- Joined
- Saturday July 11, 2009
- Location
- Bangor, Co. Down
I watched 'Huge Hairy' Whippingboy's River Cottage program last year where he made elderflower champagne and I thought I'd have a go but just didn't get around to it. This year when the elderflowers started to come out it put me in mind of it again so I took myself off into the countryside and filled a carrier bag with elderflowers. Following the recipe on the Channel 4 website I made up a batch a couple of weeks ago. It's now ready for drinking so last night I chilled a bottle and opened it. Turned out to be really good stuff, very drinkable indeed, and super-fizzy. I've no idea what the original gravity was so I can't work out the the alcohol content but it seems very light, based purely on taste. The hydrometer was sitting at about 1.05 in the final product. Any home brewers on the forum who could give any tips on how to give it a bit more of a kick for next year?