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Just to let you know I sampled the elderflower champagne this week - and to my surprise it's lovely. I expected it be totally flat, but no, it had a slight fizz to it. Cannot believe that it is next to nothing to make and tastes so good!!! Even my hubby, who was very sceptical when I was making it, ...

Thanks very much Mike - I am glad to hear it is harmless. You're right, I tried two different recipes both of which used lemons and one of them also used lemon peelings. I will let you know how it tastes when I try next week.

I had rinsed the bottles (which were new) with hot water. I haven't opened the bottles since the frog spawn appeared. I was really looking forward to trying it in a couple of days time so if anyone does know anything about this or the fact that it is cloudy because I made rather a lot!

Hi - I wonder if anyone can help? I made some Elderflower Champagne for the first time a couple of weeks ago (it was bottled on about 20 June), so two weeks is nearly up. The other night when I checked, it was looking cloudy so I shook two bottles. The next night there was a frog spawn like lump at ...