How To Build a Champagne Tower

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Nothing beats a Champagne tower for old-world elegance—so long as you construct it so it doesn't fall down!

To complete this How-To you will need:

A sturdy table
Coupe (or round) Champagne glasses
Champagne, sparkling wine, or sparkling cider

Step 1: Find a table

Find a sturdy, steady table on which you can build your fountain.

Step 2: Crunch the numbers

Figure out how many glasses you'll need in order to both accommodate your guests and ensure that your tower doesn't tumble. Each square layer must become proportionately smaller than the last, so if your base is five rows of five glasses, the next layer must be four by four, and so on.

Tip: A standard-size Champagne bottle will provide about five glasses of bubbly.

Step 3: Get proper glasses

Get coupe Champagne glasses, which are the old-fashioned round ones.

Tip: Use plastic Champagne glasses if you're nervous about your tower collapsing.

Step 4: Begin construction

Evenly align each glass in the bottom layer so that they touch each other, creating a diamond-shaped space between glasses.

Step 5: Build the stories

Place the next layer of glasses so that the glass stems are centered over the diamond-shaped spaces.

Step 6: Repeat

Repeat until just one glass stands on the top.

Step 7: Fill the fountain

Pour Champagne into the top glass, and continue pouring until the Champagne has trickled down to fill every glass.

Step 8: Time to toast!

Gather your guests, hand everyone a glass—starting with the one on top and moving on down—and offer a toast. Cheers!

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[Kilendger]

they forgot a rule. buy cheap champagne just incase it falls

[Hemulen40]

A VODKA tower would be sooo much more impressive ...

[riddick0846]

I think it would be funn to build this and then do like a Jenga sort of game. Have the guests take a glass from anywhere and the one who knocks it over must clean it up.

[silverwings771]

hmm.. but I guess I would prefer a chocolate milk tower more :p

[silverwings771]

how about a BEER TOWER?! :D

[ohweloveeverton]

i think i need to get a job.

[123TauruZ321]

@SGbranz Put this on fire? The glasses would meld!

[iToachCard]

who the fuck is going to want to do this?

[princedarkus1]

what if kids are here...

[BASTEH99]

@iamborghini1 not every glass if you wanted it perfect you would have to check and top some of the glasses up

[Beaverfishpwns]

I'm gonna try this with KOOL AID :D