to have opened a magnum of champagne on my own this evening

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I know it's not yet NYE, but I have been stuck in the house several days. I can drink some tonight, and some tomorrow! (It will retain its fizz enough to last... the old fork trick!)

it's all I had in the house...

We're having a magnum of champagne between the two of us tomorrow. You could open yours and then not store it in the fridge, just pop it back in before you need a cold glass tomorrow.

I find it stays bubbly for one night in the fridge even without a fork

I see Nanny beat me to it 're keeping it outside to say chilled.

I use a spoon rather than a fork, less likely to cause myself an injury with a spoon.
Yes, I have been drunk before now and stabbed myself with a fork!!

*stay chilled ffs

@Thankssomuch

Pop some sloe gin in there too - cheers! 👍

Oooo Sloe gin and champagne is that a thing ? We have some 2yr old homemade aloe gin we are yet to sample, might have to try it tomorrow......

For future reference, you can buy bottle stoppers for champagne/prosecco/cava. They have a rubber bit that seals the top of the bottle and then two side flaps hook onto the rim lip to keep in place when the pressure builds.

Go for it, I've used a spoon in mine before and it's worked, put the bottle outside to keep it chilled...it's freezing tonight!

I love champagne so much I would definitely inadvertently end up drinking the entire magnum and wake up with a very sore head in the morning

Yanbu. Enjoy!

A 'normal' celebratory night with my 2 adult kids involves a minimum of 2 bottle (or a magnum) each - and then often another one is stolen by the elves.

Not an early get up the next day though.

I dread to think what would happen if we had gin fizzes on one of those nights

It most certainly is a thing dDiva - it’s called a ‘Sloegasm’ 😀

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It most certainly is a thing dDiva - it’s called a ‘Sloegasm’ 😀

You Can put a plastic bag / tin foil over the top and secure with a rubber band or even hair band make sure its tight works on all my open bottles of fizz ..as I like extremely fizzy !

I don’t understand how you would have any left after opening?

You don’t need a fork/spoon. The fizz cones from fermentation not carbonisation down it lasts a few days.

Just opened my own magnum, may it last me till midnight. Cheers

I’ve just opened our prossecco magnum 🥂🎉

Fork/spoon trick is a myth. However, if you keep it cold it will retain the fizz. Put it in the fridge between glasses (and YANBU)!

Cheers everyone! Enjoy the magnums!! Mine wasn't quite as nice as I anticipated (that slightly yeasty smell that some champagnes have that I am not so keen on) so I still have half left for midnight tonight! lol.

Happy new year. :)