dummkauf
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Ok, so my first 1 gallon batch was bottled about a month ago, and I got 3 wine bottles and one 12oz beer bottle out of it. Anyway, I've noticed some honey on the top edges of the cork on 2 of the bottles. They've all been on their sides for a month and they are not leaking, but there is definatley a small amount of sticky honey in a couple spots around the top of those 2 corks. The only other thing different about those 2 is that the corks are pushed in a little below the top. The 3rd bottle with no honey on the top the cork is almost perfectly flush with the top of the bottle. This was my first time using the corked and it took me a couple tries to get the depth set correctly.
Should I open and recork those 2 with the sticky tops or should they be good to go? Again, there's been no actual leakage or reduction in the volume of mead in the bottles so it appears to be sealed, but the sticky tops are making me nervous.
Should I open and recork those 2 with the sticky tops or should they be good to go? Again, there's been no actual leakage or reduction in the volume of mead in the bottles so it appears to be sealed, but the sticky tops are making me nervous.