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How are your bottles E? I'm interested in your experience.

my bottles are doing fine still, the only ones that popped are a few I purposely did without fully smashing the cork into the bottle, which is what has been the case before hand. that said, I am still looking forward to upgrading to 1L swing top bottles sometime soon.

It's really like you have little to no understanding as to the real point of this thread. And I don't mean that to be some kind of an insult or anything, thats not a game I choose to play. No where do I advocate what I do, merely bring questions about what I do. And, refresher, until...

Thanks! That definitely adds to the idea of the bottles not being rated or up to the task of being used for beer, especially if I am right in the wine bottle being taller than the Belgian. And that is quite the difference in weight when looking into the Champagne bottles. I am...

Actually BackAlley, I use allot of 1.5L bottles, so if you want to redo your math and continue to throw out insults, I'll await them with bated breath. Thank you for your input and contribution. estricklin, thanks for your thoughts, at least you understand the what and why of this thread...

I really hope the point of this thread isn't being misinterpreted. So, as a form of disclaimer for anyone, newbies especially: **Don't do your home brew in wine bottles, unless you're willing to accept the risk.** Personally, I am going to keep doing what I have been doing because it works...

I'm using #8's still, I've heard using 9's without a floor corker is a nightmare. But #9's are the type I would rather use, my theory was that that would make the very flew blow outs I have had cease. I'm trying to get some time to dig around and find some verifiable information on the...

You're not supposed to carbonate in the locking cap style bottles? Sorry, I don't know the official name of the type, but I'm talking about the Grolsch style bottles. I thought that they were meant for that? Looks like I have more things to read about now.

I guess I never really said why I do use wine bottles, and I do it for a few reasons. to save space and to save time. I started out with regular beer bottles, had so many it was a headache. Started up grading to 22 oz bottles, and still found myself dealing with the same problems really. It...

I have been utilizing wine bottles for my beer for a few years now. I have never used wire cages or any other tricks for holding the corks in either, and I almost never have corks pop out, and have never seen a bottle explode. I have brewed allot of IPA's and PA's that I have rather heavily...