Blackberry Kit Grrrrr

Grrrrr because I really thought it was Black Cherry. When I was checking the instructions I kept seeing blackberry and thinking they had printed the berry instructions on the cherry kit. That wouldn't have been a problem 'cos I still have the cherry instructions from the last kit. However when I turned the label over, there it was, plain as day "Blackberry", and here's the gratuitous piccie

So then I was left wondering do I start this kit up, or the Beaverdale Vieux Chateau Du Roi. Which is something like a Chateau Neuf Du Pape clone. Might seem like a no brainer, but it was a tricky decision because out of around 30 DJ's I only have 5 empties, 3 will be needed for the Blueberry & Cranberry Quickie Wine and 1 spare is always good for racking. I want to use the lees from the Beaverdale Kit straight after it finishes fermenting to start another brew. So that would leave me 1 DJ short. So, despite my impatience to try this Beaverdale Kit, I have to hold off.

Anyway, looking on the bright side the blackberry kit holds some excitement. When I read the ingredients label it says, for the juice:

• Concentrated Grape Juice
• Glucose Syrup
• Concentrated Blackberry Juice
• Concentrated Elderberry Juice
• Citric Acid
• Sulphur Dioxide

"Hmm" I thought "that's very similar to the Blackberry & Elderberry Wines (red and rosé) that I made last year". With some obvious exceptions of course like mine were done on the pulp etc. So a comparison will be kind of cute, and how timely is it that I only just described those brews too.