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Elderberry Beer

A fermented beverage made by boiling elderberries and steeping them in strong wort for a year.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Elderberry Beer

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Boil the elderberries.

  2. Strain them when cold into a barrel containing the strong wort.

Age

  1. Cover the barrel with a material that protects it from dust while allowing air circulation.

  2. Let it stand for one year before using.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Elderberries
Supply the fruit flavour and aroma that give the beer its character.
Strong wort
Provides the liquid base and fermentable sugars for the beer.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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