Your mother was a hamster...

...and your father smelt of elderberries! That's right, elderberries. As a follow up to my cider experiment, see Cider Times Two below, I'm making a fruit cider from a combination of apple juice and elderberry juice. Why elderberry? Why not. I found a health food store close to home that sells local, organic, and unfiltered juice made from heirloom apples picked in Sebastopol, CA. Originally I had planned to make the fruit cider with pomegranate juice, but when I found the elderberry I just had to try it. The color prior to fermentation is a beautiful deep ruby. If the cider clears properly it should be one pretty drink. OG was 1.067, and I'm fermenting with Red Star Cote des Blancs from Lesaffre Yeast Corp.