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coldrice

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Is it really necessary to soak the #9 corks in order to insert them with a double-lever corker? The corks are sanitized already coming out of the bag and I have read that soaking damages the cork...yet I cannot find an absolute answer to this quandary. Does anyone have any strong feelings one way or another? It seems to me that brute force with a dry cork is the best way to go...what say ye?
 
When I corked my apfelwein, I put all my corks in a shallow bowl and sprayed them down with Starsan. Didn't really soak them, but gave them a good coating and let them sit while I siphoned.
 

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