Last years elderflower champagne was a bit of a disaster, it just tasted all yeasty.
In true organisational style we then left it bottled in the cellar in case it improved with age .... and forgot about it.
This year I doubled our chances (of success AND failure) by making two different recipes. One, the more conventional route, went mouldy in the bucket. The other, basically mix it leave it 24 hours and bottle it, was stunning. So outrageously good that I'm gutted I only made ten litres as most of it has disappeared.
On the plus side when I finally remembered last years bottles I made to empty them for re-use I found that actually, one year on and they're actually quite drinkable. Bonus.

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