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They are not in the same bottles. You bottled your beer in still-wine bottles. Sparkling-wine is bottled in champagne bottles. I would be worried about this - exploding bottles are dangerous.

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Suthrncomfrt1884

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Well, I had my first bottle explode tonight. I'll be sticking most of them in the fridge to stop them from exploding hopefully. Anything I can't fit in there will be re-bottled in beer bottles. Lesson learned.

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MartyB

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You'll want to rebottle all that you can. The carbonation is there, the pressure is there. Chilling will slow it down, but the glass is already under stress.

Even chilled, have a solid grip on your corkscrew.
Once you get the cork started, the pressure will probably push it the rest of the way.
And there will be plenty of pressure. I had to do the same with a batch that didn't stabilize and started to ferment in the bottles. 2 popped corks, before I got them opened up.

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mmadmikes1

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take cork scew all the way though cork and pull it out and let pressure bleed slowly. other wise you will foam up and get a mess everywhere. Chilling will help

Suthrncomfrt1884

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So, I assume getting them close to freezing, uncorking, and rebottling would be the best bet? Could I just let them sit opened for about 20 minutes and then re-cork them? I've never had to deal with rebottling, so I'm not sure of any downsides. Oxydizing?

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ManyBrews

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i had a funny saison bottling session this weekend. i scored a whole bunch of champagne bottles outside a wedding venue over labor day. i had them on the floor ready to be filled with saison and thought i should check to see if they cap before i fill them. well i picked up what was apparently a smaller size bottle and the cap fit perfectly. i then filled 5 more bottles to find they would not cap. i immediately got a cup and drank some uncarbed saison :>)

oh well, i'll just save all those bottles and get the plastic stoppers and wire to tighten for future batches. i think champagne bottles look cool, hold lots of beer, and are perfect for gifts.