch]

I did wonder what the 1L kilner jars were for

 

[Chris]

Setting up to get revenge on me?

It only seemed the polite thing to do! Think I'm going to steal your 'Port' idea as well and use the blackberries a second time.

I did wonder what the 1L kilner jars were for

For pickling food as well as pickling people at the Moot, they're so versatile!