Name: Elderflower Champagne
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 3 gallons
Ingredients: 2 pounds Briess Golden Light dry malt extract; 1 pound Briess Bavarian Wheat dry malt extract; 9 pounds of honey, (about 3 quarts); 7 1/2 pounds turbinado sugar; 3 gallons water ((filtered or spring. If the water has chlorine in it, that can kill yeast. Letting chlorinated water sit out for a day will blow off most, however.)); A handful of dried lemon peel, (or the zest of 6 lemons); Juice of 2 to 6 lemons ((to taste)); 1 1/2 pounds of elderflowers, (destemmed, about 2 paper grocery bags full); Saison yeast, (or other ale yeast); Priming sugar ((see above))