Elderflower Cider/Wine ?

[Greg2013]

I had an old bottle of Elderflower cordial conc.(still) i did 2 years ago so yesterday i decided to do something with it. I bunged it into a pot with 1.5 litres of cheapo Lidl apple juice,added 500gr Demerara sugar and 1tsp of yeast nutrient plus 1 tsp pectolase and topped it up to 5 litres with water,boiled for 15 mins to sanitize and threw the lot into a bucket.When it had cooled i added a Vintners Harvest CL23 yeast starter.

OG was 1070@5litres,i transferred to a demijohn once it had kicked off,only use the bucket first cause i thought she would blow. My question now is do i make it a cider or wine ? Elderflower was quite strong in the cordial.

[LordEoin]

I'd probably go cider on it. Sweet and bubbly is nice with elderflower.

[HomeBrewWest]

Greg, where did you get the Vintner's harvest yeast? And what do you think of them?

We have them on order, should be here in June sometime.

[Greg2013]

I'd probably go cider on it. Sweet and bubbly is nice with elderflower.

I was going to go wine tbh but could do cider also,plenty time to decide anyway.

[Greg2013]

Greg, where did you get the Vintner's harvest yeast? And what do you think of them?

We have them on order, should be here in June sometime.

From a friend that has a home brew shop in UK,i have been using them since i started home brewing two years ago now, and i find if it's anything "country wine" related or a concoction such as a turbo cider that is high OG they are the only job.I have only ever used the SN9 and CL23,they both finish quite dry but i do prefer the slightly cleaner finish on the SN9 especially for a straight apple cider it gives a very dry crisp clean finish.