A special occasion needs a special ice bucket just for the bubbly. Here is how to make a nice Icy Ice Bucket. 
- Fill a clean bucket with water.
- Sit the bucket outside overnight so that the water in the bucket freezes.
- The next day, upturn the bucket and bash it until the ice slides out.
- Gently knock a hole into the top and pour out the little bit of unfrozen icy water in the middle. Pour some of the water onto the table.
- Set your ice bucket into the puddle on the table , where it will quickly freeze TO the table. And there you have it – a very stable Icy Ice bucket!
Lower your chilled champagne into it’s bucket. Then take the champagne out of it’s bucket. Pop the cork softly, into the palm of your hand. Gently, don’t bruise the bubbles. 
Pour. Let the champagne slide down the side of the glass. Don’t pop those bubbles. The bubbles are Good. Return your bottle to the ice bucket.
Clink. Cheers. Drink. Happy Birthday To Me!
love celi
PS Be careful eating the berries – they are frozen solid by now!! (bubbly laughter). And don’t stay out too long or you and your champagne will be frozen solid too. However if the weather stays nice and cold, ( I know this is a contradiction in terms but bear with me) your frozen ice bucket will wait on its frozen table to chill the Christmas champagne as well. Maybe even New Years. You never know.
c
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115 responses to “How to Make an Ice Bucket for Chilled Champagne”
Cheers! Skål! Prost! Egészségére! Salut! Cin cin! L’Chaim!
Gratulerer med dagen (A very happy birthday to you), my darling, and many many more!
And now I *know* that we are twins-separated-at-birth (though as usual I’m the slooowwww kid, having arrived a whole day later). May your whole year be overflowing with joy and delight.
xoxo,
Kathryn
So you are the 12th, wow there are quite a few of us Sago;s meeting here. Thank you for the birthday greetings and have a fab day tomorrow, though the way we are I will get to say that then too! c
Happy Birthday! Yours is on the 10th, Mine on the 11th. Funny. 😛
Mine is today Dianda, it is the 11th today so it your birthday too! Happy Birthday!! c
Brilliant…I love it. Have a great Sunday C!
I am thank you Jed.. I have the second bottle of bubbly cooling in its ice bucket as we speak! c
Happy birthday Cecilia..
here is to many many more years of creativity and talent
Thank you Sawsan.. I hope you are having a great sunday too! c
Fancy:)! And such a terrific idea. Happy birthday, C! Cheers!
Thank you Saffron, it is a bit of fun! c
OH how I hearts me some champagne! If that region wasn’t so damn cold, I’d live right there next to the source.
Well it is pretty cold, though today looks like it may warm up a bit, we will get above freezing so that is all good! c
… and I’ve had New Zealand “sparkling wine” … and It’s good! pretty darn good!
Today I am drinking Aussie sparkles,,(No, you are right not champers AT ALL) Jacobs Creek. it is not too bad and I can buy it out here on the prairies, and it has bubbles! c
Happy birthday! Super ice bucket!
It works like a charm !! not terribly useful inside though! c
Happy Birthday! I love a little bubbly to celebrate birthdays!! Hope you have a very nice day and all your wishes come true!! Darn my 80 degree weather is just not going to work for this!!
No its not spice! (laughter) that is sunbathing weather not ice bucket weather! c
So, ya kinda snuck the birthday thing in, didn’t ya! “How to make an ice bucket … “, indeed! I should’ve known when last night’s News showed security camera footage of a cow and dog attempting to buy party favors at a Walmart that … Wait a minute … um … Nevermind … Oh! Stay outta the barn for a while.
Have a surprising birthday, Celi, and many more!
I told them about Walmart!
Thank you John, I had better climb the ladder in the barn and throw down the hay before i wack the top off a bottle of champers! c
Celi – Happy Birthday which you share with my older sister today. Now here’s to a woman who will swoon over an ice bucket and not bat an eye at the absence of a birthday cake. Guess Ton Ton can’t cook! 😀
Happy birthday to your sister too. No cake, but I am making up for it by putting frozen fruit in with my bubbles!! TonTon is useless in the kitchen!! Have a great sunday evening Soul. c
Happy Birthday!
Thank you Nancy!
Happy birthday! couldn’t make an ice bucket like this here, but it’s a great idea!
Well i have to turn this cold to my advantage! c
Have a wonderful birthday!
Thank you I I had a lovely restful day! c
Happy birthday! I love this idea, but am thinking It doesn’t stay freezing long enough most nights here, although it has the last few days!
Quick Quick put the bucket out, even a thin layer of ice makes a great bucket, but not for long! c