sremed60
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I am looking for reference corks that are stamped with the "ref"
I have heard a lot of horror stories of people having to chip and peel cheap corks out of their bottles, or use pliers, or a knife, or cut it off and get a cork screw... I also heard that it is important to make sure the corks are stamped with the "ref" to avoid those issues. I tried and tried to find someone who sells reference corks that are stamped "ref." Most of the home brew suppliers I talked to had no earthly clue what I was even talking about. Most told me to just use champagne corks - they're the same thing.
So if anyone knows where to buy good quality ref corks I would appreciate the heads up. I bought a bag at Northern Brewer just to see. Just taking the bottles out of the floor corker caused those corks to rip, so I'm not hopeful that they would be an easy release after sitting in a bottle for a month or two.
I have heard a lot of horror stories of people having to chip and peel cheap corks out of their bottles, or use pliers, or a knife, or cut it off and get a cork screw... I also heard that it is important to make sure the corks are stamped with the "ref" to avoid those issues. I tried and tried to find someone who sells reference corks that are stamped "ref." Most of the home brew suppliers I talked to had no earthly clue what I was even talking about. Most told me to just use champagne corks - they're the same thing.
So if anyone knows where to buy good quality ref corks I would appreciate the heads up. I bought a bag at Northern Brewer just to see. Just taking the bottles out of the floor corker caused those corks to rip, so I'm not hopeful that they would be an easy release after sitting in a bottle for a month or two.
