June 14th 2019
We’re on the hunt for Elderflowers.
Elderflowers are the blossoms of the Elderflower shrub, and they are the key ingredient for our favourite spring beverage: Elderflower champagne. As this is the time of the year that they grow in abundance, so time to go outside and find us some flowers! The Elderflower shrub is like a weed. It grows anywhere and everywhere, so it shouldn’t be hard to find some. The winds and rain had subsided, so it was a perfect day for a walk along the cities’ ramparts.
And as we thought, we didn’t have to search long before we found loads of Elderflower shrubs laden with flowers. A quick d-tour via the supermarket for the necessary sugar and lemons, and quickly back to the boat to brew our champagne. Just add the Elderflower heads, sugar, lemons and a small splash of apple vinegar to a bucket of water and cover it loosely with a cloth. Then you have to wait a few days until it starts to ferment, and then it’s done.
The fragrance of Elderflowers is wafting through the boat, so we’re happily anticipating the brew. We just have to wait patiently for the wild yeast to do it work.