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| Greetings all:
I'm fairly experienced in home brewing but I've never made any wine. I'm thinking about trying my hand at it. Real basic question: rather than investing in corking tools and wine bottles, can you simply use 22 oz beer bottles and use a crown cap closure, just as you would for beer making? Restating that, what advantage, if any, does a wine cork have over a bottle cap? |
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- Posted by desertdance (My Page) on Mon, Jul 13, 09 at 10:34
| Well, they bottle wine in screw caps, so as long as you are sure there is no more yeast growing, and all is quiet, you could probably do it. Go over to winepress and ask this question. The experts are there. |
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- Posted by rosesinny (nefw2@yahoo.com) on Tue, Jul 14, 09 at 15:51
| Corks expand to fit the neck of the bottle, providing a tight seal. There were no comparable materials when that was discovered, so they've become the closure of choice. A good cork, in wine that is properly stored, can last many many years. Crown caps are less secure. My guess, and it's only a guess, is that if as mentioned above, the wine is finished, you can probably use a crown cap for a short time. I don't know the stats for air transpiration with screw caps either. How long can you store something sealed with crown caps? Corks are not ideal closures IMO. Personally, I love the idea of screw tops because corks have plenty of problems. But they do have a track record, so assuming you have good corks, you've at least got history on your side. |
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- Posted by rosesinny (nefw2@yahoo.com) on Sat, Jul 25, 09 at 14:52
| Look for Berger Gruner Veltliner. One liter bottle, crown cap. |
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| I've had sparkling cherry wine in 12oz beer bottles for many years. Sour cherries so it took about 5 years of aging before they were drinkable. It has held it's carbonation so I assume they are tight. |
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| Similar question. Can you use the beer capper to put beer caps onto 750 ml wine bottles? My husband is making mead now and I was wondering if we wanted to put some of it into wine bottles if we could cap it like he does with regular beer bottles. |
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- Posted by spaceman13 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 10, 12 at 11:53
| I found a bottle of stout, and a bottle of red ale homebrew I made in my basement. They were 8 and 10 years old respectively Both retained carbonation, which means they remained integrity I also have used 12 oz Bud returnables and non-returnables for still Cyser and still hard cider (no carbonation) that I heat pasteurized. It will not win you any style points, but should work just fine. |
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- Posted by sheryl_ontario (My Page) on Fri, Apr 13, 12 at 11:18
| This is great! I think I might do this with some of my wine too! |
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| laura_fl, if I understand your question correctly, bottle caps won't seal because regular wine bottles have no rounded lip for the cap to grip around. |
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