Elderberry Cordial

You shouldn’t have much trouble finding an elder shrub to plunder for your drink-making experiments – you’ll see them growing in hedgerows and on scrubland, forming easy-to-spot clusters of berries from late August (providing you didn’t nab all the blossoms in springtime to make Elderflower Sparkle). It’s also worth noting that uncooked elderberries are poisonous, so to ensure you don’t fall foul on your foraging foray, place them in your berry bag, not yo