Homemade Elderflower 'Champagne'
I made this!
Here's something that CallMeDave and his bumptious cronies can't stiff us for...
3 months in the making, 20 minutes in the drinking, cost - less than a tenner to make 6 bottles of really tasty fizz.
Blimey. Feeling the buzz already! :)
(, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 21:08, Reply)
i don't want to be rude
but you've just shared a video of someone opening a bottle of champagne and pouring it into glasses. At the very least I thought it'd be the recipe.
Yours, disappointed
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magnum, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 21:11,
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My apologies, I've imbibed too freely. Cheers!
www.dorsethomebrew.co.uk/beta/recipes/Elderflowerchampagne.pdf
They do sell kits to make the stuff (not linked to the company)
(, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 21:28, Reply)
I should add this since you'll be looking at the embedded vid:
"We brewed this in April 2012 using dried elderflowers - our first attempt. Tonight, 20th July 2012, we sampled the first bottle from our first batch, this is the result!"
That's yours truly in the vid by the way.
Would be good to see more people making homebrew booze - tastes fab if you get it right, gets you well and truly pissed and the hangover is minimal.
(, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 21:38, Reply)
homebrewing is awesome
bottling my latest bitter tomorrow!
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spacefish bong!, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 21:41,
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*points*
Are you a UFO?
*rubs eyes*
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Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 21:44,
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ello!
i keep meaning to stop by, but since i got a laptop with a touchpad instead of a stylus i've lost all my hummus. i bet the young people nowadays don't even say hummus any more. how's things?
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spacefish bong!, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 21:51,
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Alright grandad!
Nah the kids don't say that anymore, mind they don't know they are born.
Things are good ta! You miss us?
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Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 21:58,
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oh, i lurk
hide in the bushes, sniff some undies off the line, that kind of thing.
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spacefish bong!, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 22:20,
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I make a lot
I just opened my first batch of Black Cherry. Fucking horrible and watery, gets you pissed though.
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Peej, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 21:57,
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I made some ginger beer earlier in the year.
I opened the first bottle and it ripped the wired stopper off the bottle and sprayed it's contents all over my kitchen ceiling. I now have 5 other bottles that I'm afraid to open but I'm also a bit worried that they'll explode by themselves if I dont open them soon.
(, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 21:36, Reply)
Open them under a towel. Just right for catching glass shrapnel. ;)
(, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 21:40, Reply)
Use them as weapons
during the lympics
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Sat 21 Jul 2012, 7:19,
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Well done that man!
I've been homebrewing for years now but not tried a fizzy yet.
I usually do variations of the "wurzels" recipe because it's so ridiculously easy.
I've got a further 10 gallons behind me clearing nicely as I type this :)
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Sat 21 Jul 2012, 9:42,
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What can you not be bothered
to chop your own ginger?
EDIT: Think you've encouraged me to get my finger outta my arse and put my next brew on today. Ta!
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Sat 21 Jul 2012, 9:47,
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Nah it's the faffing about with the secondary fermintation that put's me off
Plus never been a fan of sparkling wine.
If you've not tried one I recommend a wurzels.
Just don't fill the demijohn up past the shoulder until a few days have past because it get's really active in there.
One of my walls needs re-painting because of it.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Sat 21 Jul 2012, 9:55,
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If I was going to be caught in an explosion
I would hope it was an alcoholic one
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Sat 21 Jul 2012, 10:09,
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