Nice, now you need a carbuoy, yeast and an airlock and you are good to go!

good night!

@lila That’s something I have already going on in another container. Using the wild yeasts from the elderflowers, to be exact.

@Stephie Oh, sounds nice. I made a kind of lemonade last week, but it was bitter :(

And I tried a recipe that is absolutely delicious! Bring half a liter of milk to the boil and put as many flowers in it as fit, then let it cool to room temperature. Mix the milk with 2 tablespoons of sugar and half a liter of plain natural yogurt and let it cool over night. The slight acidity of the yogurt complements the elderflower really well.

Awwww. Too much pith, @Elmy?

I did something similar with elderflower and cream. Kind of nice with rhubarb.

There’s kind of a report on this year’s elderflower extravaganza in the Frying Pan. Including the recipe I got in the eighties, written on a piece of scrap paper.

@Stephie Don't know for sure if the flowers weren't mature enough, but I also cut the stalks instead of neatly plucking the flowers from them... probably a mix of both

@Elmy I never pluck the flowers. Considering the amount I work with, that’d be a nightmare.

@Stephie I honestly considered using a comb, but the only metal comb we own is used to brush the dog XD

@Elmy here is another SEDE query for the Trivial Pet Suit event: data.stackexchange.com/pets/query/1424659 this time it is ranking the ratio of score vs post length.

@rene Thanks a lot. It doesn't imply a very strong corrolation between post length and score, but it shows that too short posts don't get upvotes

@rene If you want, you can edit the existing answer and add new facts. I must admit I was a bit lazy these last few days

I'm happy to do so. I wasn't sure if that was appreciated

@Elmy and done

@rene Thanks again. We appreciate any contribution in any kind ^^. The answer was converted to wiki post just for the purpose of giving anyone permission to edit it

hi

hey.. How's your day going?

@Stephie Nice! My father is doing it with cherries, and I do not think he has ever added any yeast; the wild ones were working!

It is nothing too fancy but fine, it is extremely hot where I live right now (over 30 C in shade), but I kind of like it; and you?

It's going great.. Finding Pets.SE was a great thing imo.. :D

My “green salon”. We can handle the heat there.

@lila Of course they are - we wouldn’t have wine or sourdough if the yeasts weren’t all around us. But it’s fun to experiment with the different kinds. There’s so much variance, I am fascinated again and again.

Does your dad make something like a wine or just a mildly alcoholic fizzy drink? Perhaps distilling the results afterwards for Schnaps?

@SafdarFaisal Hi, we're happy to see you here.

@Stephie Beautiful! What is the little thing in the middle hanging from the "wood"? Looks like a microscopic birdhouse, or just the "frame" of the birdhouse's hole "door" with the whole rest of the birdhouse missing. :o

@lila A kind of bird feeder. It’s a holder for those greaseballs thingies, loved by tits and similar.

@Stephie It is always like a wine, but it has some fizz within it, and is quite concentrated in terms of alcohol, I'd guess about 10 - 12%? As far as I know, 18% is the upper limit that yeast could withstand, but it depends on the strain. I have never seen my dad distilling anything, but I would be naive to think he had never done it :D I do not remember ever seeing any apparatus for distillation in my home, though.

@Stephie oooh okay I see I see

@Stephie Puppy!

@JacobB hi

@lila heyo!

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