Creative practices of a textile artist from Queensland, Australia. Now living in Somerset, England.
Category Archives: Homebrew
Elderberry and Apple Wine (my own recipe!)
Elderberry and apple wine I have just completed racking my first batch of elderberry and apple wine. This is an exciting step further into the unknown! I have taken all of the understanding gaining by brewing up a storm all summer and … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments, Foraging, Homebrew, How-to, Preserves, Recipes
Tagged airlocks, bottling, brewing yeasts, crab apple wine, DIY, elderberry apple, elderberry wine, fermenting, home brewing, homebrew, selfsufficiency, wine making
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Elderberry Wine home brewing
Making elderberry wine, foraging for elderberries from around Somerset Continue reading
Posted in Experiments, Foraging, Homebrew, How-to, Preserves, Recipes, Somerset
Tagged Airlock, bottling, demijohns, DIY, elderberry, Elderberry must, fermenting, Foraging, Home brew, Racking, Somerset, Winemaking
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Making homemade apple cider vinegar
How to make Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) at home. Simple, easy to follow recipe. Continue reading
Posted in Experiments, Homebrew, How-to, Preserves, Recipes, Somerset
Tagged airlocks, apple cider vinegar, crab apples, demijohns, fermenting, Foraging, homebrew, musts, Somerset, vinegar, yeast
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Homebrewing and foraging rosehip wine
Rosehip wine brewed at home I think ‘rose hip wine’ has to be the most adventurous of the foraged wine making I have attempted so far. The must has now been racked and the cereal-y smell created throughout the fermenting process has … Continue reading
Posted in Homebrew, How-to, Preserves, Recipes, Somerset
Tagged fermenting, Foraging, homebrewing, how-to, rosehips, wine making, WIP
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Making and bottling elderflower cordial
Elderflower cordial – (simple but messy) Elder is a tree that I have only learned to recognise recently, and it was fuelled by my determination to make and bottle some of the (drinkable) British Classics. First on this list was elderflower cordial. Elderflower … Continue reading
Posted in Homebrew, How-to, Preserves, Recipes, Somerset
Tagged antique skills, bottling, cordial, DIY, elderflowers, Foraging, preserves, Somerset, summer, work in progress
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