Day 28: For this Throw Back Thursday, I am going to break open the elderflower champagne. Last year I made elderflower champagne which turned out to be more like cordial than champagne. So this year I made a second batch using a recipe from the Women’s Institute, with extra sprinkles of champagne yeast. In reality perhaps I shouldn’t have used four sprinkles of the yeast as the bottles have become very explosive!!
I let David cautiously open the bottle and poured two glasses of the elderflower. We shall toast to all things wild!
With the addition of the champagne yeast there is a definite hint of alcohol which was sadly missing in last years attempt. Still as flowery and refreshing as ever, especially on an extremely HOT day!
How have you been keeping cool?
In 2015 I went dragon spotting in Norwich. 2016 saw me looking for moths using a light trap and in 2017 I participated in the Great British Wildflower Hunt.
Thanks for reading, and stay wild!
Christine x
Day 12: This Tuesday I sieved the elderflower concoction into bottles ready for the next stage of the fermenting process.
Christine Lucas 