madscutter
Active Member
Hi folks. New to this forum (much more familiar with the beer side) and had a couple of questions.
I'm looking to try my had at wine making. I figure that I've already got most of the equipment I'll need with the exception of the bottling/corking side. Now I suppose I could just bottle my wine in 12 oz bottles and use crown caps, but that doesn't seem right. So I guess I'm going to need wine bottles and corks and a corker.
It looks like it will cost me roughly the same to buy (30) - 750ml bottles plus corks and corker as it would to by (36) - 1L Flip top style bottles.
So my question(s) are ... Aside from aesthetics, is there any reason NOT to use the flip-tops? Do they hold up as well as corked bottles? (I see corks/screw caps claiming to be good for up to 5 years). Are screw tops better than corks?
Any bottling recommendations at all would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
I'm looking to try my had at wine making. I figure that I've already got most of the equipment I'll need with the exception of the bottling/corking side. Now I suppose I could just bottle my wine in 12 oz bottles and use crown caps, but that doesn't seem right. So I guess I'm going to need wine bottles and corks and a corker.
It looks like it will cost me roughly the same to buy (30) - 750ml bottles plus corks and corker as it would to by (36) - 1L Flip top style bottles.
So my question(s) are ... Aside from aesthetics, is there any reason NOT to use the flip-tops? Do they hold up as well as corked bottles? (I see corks/screw caps claiming to be good for up to 5 years). Are screw tops better than corks?
Any bottling recommendations at all would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!