Bottling muscadine wine in mason jars?
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Assuming you keep it out of sunlight, I don't see a problem.
The larger issue comes from drinking out of mason jars: It is a dangerous activity, don't say you weren't warned. lol
Actually, any booze I drank growing up tended to come out of mason jars... Makes me rather homesick just thinking about it.
The larger issue comes from drinking out of mason jars: It is a dangerous activity, don't say you weren't warned. lol
Actually, any booze I drank growing up tended to come out of mason jars... Makes me rather homesick just thinking about it.
doctorgonzo79
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I am doing a first attempt at wine with yard grown muscadines myself; seems to me a mason jar fits it just about right. going to use quart jars for mine.
How about filling the jars? Should you fill them to the brim to minimize oxygen exposure?
I have about 4 gallons of Mustang Grape wine that will be rerady to bottle in December and I also plan on using Mason jars.
I have about 4 gallons of Mustang Grape wine that will be rerady to bottle in December and I also plan on using Mason jars.
Why mason jars and not bottles?
For one, I don't have a corker and don't plan on buying one. Two, I think it would be cool to package homemade wine in mason jars, adding to the novelty of it.
brazedowl
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do you have a capper? beer bottles work well.
Mason jars are not meant to hold any pressure. As long as your wine or mead is still it will be fine.
This is an old one! Yes, mason jars are fine for any wine, incl. muscadine. Maybe ageing the wine in them would have issues, as ther is some largely not understood connection between small amts of air coming through the cork and well aged but unoxidized wine.
If your going to drink it within a year I wouldn't sweat it.
If your going to drink it within a year I wouldn't sweat it.
Are you going to seal them? If you are, I think they'd be ok. I'd rather have my wine in beer bottles than mason jars but if you like it that way and the lids are sealed, it would be ok at least short term.
Yeah, i'll bulk age in the carboy and when i'm ready to give as gifts, i'll bottle then. So they won't spend much time in the jars. The rest of the batch will be bottled in wine bottles as usual.
Thanks everyone!
Thanks everyone!
