hurleybrew
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Can I use old wine bottles for bottling beer? I do have a corker, but I'm not sure if they can handle the pressure or carbonation? Thoughts?
Yeah, they used corks and then caged them like a champagne bottle.
Wasn't there an episode on BrewTV.com where they corked a beer?
One of the earlier ones?
I'll go check...
Yeah, they used corks and then caged them like a champagne bottle.
There is wine with subtle carbonation that is bottled in regular wine bottles with regular corks, but it is not enough carb for beer, even a mild.
The term for the amount of carbonation is 'frizzante' and can otherwise be thought of as "spritzy". Think Italian Moscato d'Asti.
The corkage looks like it's wine bottle style but the bottles look thicker, almost like champagne bottles but that take normal corks.
I sort of figured they force carbonated in a keg and then bottle and cork from there.
Tell you guys what. When I bottle my next RIS it'll be low carbonation. I will pop some in a plain wine bottle and cork it. I'll see what happens. If the cork pops out no biggie. Maybe I'll set it up side down to put more pressure on the cork to see if the bottle blows...
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