Tag: fruit

My first ever ripe fig. Pity not all of them are as ripe as this. Picked and enjoyed today. All the sun we've had this year must have pushed this to be edible, and monstrous too. And delicious it was.

Blackberries and wine made by myself from Sussex dornfelder grapes. About to blend these with 2 different portions of my 2018 solera sour. Nearly wrote the dornfelder off as it had quite a musty aroma 4 months ago but that has rounded out and turned into spicy/leathery aromas. Will bottle some of the straight wine and blend the rest 1:3 with the solera.

Today's haul from the community orchard up at race hill, Brighton. 2hrs picking, 2kg blackberries (for adding to a lambic style beer), 300g elderberries, mugwort, tansy and mint (for a gruit style beer I'll be brewing tomorrow).