My niece turns 21 in March and asked if I could make some wine for her birthday. In November I started a Muscat wine kit. I’m also a home brewer and keg my beer. In the past, I’ve produced Sparkling Wine and Sparkling Beer using the Methode Champenoise. I’ve also force carbonated wine for Prosecco on Tap. I joked with my wife that I should keg some of the Muscat Wine and bottle some sparkling for my niece and wouldn’t it be funny to add some pink glitter to it. Of course my wife thought this would be a great idea so some googling produced Brew Glitter. Brew Glitter® Edible Glitter for Drinks - Buy in Bulk & Save Up To 70% and the rest is history. So my fear was that if I put the glitter in the bottle and then I fill the bottle with carbonated wine I would end up with a glitter volcano. So I had the idea that I would use plastic champagne corks and put the glitter in the plastic cork so when I hammered the cork into the bottle I would not have a glitter volcano. My assumption was correct, this method worked perfectly. I actually tried putting the glitter in the bottle for one fill and this did produce a glitter volcano. I used a TapCooler counter pressure filler to fill the bottles. So I was still nervous that with a bottle of carbonated wine filled with glitter would produce a big mess when pouring into champagne glasses so I wanted to test out a bottle. So we celebrated Valentines Day tonight and Pink Glitter Sparkling Wine was a hit. No volcanos and it worked out great. According to Brew Glitter, I added 2 grams of Pink Glitter to a 750ml bottle this was the perfect amount. Before opening the bottle tonight I slowly inverted and swirled the bottle to suspend the glitter. The carbonation kept the glitter in suspension in the champagne glass the entire time. The picture of the bottle with all of the foam is the bottle that I put the glitter in before filying.
