I am about to start my first batch of wine since the eighties and I am wondering how to bottle it.
I have glass wine bottles available in limited quantities but I am not happy with the options for sealing the bottles.
Corks
Pros:
Traditional
Cons:
Quality concerns over cork supply and the potential problems of corked wine.
Screw Caps
Pros:
All my bottles have threads.
Less chance of spoilage.
Cons:
Not reusable.
Expensive.
So, I am wondering about beer bottles.
I can get 750ml PET bottles with screw caps. Bottles and caps are reusable.
I can also get glass beer bottles with swing caps.
Both of these are supplied into the local home brew market for beer bottling.
Any comments?
I am going to kick off the wine with a quickie 5 day cab sav kit just to get something to drink quickly and I am not expecting much in the way of quality.
Since that wine will spend little time in the bottle, I think that I will have a go with the PET bottles to see what happens.
The second batch will also be cab sav but it will not be one of the quick kits. I though that I might try half and half glass/PET beer bottles for that to see what the effect is on taste.
I have no intention of trying crown corks on glass bottles as I rarely finish a full bottle of wine in one session and I like something that I can reseal.
Any comments? Am I mad? Is this approach utterly flawed? Is it known to work well?
Thanks a lot guys. Looking forward to comments.
I have glass wine bottles available in limited quantities but I am not happy with the options for sealing the bottles.
Corks
Pros:
Traditional
Cons:
Quality concerns over cork supply and the potential problems of corked wine.
Screw Caps
Pros:
All my bottles have threads.
Less chance of spoilage.
Cons:
Not reusable.
Expensive.
So, I am wondering about beer bottles.
I can get 750ml PET bottles with screw caps. Bottles and caps are reusable.
I can also get glass beer bottles with swing caps.
Both of these are supplied into the local home brew market for beer bottling.
Any comments?
I am going to kick off the wine with a quickie 5 day cab sav kit just to get something to drink quickly and I am not expecting much in the way of quality.
Since that wine will spend little time in the bottle, I think that I will have a go with the PET bottles to see what happens.
The second batch will also be cab sav but it will not be one of the quick kits. I though that I might try half and half glass/PET beer bottles for that to see what the effect is on taste.
I have no intention of trying crown corks on glass bottles as I rarely finish a full bottle of wine in one session and I like something that I can reseal.
Any comments? Am I mad? Is this approach utterly flawed? Is it known to work well?
Thanks a lot guys. Looking forward to comments.