I've got a mead I've had kegged a while and it's ready to bottle now. I like it sparkling but I've only been saving wine bottles, do you think this will present a problem? I didn't prime it and it's under about 10 psi now. I was going to purge excess co2 then bottle with a slow flow. Has anyone had any experience with this? I can imagine corks backing out a bit but I haven't ever tried this before. To make it more interesting I was going to wax dip the bottle tips for presentation but I imagine this might also be problematic. Any advice would be appreciated!
Bottling a sparkling mead off a keg
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bojacked said:
I'm interested in this as well as I have a raspberry mead I wanted to do at champagne volumes. I think you'd have to use cork and cage Belgium style.
For this one I would be happy with it mildly sparkling, but all I've read recommends against any carbonation in wine bottles 
. I damn sure don't feel like cleaning anymore bottles and the champagne bottles aren't cheap IIRC.
. I damn sure don't feel like cleaning anymore bottles and the champagne bottles aren't cheap IIRC.
I wouldn't use wine bottles for a sparkling mead. Champagne, ok. Wine? Not a chance. It sounds especially like you are planning to give some of these to people. I'd rather not give someone a potential bottle bomb, personally.
On the other hand, beer or soda bottles ought to be fine as well as champagne.
On the other hand, beer or soda bottles ought to be fine as well as champagne.
bojacked said:
You could also use Belgium style bottles either 750ml or the smaller 375ml "Vinnie" bottles with a cork and cage. That's probably what I'll end up doing.
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