Bottling in Mason jars

[Oldchevytruck61]

I know it sounds a little tacky but I was wondering if there is any problems with putting my wine or cider into Mason jars for aging, because I have tons of them just sitting in my basement and thought that might be a good use for them.
Thanks for any replies


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[buzzer]

I'm certainly not the one to give someone else advice on wine making or bottling but I did see it done on youtube.

 

[codyfree]

Im sure it would be fine, maybe not for long time storage. Im not sure how the wine and metal will react. Ive bottled in weird stuff. But if its like a "high class" wine. Just invest in bottles and get proper corks. Not the POS you can get on the cheap


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[sandyeggoxj]

Just make sure there isn't any positive pressure on the mason jar. It shouldn't be an issue with wine, but anything bubbly will make it go boom!

 

[WVMJ]

This comes up a lot, you see all those empty quart jars, think its a good idea to fill them with wine, but the seals on canning jars are designed to be heated to seal, that headspace you give the wine under that big wide lid can easily lead to oxidation no matter how hard you twist down on the rings. Those jars are not meant to take any pressure at all, sounds like you are a newbie, you are bound to bottle early and have some pressurized bottles either hiss out out the top or break your bottles. Just think you can use your quart jars to can fruit and juice all summer to make wine with in the winter to put in real wine bottles. WVMJ

 

[funkadelicturkey]

+1 to what WVMJ says about headspace. A possible working (unproven) method may be to vacuum seal the jars with a something like a foodsaver. Though I really do think you'd be better off putting your wine in wine bottles or even beer bottles.

 

[tokerlund]

When I first started making wine, I was scavenging for bottles. Now, so many people know I need wine bottles, I graciously accept them, but about 50% end up in recycling because I can't possibly fill them all. If your struggling, look in the recycling bins. I put some bottles I took out of the recycling bin in a rubbermaid tub with 10 gallons of oxy-clean water for about a week. They came out clean and the labels just fell off. There would be nothing worse than waiting for a wine to age for a year to 18 months only to find out it went bad. I could handle that for a jar or two, but a whole batch?

 

[Oldchevytruck61]

Thanks for all the replies I am new to this so I figured I would ask the experts, I have had three jars full of apple wine for a few weeks with no issues, but I made sure it had fermented dry first, I didn't plan on aging for long I figured I would use them until I perfected a recipe to use my beer bottles for.


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[Oldchevytruck61]

Also I am just making gallon batches until I find a recipe I really like then I will have to invest in more bottles.


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[lukebuz]

Check your local recycling center. That's what I do. I get them for 6 cents each...we have a 5 cent deposit here in Iowa...

 

[Oldchevytruck61]

Do you get wine or beer bottles or a little bit of both?


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