Oh my goodness, oh my goodness. I am literally jumping up and down like an excited little girl. Why? I have just opened a bottle of my elderflower champagne, and it is fizzing. Yipeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
It just shows that looking at the bottle from the outside can be deceptive. No visible bubbles, and I was fretting about a fortnight ago that my first time experiment with brewing had failed. But oh no, when I opened a bottle POP! About a third of the contents just exploded out. Oh it is so refreshing with its soft bubbles. It tasted completely different to when I had bottled it, sweet, golden and like Muscat wine. Now, it reminds me a lot of 'real' lemonade in style, very carbonated and it does smell a lot like alcohol. I will definitely be making these again.
The greedy person in me would make some more now, as there are still some elderflowers about, but unfortunately I do not have any bottles and nor the storage space, so next year it will have to be.
Sorry no pictures this time, I just wanted to drink it.
Congratulations on a successful expirement! Enjoy the fruits of your labours, I think your Scottish weather is a lot like ours.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Peggy.
ReplyDeleteThe sun is blazing here again.
This sounds wonderful. Is it lightly alcoholic, or a soft drink? Just curious if children could have it.
ReplyDeleteYou will be pleased to note that the elderflower champagne I made is not an alcoholic drink, so it is child friendly. I think the POP! the fizz and bubbles will probably get the kids giddy naturally.
ReplyDeleteI just made my first batch 2 weeks ago with what sounds like a very similar recipe, no need for yeast etc. I popped open a bottle this evening and it is most definately not fizzy, would you recommend leaving for a further fortnight? I have another 8 bottles. It tastes really good, just not fizzy.
ReplyDeleteHi Katy,
ReplyDeleteSo good to read that you have attempted to make your own. I was doubtful too about my recipe. Yes, I'd def. recommend leaving it longer. I think I may have ended up giving mine four weeks and it worked out fab. Guess what I still have abotu 6 bottles in the garden shed to drink - 2 years old - I'm too frightened to open it inside the flat.
Hope your recipe works out well, please let me know. Kind wishes.