The Cottage Smallholder

I've stopped reading blogs because before I know it, the evening has gone, I just check in on you guys now and make sure everyone is behaving.

Still waiting for our elderflowers to flower.

Still nothing happening with the elderflower champers, I even added a pinch of yeast nutrient last night - do I give up and tip it out, I suppose I've onyl wasted the price of the sugar and a couple of lemons.

Got the other problem now, bottled it yesterday morning (into plastic screw top bottles) and sat it on the side in the kitchen, was a bit excited about it, and so checked an hour later to see if anything had happened, and already the pressure was enought o create quite a 'fizz' when I undid one top, as the day wore on it got worse and worse and I could hear cracks and pops as the bottles expanded regularly, so ended up releasing gas ever few hours.

It got too much for me in the end and before we went out last night, I decanted the bulk of it into a demijohn and put an airlock on, which is now bubbling away merrily. However I dont want to lose all the fizz, so should I put it back in bottles and continue to fret, or leave it in the demijohn for a few days then re-bottle. Also just a last point, it smells a bit eggy, if you get my meaning, is that right?

Thanks Mike

I'll take your advice and leave till it has slowed down a bit then risk bottling. I did have about a litre that I couldnt fit into the demijohn, and I split that between 2 bottles (each bottle was 1 ltre size) but I'm worried there might be too much of an airgap, i'm releasing the air on those twice a day.