elderflower champagne

[mgfkev]

made some elderflower champagne, i left it to long befor i bottled it so all the fizz as gone out of it, will putting a little bit of yeast in each bottle work, or should i just leave it and make some more, hope someone can help,

[redser]

Never made it (only starting myself) but was just reading about making sparkling wine. You can basically make regular wine, then when it is bottled you add some champaign yeast. It's a little more complicated than that but I'm sure you can look it up for the details. So sounds like you can rescue it. The book was insistant that you have to use champaign bottles and caged corks because the gas can blow up a regular bottle which would be very dangerous obviously.

[Two_Sheds]

you have to use champaign bottles and caged corks because the gas can blow up a regular bottle which would be very dangerous obviously.

That bit's worth repeating I think

[mgfkev]

thanks for that, it is in champagne bottles ang caged, so i think it maybe worth adding a bit of yeast then put it at the top of the garden, then let the misses check now and then, many thanks kev

[roitelet]

Made 5 bottles once. Bottle 1 blew its cork while in the shed. Bottle 2 blew it's cork while I was moving them and it is still embeded in the shed roof. Bottles 3,4 and 5 were moved to the end of the garden and put under a large shady bush. All was well for a few days and the bottles 3 and 4 blew their corks. Well, thought I, at least there will be one bottle to taste. Not so several days after the events with bottles 3 and 4 I investigated and discovered that the cork hadn't blown but the bottle had split!
These were champagne bottles with caged corks. Still don't know what it tastes like!

Beware