You can cork screw top bottles
Probably not the best idea to cork anything intentionally carbonated though.
My understanding is that carbonated beverages need either a crown cap or cork & cage. The cage prevents the cork from being pushed out and makes it so you can remove the cork by hand. Turning a corkscrew into a potential projectile probably isn't the brightest idea imho.
I'm not sure if twist off bottles can be caged, or whether they are rated to appropriate pressures for whatever carbonation level the OP is expecting.
Why not? Champagne, Asti, etc...
Regular/Belgian corks are fine, just not fully inserted. Supposedly the insertion depth of the corker can be adjusted.Ah, of course... Then by all means dust off your mushroom corker, bring out your bag of new mushroom corks and the wire cages you have laying around and go to town!
Ah, of course... Then by all means dust off your mushroom corker, bring out your bag of new mushroom corks and the wire cages you have laying around and go to town!
Do wine makers normally have kegging equipment?
Is the punt a requirement for sparkling wine bottles? My high-pressure beer bottles aren't punted.
Regular beer bottles can tolerate up to 4 vol but under 3-3.5 is considered safe.I'm not certain what you mean by "high pressure beer bottles"
This makes a lot of sense.The punt also makes it easier to catch the sediment. A lot of red wine bottles are punted.
Thanks guys! I was just curious.
How do you get the pop flavor out of your bottles? Or is it not an issue?
To clarify, there's no such thing as a "mushroom corker."
I thought I'd seen and advertisement for a mushroom corker before.
Apparently, you can buy one of these guys from https://www.spectrellising.com/.
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Martinelli sparkling cider bottles take a regular sized crown cap.
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