To open the bubbly even though I can't drink a whole bottle?

[MrsKingfisher]

My lovely bil & sil sent me a bottle of Champagne, I'd love to open it but I'm such a lightweight 2 glasses and I'm squiffy. Do I open it? How can I keep it bubbly without a thingymebob that you put on the top to keep it fresh?

I'll have to drink it myself because dh doesn't like it. Or shall I keep it for 3035 when the world is able to socialise?

YABU - drink it

Yes just open it, you deserve it! Drink it over the next few days and it will be lovely.

Put a teaspoon in the bottle - handle side down - and put it in the fridge. That's worked in the past for me!

Enjoy 🍾🥂

@iago

Put a teaspoon in the bottle - handle side down - and put it in the fridge. That's worked in the past for me!

Drink the champagne!!

And also, what is this magic you speak of and why didn't I hear of this already?!

Drink it! Merry Christmas!

(Also, second the spoon thing thing!)

Open it. Drink a few glasses then put tin foil over the top and store it in the fridge over night. Drink the rest tomorrow. It will still be bubbly.

I agree with the teaspoon trick, although we almost always finish the bottle so not a common problem in this house 🍾🥂

I would have no problems downing a bottle of champagne by myself, so I would definitely open it!
I have never heard of the spoon in the bottle trick though.

Another one for the teaspoon trick! Works for anything carbonated!

If it's any consolation half bottles seem to cost more than full bottles. I was going to buy a half bottle as I'm the only drinker in the house but the half bottle was more expensive. I'll just cook with the left over!

It's in the fridge! I will be opening it in a couple of hours and tomorrow I'll add orange juice and drink the rest for breakfast Merry Christmas!

The spoon in the bottle thing is something they do in bars. It's said to keep it fizzy for 24 hours.

Dh said he wasn’t going to have any champagne so I opened mine anyway and he somehow managed to have 2 glasses...

I don’t believe in the teaspoon trick but a stopper or cling film over the top will work- it will be perfectly drinkable tomorrow.

The teaspoon thing absolutely works.

The teaspoon trick definitely works.
Mind you I’d probably push on through and finish the bottle.

Scientific American says not

@FangsForTheMemory they absolutely don't do that in bars, we'd get a bollocking for having any beverage open to the element even in a fridge. There are specific stoppers that can be used in bottles of fizz that any venue worth their salt would have invested in

Teaspoon works, I'm pregnant but opened a bottle to have a glass with Oj at breakfast and I'm just having another one now. Will have another glass at new years and it should still be drinkable (hopefully!) That's my limit though until baby arrives in Feb so DH will have to finish the rest off

The teaspoon thing so does work, I was sceptical at first, but it really does keep your champers nice and fizzy!

As someone who opened a bottle thinking there's no way I'd finish it, I say aim high as I open bittle #2

Teaspoon does work. I opened one on Christmas Eve and finished it this afternoon.

Drink the Champagne

It will keep for a while even when you open it - but I've made a very good champagne sorbet before now if you want to use up the remainder of the bottle.

www.jamesbeard.org/recipes/champagne-sorbet

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-2074500/Christmas-recipes-Simple-champagne-sorbet.html