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[arethinn]

Honey wine (mead) with elder flowers??? Woo!

This is brought to you by my searching for "elderflower honey" after having found elderflower syrup at a local gourmet market while searching for orange flower water (which I eventually found, in the wines/spirits section, with the lime and grenadine syrup. Who'd-a thunk it).

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[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

Why would it be toxic?

[zaecus.livejournal.com]

The sap of elders is toxic. In some varieties of elder, even the berries are. The variety I used should have safe berries, but I want to make sure I properly removed all of the woody parts before anyone goes drinking it.

I have never heard of toxic elder flowers, oddly enough.

[silvaerina-tael.livejournal.com]

I've made yew berry meads before, so I do understand the poison aspect. The pits have to be removed from the berries before adding to the meade - they are quite toxic. It also has... interesting effects...