[egglady]

in my view, you can never have too many blackberries or brambles! not been out the house since last tuesday so i'm wondering if any Fifers have noticed if ours are ready yet? 

i could tie a plastic bag to my makeshift zimmer frame......

[Sonia in Cornwall]

Blackberry wine recipe

Take 4lbs ripe blackberries.  Wash them well, put them into a polythene bucket and crush with a potato masher.  Pour over it 1 gallon boiling water.  Stir well, and allow to become lukewarm (about 21 C) then add pectic enzyme (according to instructions), and a day later add the yeast (and nutrient if using).  Cover closely and leave for 4 or 5 days, stirring daily.  Strain through nylon netting on to 3lbs granulated sugar.  Stir well to make sure that it is all dissolved.  Pour into a fermentation jar, filling to the shoulder, and fit an airlock.  Keep the spare liquor in a smaller bottle also fitted with a trap or plug of cotton wool.  When the ferment quietens sufficiently for there to be no risk of it foaming through the trap (after about a week) top up with the spare wine to the base of the neck.  Refit the trap, leave it til it clears, then rack. 

Enjoy!   

[northfifeduckling]

just starting off here in Fife - will send the kids out in a couple of days with a large bowl. Still catching up with processing the last gooseberries and plums, plums, plums....Must get onto making wine next year