Gauze flower wine

[dvdskv 30]

As above I fancy giving this a go. If anyone has any recipes they would like to share it would be much appreciated,thanks

[Tomm Parr 30]

As above I fancy giving this a go. If anyone has any recipes they would like to share it would be much appreciated,thanks

 

do you mean 'gorse', the yellow shrubs you get on hilly country?

Is so then here is one:

 

Cover a gallon of the flowers (about half a carrier bagful) with a gallon of boiling water in a big bucket.

Add a piece of grated ginger (about an inch by an inch in size), the juice and zest of 1 orange and 1 lemon, 1 tbsp of loose tea (or 1 tea bag), 1 pound of sugar, 1 cup of sultanas.

Leave for 5 days, stirring twice daily.

Add 1 pound of sugar and stir until dissolved.

Transfer to demi john after you have filtered out the flowers and other bits.

* Add a tsp of started yeast and fit the airlock.

Wait 2m then rack it (siphon off the juice and leave the silt) into a fresh demi john.

Leave for 2m more then bottle the wine.

Leave for 6m more then drink (the longer the better though).

 

Or if you are lazy.... (i use a method similar to this for many hedgerow wines)

 

Do the same as above but don't use a big bucket, use a giant pan.

Then simmer all the contents (inc the full 2 pounds of sugar) for 20m instead.

Then you just leave to cool, filter the bits and pour into a demijohn.

Leave until at room temp then continue from *.

 

Mind you, the flowers of Common Gorse might not be around for much longer. There is also Western Gorse and Dwarf Gorse that flower in late summer, with darker yellow flowers. Don't think those two are as common though.

Hope this helps. Cheers,

[dvdskv 30]

Thanks for that,sorry for my spelling , There seems to be a lot of flowers still around here,so im gonna go and get some. I,ve been told that its very nice,Do you rate it?. Thanks again for the recipe,Kevin

[Tomm Parr 30]

Thanks for that,sorry for my spelling , There seems to be a lot of flowers still around here,so im gonna go and get some. I,ve been told that its very nice,Do you rate it?. Thanks again for the recipe,Kevin

 

honest truth.... i never actually drank mine! when i made it the rubber bung was so old that it split and let in air so the whole lot went off! It is supposed to be pretty nice though. Might give it another go myself though after all this chat about it.

 

p.s. the recipe is sound though, despite my lack of success! I have recipes for most country wines as i have a go at most of them. let me know if you need any others.

[scalesntails 118]

I made some gorse wine recently and its lovely. I want out to pick some more but its all gone or bad quality where I live now.

[dvdskv 30]

The flowers around here are sound,but ill get them sooner rather than later just incase

[juckler123 707]

One of the few plants that flowers all year round if its gone over in one area usually there will be some flowering nearby

[Tomm Parr 30]

One of the few plants that flowers all year round if its gone over in one area usually there will be some flowering nearby

 

 

There are 3 types of gorse.

Common Gorse usually flowers in Spring. Western Gorse and Dwarf Gorse usually flower in the summer. However i've seen it at most times of the year as well.... which is curious..... perhaps the different species grow together in the same places, they are difficult to identify. Also our climate is changing here so i'd not be surprised if flowering time is changing in certain parts of the country.

 

Its good though, it means there are more flowers to make wine. They look quite pretty too, on an afternoon in the sun. atb