when's it due?
I fancy a go of brewing beer, but I hear it makes the house smell
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 18:13, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I've always wanted to try Hugh's elderflower champagne recipe, looks awesome.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 18:18, Reply)

sounds positively nommy

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 18:21, Reply)

I think Crow's Chateauneuf Du Pond was elderflower champagne.
Talk to him about how that went.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 18:39, Reply)

3 batches made to date
2008 batch: delightful. We are still saving the last bottle for a special occasion
2009 batch: went a little awry. Made the mistake of bringing it along to a couple of b3ta bashes, at the second of which I ended up drinking nearly 2L of it myself. Not a good idea. Due to its "brackish pondwater" qualities it has since earned a lot of ridicule, albeit with a fairly frightening reputation.
2010 batch: we got it right again. Absolutely delightful and even managed to reassure some people who'd been put off by the 2009 batch. Took some along to a house party at which it not only went down very well, it drew a lot of questions from people who wondered how we made it, including several REAL WOMEN.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 22 Apr 2011, 10:56, Reply)

Oh god yes, that looked amazing.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 18:46, Reply)

It makes the house smell great, very sweet.
I'm bottling about 5 gallons of bitters this weekend which shoudl be ready to drink in about 2 weeks (although I'll try it before then). I brewed a stout last weekend that I will put into secondary fermentation this wekend where I will leave it for 2 weeks then bottle it after which it will need to sit for about a month.

I ned to think of what to try next so I make sure I don't run out of beer once these two are ready to drink. I'll either do an IPA or a Porter with the addition of peated malt to give it a really smoly flavor (I love Islay whisky so it might be interesting in beer too).
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 19:48, Reply)