brewing 2ne1

nice catch!

Hi Marcus -

I’m glad you spotted that error, I missed it completely. Shame on Channel 4! ;-)

Hopefully the champagne will turn out well regardless, but I agree it’s best to water it down to get the sugar concentration about right. Perhaps add a bit more orange or lemon juice and vinegar too since either can’t really hurt. But I think you used enough Elderflowers to give it a lovely flavour anyway even with a big dilution.

One of the modifications I made last year was to rack the champagne once before bottling. On the day I removed the flowers and the rind, etc. I transferred the liquid to a new bucket and let it sit for a day or two. Lots of additional solids settled to the bottom, and then I siphoned that off before bottling. It seemed to decrease the amount of sediment that ends up in the bottles - of course there was still some and that is unavoidable.

It really is one of my favourite drinks, and I’m jealous that you’re already not far off drinking yours!

Jason