Elderflower Champagne! A cool crisp BBQ booze !!!

Step 5 Have you got the bottle!

ok bottling time!

i used the old fashioned siphoning technique of put the bucket high with a tube in. suck the tube till the liquids nearly out then put the end into the bottle. this may seem slightly counterproductive after all the sterilising you did but on the plus side u may be lucky and get a lil taste he he.

now me and my bro could only find ten 500ml bottles untill we cleaned out the store.... massive preserving jar to the rescue!

box em up and put them back in the cool dry place. like i said i have heard stories of bottles exploding so best to put em in a box somewhere where out of the way that you wont mind cleaning up. Not by your bed, not by your pets bed , not on top of the £5000 LCD TV etc.

right now leave em for another 8 days in the bottles (and jars) for the rest of the sweet sugars to be turned into alcohol and the gasses to buil up some pressure.

ive heard this brew, if done correctly, can last up to 2 years but im not gonna wait that long.

Comments

[RamDragon]

Bakers Yeast tends to be several strains of yeast. Different brands give different flavors, and it's hard to control your outcome even using the same brand! But campaign yeast or some other brewers yeast is generally cheap and easy to find.

Looks good! Can't wait for the update.

[Chard]

i know that now but didnt at the time! infact i knew nothing at all about brewing. now i am a fairly accomplished beer and cider homebrewer so this year as soon as them flowers appear im gonna go nuts with them. elderflower beer, elderflower champagne, cordial (for the non alcoholics) and maybe some elderflower ice cream!

[Brames]

We have elderberry bushes here in the states too! Also don't use bakers yeast for brewing, it will give all sorts of off flavors.