Corkin' is easy!

Pimp Juice · Dec 27, 2006

Picked up some belgian corks and wore hoods from morebeer.com, went to my local brew store and rented a cork press, presto! I've got corked beer. Highly suggest it for the beers you plan on aging, gives it that extra flare and it really doesn't take much more time than capping. Bellow is a kriek.

RichBrewer · Dec 28, 2006

Do you have to store those bottles on their sides like wine? I assume that is done to keep the cork wet and maintain a seal. Then again I could be completely wrong because I don't know what I'm talking about. :rockin:

Pimp Juice · Dec 28, 2006

Thats not that big of a deal with these corks. There composit, like partical board. Also they are coated. They retain their memory and won't dry out. It takes at least 5 years for a natural cork to dry out.

RichBrewer · Dec 28, 2006

I like that idea. A touch of class. Great job.

Brewsmith · Dec 28, 2006

I'm making a belgian dubbel tonight that I'm thinking about doing the same thing. What kind of bottles are those?

Pimp Juice · Dec 28, 2006

Just you typical belgian beer bottles, the 750ml's. You'll need 25 for a 5 gallon batch. Morebeer has the bottles, hoods, and corks... check it-
http://morebeer.com/browse.html?category_id=1099&keyword=&x=1&y=1&page=2#results

Brewsmith · Dec 28, 2006

I was just wondering if you reused them from somewhere. I don't reall want to go buy 25 bottles when I could get them for free. With New Years comming, it should be fairly easy to collect 25 champagne bottles.

Pimp Juice · Dec 28, 2006

I think champagne bottles may be a different size(the opening), not sure though. I collected mine from one of the bars out here in the city.

zoebisch01 · Jan 8, 2007

Hey I was wondering, has anyone tried the plastic Champagne stoppers on these? I know it was mentioned that the Champagne bottleneck diameter may be a different size, but does anyone know?

Pimp Juice · Jan 8, 2007

Plastic corks just don't have the same class. But yea I don't see why they wouldn't work, and you could probley re-use them

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