Comments on: Bottling the elderflower champagne http://www.blagger.co.uk/brewing-and-winemaking/bottling-the-elderflower-champagne/ Self-sufficiency, growing food, keeping chickens, recipes Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:40:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lesley ribbon http://www.blagger.co.uk/brewing-and-winemaking/bottling-the-elderflower-champagne/comment-page-1/#comment-121 lesley ribbon Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:04:12 +0000 http://www.blagger.co.uk/?p=360#comment-121 Can anyone tell me how long I should keep the elderflower champagne in the bucket before bottling. Some say 24hrs others say a week? and also should the mix be stirred in the bucket at all. We set our first batch off yesterday - so we are rather like nervous new parents! Can anyone tell me how long I should keep the elderflower champagne in the bucket before bottling. Some say 24hrs others say a week? and also should the mix be stirred in the bucket at all.

We set our first batch off yesterday – so we are rather like nervous new parents!

]]> By: kermie http://www.blagger.co.uk/brewing-and-winemaking/bottling-the-elderflower-champagne/comment-page-1/#comment-122 kermie Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:46:46 +0000 http://www.blagger.co.uk/?p=360#comment-122 I have just found this site and have had a good old laugh at all the elderflower explosion tales. I have made elderflower champagne the past 2 years and have had great success. I never add any yeast and use small 300ml swing top bottles to store it in...I also drink it within 8 weeks of making it....I don't know if this is the reason that I have yet to have an explosion or not. Before bottling it I also strain it through a double layer of muslin and this seems to reduce the sediment down to almost nothing. I hope this helps you. Good luck! I have just found this site and have had a good old laugh at all the elderflower explosion tales. I have made elderflower champagne the past 2 years and have had great success. I never add any yeast and use small 300ml swing top bottles to store it in…I also drink it within 8 weeks of making it….I don’t know if this is the reason that I have yet to have an explosion or not. Before bottling it I also strain it through a double layer of muslin and this seems to reduce the sediment down to almost nothing. I hope this helps you. Good luck!

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