Gorgeous color! Black currants and elderberries give the most wonderful dark red, blood color to the wine - faster than even black grapes. Btw, I found myself in the same situation a couple of months back, with an ultimatum to make space in the freezer, lol! I used black currants and cherries, applying more or less the same method as you (except I used honey instead of sugar as I wanted a berry mead) until I transferred it over to two 5L demijohns. Once the mead was in demijohns for 2 months, I used one cinnamon stick per demijohn since I've learned that cinnamon enhances the cherry flavor. I also used a couple of table spoons of chocolate extract per demijohn. This was 3 weeks ago. I've sampled it this past weekend and it was amazing! Reminds me of Cabernet Sauvignon with a hint of honey and spice. I stabilized it and plan to bottle one demijohn dry as it is tonight. The other one I'll sweeten a bit with honey, return to a clean demijohn and leave for as long as it takes to incorporate that honey properly and clear out again. Usually this takes 2 - 3 weeks.
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Gorgeous color! Black currants and elderberries give the most wonderful dark red, blood color to the wine - faster than even black grapes.
Btw, I found myself in the same situation a couple of months back, with an ultimatum to make space in the freezer, lol!
I used black currants and cherries, applying more or less the same method as you (except I used honey instead of sugar as I wanted a berry mead) until I transferred it over to two 5L demijohns. Once the mead was in demijohns for 2 months, I used one cinnamon stick per demijohn since I've learned that cinnamon enhances the cherry flavor. I also used a couple of table spoons of chocolate extract per demijohn. This was 3 weeks ago.
I've sampled it this past weekend and it was amazing! Reminds me of Cabernet Sauvignon with a hint of honey and spice. I stabilized it and plan to bottle one demijohn dry as it is tonight.
The other one I'll sweeten a bit with honey, return to a clean demijohn and leave for as long as it takes to incorporate that honey properly and clear out again. Usually this takes 2 - 3 weeks.
Sounds nice. Got me thinking, a black forest gateaux wine. Mmmmm
Very good video, think ive got a really dirty mind 😂you squeezing those currants 😂
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