Bottling for the First Time

[BlackSundog]

So my mead is done and it's bottlin' time! :rockin:

But, what to put it in? I have a small batch, a gallon, and five 750ml bottles that I had been collecting for reuse and relabeling. But you see...these are screw top bottles.

Is that heretical? Several things I've recently read claim so.

I was looking at the T-caps/Mushroom Caps on Amazon, and sorta wondered what it would be like to use those on the bottles I already have.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064GW00W/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Is that double heretical? Could it even work?

How are the "Zork" type closures in general? Would they work on these recycled bottles or only those with cork closures?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01C4IRFTO/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Thing is, I don't really wanna drop 30$ of a set of bottles + shipping. I'm graduating in 2 weeks , and a friend is coming over from afar and I want to show him what I've been working on.

 

[AkTom]

I use clear and brown beer bottles. I think your screw caps would work. What is you abv?

 

[BlackSundog]

I use clear and brown beer bottles. I think your screw caps would work. What is you abv?

14%

 

[AkTom]

At 14% 12 oz bottles are good. Usually one is enough for me.
Cheers

 

[bernardsmith]

Do you have a corker? Screwtop wine bottles have the same diameter neck as regular wine bottles. The downside is that the screwtops have a thinner glass wall at the top of the neck so there is a risk (small, but still present) that if you cork aggressively you can break the neck. I have yet to experience this but I know others in other wine making forums frequently warn folk about using screw top bottles.
But that said, I imagine if you have 5 bottles and you are not planning on aging the wine, then you might as well use what you have.