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OK - got enough bottles now so I will wait a few days to take a final reading to make SURE it's not doing anything and then I will bottle, sugar and seal. At the moment it tastes extremely dry. Will the sugar I add to get the sparkle sweeten it or do I have to put something else in? This is...

Thank you. Got 4 gallons all told but the last one has about 3" space at the top. Hope that's not too much! I should be able to bottle and seal in about 4 weeks.

Well - hydro reading is now 990 and it does taste very dry. I have not collected enough champagne bottles as yet so would it do any harm to transfer from the plastic fermenting bin into demijohns to get it off the yeast? I will put airlocks on them although I know it's not going to ferment any...

| bought the stoppers and wired cages from the local brewers shop - I will try one in a champagne bottle. it didn't occur to me that they would not fit! I am going to leave the whole lot in the plastic 5 gallon bin under the towels (quite a few of them on top) for another few days to let it...

Right - no air lock yet awhile then! I will leave it in the bin for 2/3 weeks then see if it has finished fermenting. If it has I will go ahead and bottle it. My recipe says if you are just making wine you can stop there - but as I want champers they recommend putting in 9 grams of sugar to...

No - just the normal 1 gallon glass ones. I originally put the lid and airlock on my 5 gallon plastic bin when I made it - but took it off and covered with cloths as it really wasn't doing anything. Since then I have used the cloths only and it is fermenting away happily. I think I will leave...

Whooppeeee - today the reading is 1010 and I have just strained the must and got all the junk out. Still smelling sweet although I didn't taste it this time (too busy!) I thought I might leave it alone for another few days to see if the reading goes below 1000, then transfer it into some...

I used a sparkling wine yeast( not sure of the numbers) and I think you are right. When I took the hydro reading earlier today , I noticed tiny bubbles rising to the surface in the container (almost like a fizzy white wine). I will now leave well alone for a few more days and see how it fares...

Thank you so much! I am not in any sort of hurry and I did use a sparkling wine yeast. I think my temp range now is between 20 and 25c depending on early morning or afternoon temp.

Hello all, Complete newbie trying to make some elderflower champagne. Picked the flowers, removed from stalks - made the must according to recipe and added champagne yeast. Hydro reading at 20C was 1056. Put into 5 gallon bin with airlock. Nothing doing after 2 days so I removed the lid and...