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Thank you Maurtis, I hope I do!!!

Hi Sour Grapes, Thank you so much for all your advice. I have a red rubber bung thing with a hole in it that goes onto the top of the Demi John , then I have a thing that goes in the hole and you add a bit of water to it and it bubbles. Is that what you mean. Cos I have them. Thanks again :)

No it's still changing, this mornings reading was different. I'm going to the UK on Monday and I was wondering if it will be ok left how it is for a week or shall I put it into the Demi Johns on Sunday before I leave. I just don't want it to spoil. And I cannot put the trip off either...

Hi Sour Grapes, I took this reading this morning. Do you think it's ready or shall I wait some more?

Hi, Thanks sour grapes. Speak soon x

Hi Sour Grapes, It's still changing I'm checking it every other day at the same time of day and it's never been the same ..

Hi sour grapes and everyone, I took this hydrometer reading last night. Am I close to bottling it yet please ? Many thanks

Thank you Sour Grapes, I'm feeling very optimistic lol

Hi again, Cintipam you're right I don't really want to know the really specific things about making wine. This may sound daft but I don't drink wine or beer or anything really lol but I do love the taste of elderflowers and I make the cordial every year so I thought I would give this champagne...

Thank you everyone for helping me. I have copied all your comments to my diary so I can keep rereading them. It's a lot to take in all at once. Thanks again x

Hi, Is there anyone who might be able to link me to a good elderflower champagne recipe. All I want is a fizzy alcoholic elderflower drink. I know it's not really champagne. I'm not sure about this recipe now after reading sour grapes comments. I'm at the stage where I have put the...

Hi I was told by ppl who made this recipe last year that it was about 3 to 4% Alcohol. I would like mine to be slightly higher alcohol Thanks

Hi I have a recipe for elderflower champagne but I would like to know how to make it more alcoholic please. This is the recipe and instructions......... ALCOHOLIC ELDERFLOWER CHAMPAGNE Grated rind of one lemon 500ml/1 pint of elderflowers 3.5 litres/8 pints of boiling water...

Thank you Rosa, It has turned out great thank you hun xxx

Lol I will pick heaven then Bernard Smith lol I will give the wine a try in autumn xx

Bernard Smith you've travelled a lot lol I have only tasted elderberry wine once and it was just diabolical , but everyone keeps telling me it's gorgeous so I'm thinking maybe it was a bad batch I tasted. I have left lots of trees with flowers on so I may try elderberry wine and cordial in...

Hi Bernard Smith, I'm in Co Mayo in Ireland The elderflowers are just in flower here now. We planted 8 elders in the field behind our house last year, they are still babies yet but there are about 16 massive elders in the field too so I'm taking them from the elder elders haha...

Hi Bernard Smith, Thank you for giving me help. Can I ask you why I should use dried elderflowers please hun? It's just that I have a field full of elders in flower right now, I love using fresh ones. Are dried elderflowers more potent? Thanks again

Hi sour grapes, I will measure the sweetness of last years batch and the batch I made yesterday and compare then. I have a new batch steeping now as well. Great idea, thank you very much :br

Hi cmason, It's elderflower cordial I'm making for my grand children. I've never put yeast into it hun