Lilac Wine - Simple & Sensational Home Brewed Country Wine
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- čas přidán 14. 05. 2020
- In this video we cover our own recipe for making sensational Lilac Wine - a lovely, heady, Summer wine
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Oh I would love to see the Elderflower Champagne< i have loved all of your wine videos very much.
Thank you! Elderflower time is imminent, do if I find a suitable day, I'll do it 😉
Published it today Elizabeth! Hugh
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After rinsing the bleach, I then spray my vessel with 3%USP hydrogen peroxide and leave it. This does not create a sterile environment but a sanitized one, as well, if anything did fall into in afterward the HP will take care of it and leave no off flavors. I also spray out my clean bottles and anything that comes into contact with the must with HP.
I am surprised you didn't agitate the must in the demi john to introduce oxygen into it as the yeast go through a respiratory process prior to reproduction. Putting a lid on the demi john and shaking it for a good 2-5 minutes will suffice and encourage quicker yeast response.
Good show.
I've not tried peroxide - always been concerned given that it will react violently with bleach!
At the dilutions we are dealing with, it isn't likely, and if you rinse the bleach out with water, there should be no bleach left. We would be using 3USP. I used to be a hairdresser and we would mix a much stringer solution of peroxide(20%+) with bleach to lighten hair. As long as there is a water rinse in between, there should be no issue.
In brewing we use peracedic acid, aka, PAA, and the two active ingredients in it are peroxide and vinegar.@@EnglishCountryLife
Thank you for another great video. I will now be on the hunt for unguarded lilac bushes.
I hope you find some 🙂. Hugh
We often make a poolish starter when baking French bread/baguettes. Same sort of thing as you use as a yeast activator for the wine
That's a new one on me Mark, but it makes total sense! Are you well mate?
Just discovered your channel! Thumbs up and subscribed!!! Looking forward to checking out your other presentations!
Thanks Thomas and welcome!
I'm really enjoying all your videos.I know it's hard work, but it's a lovely life you have.
Thank you so much! Its a great life but, like everything, it has its ups and downs. Our entire planted sweetcorn was killed by frost this week ☹️. But then I looked at all the little chicks running around 🙂
"My worst day on the farm is better than my best day in an office"
Just watched this video and very sad that I just missed the lilac last month, still inspired for next year. Thank you.
I know, do sorry. A lot of the time we are filming videos one year, that are most useful the following year ☹️. I need a cheap time machine! Hugh
Love the look of this recipe and looks so uncoplecated to make, i'm definately going to try this wine. Thank you for sharing. Happy winemaking 👍😀 Tony
I'm glad you're going to give it a try!
Greetings from Alaska l and thank you for this brilliant video. I have a lovely lilac tree in my yard. I've always wanted to do something with the flowers so I hot on the Tube for inspiration. This is my first ever attempt at making wine. So far it looks and smells absolutely amazing. I closely followed your directions. One of the differences was I substituted 2 tablespoons of bee pollen for the yeast nutrient. Well it is most definitely alive and bubbly!
Once more thanks for the inspiration. I have seen other videos on wine making that seemed to be geared more for a novice than I. Your instructions seemed to be easy to understand and practical. You should be a teacher! Keep on the good work and I will follow your future videos!
Thanks Jon, that's really kind of you. Do let me know what you think of the taste? Hugh
Greetings from bonnie Scotland
I would love some more elderflower recipes, great video, take care Mike
Righto Mike, if I get a quiet day it will be done! Hugh
I'm not sure if I'm just not very observant, or if I've genuinely never seen a lilac tree. They're beautiful flowers.
Ha, thanks for that 😘
The smell is incredible! Get Jon to find one for you 😁!
Gorgeous!
Thank you! Cheers!
Viscosity
A good word
Hi Hugh another lovely post. I was going to make Lilac wine this year but did not get to the tree in time. My Lilac is a purple one. It resides at the bottom of the garden which is currently a bit of a jungle. When processing flowers in wine, especially Elderflowers, I always use a fork and use the tynes of the fork to remove the flower. It is a little time consuming but it does make sure that the minimal amount of stalk (which is bitter) goes into the wine. I usually dry a load of elderflower petals as well to use later in the year for making wine and cordial. Just in case we run out. I also use this for making my Nan's recipe for Elderflower Champagne as well. By the way absolutely love the basket. Another excellent tutorial. Thank you. Hope you are all well. Take care Tricia (aka Pattypan)
Hi Tricia 🙂,
I've done the fork thing with elderberries but never flowers - I can't think why?
We love that basket, its brilliant for gathering. All well this end, hope it is with you?
Hugh
I’m making this now! Thank you. Hi from Wisconsin, USA
Hope you enjoy
Listen to Eartha Kitt's version🎉
It is good, I agree 👍
Can't wait to try this. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise. Bubbly sounds amazing as well.
I must do a video of elderflower champagne then. The first flowers are opening now
Amazing, this was really interesting. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent.. we too are flexible about life. You never know what tomorrow brings. I'm dehydrating lilac again this year and am going to add it to soaps. I like strong perfume in soap .. but natural.. I'm using last year's lilac wine in cooking too. Great stuff
I agree, nothing gives a more content feeling than a full pantry!
@@EnglishCountryLife yes. And talking of stores... Looks like our move is back on for June. .. I'll be down that cellar first thing. That's our first task. Cleaning and filling it.
@@scarletpeate Exciting!
Missed the lilac and elderflower , but loved this vlog. Inspired for next year 👍🏼
The trouble with Vlogging seasonal things is always timing! Hugh
I just about fell off my chair when I saw the title to this video :-) ... then a sense of chagrin at not having known about this. You see, I have a 50-60 year old lilac hedge (maybe 20m long) that has faithfully produced oodles of purple and white flowers ever since we moved here about 30 years ago. All these years, I would cut some and bring them inside, never knowing that I could have been making a country wine!!! This spring we rejuvenated the hedge (basically cut it down and left a few healthy shoots in place) and so in about 2-3 years from now (when the flowers are back) I will definitely give this a try. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and recipe.
I'm so sorryñ I should have filmed it last year! Hugh
Never tried lilac wine, looks good. Thanks for the shout out :0)
Any time. Its a lovely Summer Wine served chilled. Delicately perfumed and you can really get the lilac smell. I don't know why mire people don't make it?
A couple of points...
1. Excellent video as always.
You use pretty much the same flower wine base as me, btw. Stuff spending a wad on grape concentrate and all that jazz. Chopped raisins.
2. You poured boiling water onto the flowers. I was told never to do that, as it can spoil the flavour, but that might just have been for elderflowers...
3. You strained the lemon juice through a sieve! You're adding it to a bucket of stuff going to be double filtered, and you sieved the lemon juice! Wine went up my nose! 😂 😘😘😘
Will deep purple lilac colour the wine at all? Just curious...
Yep to the raisins!
I find boiling water does no harm to lilac blossom and definitely gets more from the sultanas. If the idea worries you I'd still put boiling water on the sultanas but let it cool before adding the blossom.
The pips in lemon worry me, but you're probably right, they wouldn't do much harm 🙂
I've done it & it doesn't seem to add any redness but perhaps a darker yellow to the finished wine.
This is excellent, I’m chewing at the bit to start some elderflower and have a nice lilac in blossom at the moment so I think it’s worth trying a gallon of this!
I think its a great way to get going on the season! Do let us know what you think? Hugh
English Country Life thank you yes I will, I’ve been driving around the forest I work in making a note of all the elderflower around! It’s getting closer!
@@stewartcarter5861 Couple of weeks round here I think.
English Country Life the lilac wine is in the demijohn so will sit back and watch with anticipation! Will this be quite a dry wine?
I doubled the recipe but I didn't have two bags of sultanas so I added one bag of small dried plums. Will report when it's done :)
That should work really well!
Another great recipe! Not sure where the nearest Lilac tree is, but nonetheless you have inspired me to get off my backside and make something.
Do try it, its an amazing wine, really flavoursome and unusual!
Just watched miley version & i agree with you its good real good but nothing on elkie brooks version.
I confess I love both, but very different interpretations. Like Bryan Ferry's "Jealous Guy"
The song has been around since before I was born, but I only just discovered it through a beautiful English soul, Lolli Wren, on CZcams. Check her channel. She possesses an otherworldly vocal talent that she has only barely made public. If you want to see ample displays of her versatility and range, check out her 'rectionalysis' videos on her other channel, The Fairy Voice Mother. I would love to see a video of her reaction to your lilac wine as you share your mutual appreciation of music. If it ever could happen, please ask her which version of the song she inspired her. I'm not a fan of Miley, but I believe I can objectively say that she is far outdone by Lolli, Jeff Buckley, John Legend and quite a few others. I've been binge watching covers.
Couple of lilac trees in my garden, so I made a batch of this a few weeks back. Just decanted it after fermentation, and had a taste. It is quite intense and bitter, not vinegar though at least! I am wondering why. One thing, I could only find where I am quite a large demi john and there was a fair bit of air in in, maybe 2/3 full. That was about the only thing that wasn't to the letter of the video. I'll keep trying come what may. (Have a batch of Elderflower ready to ferment.) Anyway, any clues appreciated, and thanks for videos they are really great!
I suspect the excess air will not have helped. You could try stabilising and back sweetening to remove bitterness. I show the technique in the blackberry port videos
Hi Hugh,
I have two Lilac trees one white one purple, can I use the purple one in your recipe?
Thanks
Hi Peter, I can't see why not!
Can you use raw honey as the yeast substitute considering that it contains natural yeast? I'm just curious.
You could but it's very "hit and miss" if you buy honey (as opposed to keeping a hive) and to what ABV it will ferment out. I certainly get more consistent results from wine yeast.
I am a first time wine make and I made a recipe before I watched this video (mistake #1) and I poured the sugar water and yeast ingredients over my flowers before straining them. Will I be able to strain and then ferment?
Its certainly worth trying to strain them. They will already be fermenting. Its not necessarily a problem - give it a go!
How long do you let the wine age before drinking it?
Great question. It's perfectly drinkable straight away but definitely improves with a year in the bottle. I have some 2014 vintage that's just sublime now.
English Country Life thank you so much for the video, and your quick reply! Lilacs will be out soon here in Edmonton, and I’m quite excited to try your recipe!
@@hollymessengeraamot1815 Did you ever try the recipe? Im also in Edmonton and am going to be trying it myself after harvesting lilacs tomorrow afternoon :D
@@mackenziekerman5234 yes! It’s delicious, and I’m starting a batch again tomorrow, but using honey with the sugar. I tried a small batch that way back in 2020, and really enjoyed it, even better than just the sugar.
@@hollymessengeraamot1815 That's a good idea!! I ended up just using the sugar, but maybe next year we'll try with honey. How did your must-making go last weekend?
04:49 I need a wee
Honestly, tap water works better 🙂
LOL. So Benny Hill.
Jeff Buckley did the superior cover of Nina simone's lilac wine.
Aaah you can't beat the original 🙂
i want to shove my face in that basket
It did smell good!