So I came across a garage sale selling some sweet 19th Century ceramic beer bottles but I cannot figure out how to cap them. The mouths are not all precisely the same size (thus the charm), but with the entire lip diameter included, they are too big for a regular bottle cap. But the mouths are too small (by only a couple millimeters) for the plastic champagne corks at my LHBS. Also, even if the plastic corks fit right, it isn't obvious that a standard cage would fit over them.
Any bright ideas? Does anyone know if a natural cork has a little more give and would likely fit better? Does anyone care to confirm or disconfirm the LHBS employee's claim that you can't use a regular wine cork in a carbonated beverage bottle b/c it won't stay put without the cage?
Any bright ideas? Does anyone know if a natural cork has a little more give and would likely fit better? Does anyone care to confirm or disconfirm the LHBS employee's claim that you can't use a regular wine cork in a carbonated beverage bottle b/c it won't stay put without the cage?