That is all very fancy...

I just poor direct from the bottling bucket to my glass....





Dave Allison wrote:
Good question - OK, so this is off the wall, maybe or silly, but I've
done it for the past year, and will probably continue to do it.

1/2 bottle - well, I put into a 375ml and cork. if close, I top up with
like wine. I like ice wines, so always have a few 375ml bottles around.


less than 375ml bottle - like a glass or slightly more.

if red - I fortify up with brandy/everclear - leave uncorked for a week
or two - and consider it a odd PORT. But interesting. serve chilled. I
wait until it is a brownish tint - like a Tawny port. hmm. maybe i
should add some oak. haha. I put into a glass, plastic wrap the top and
put in the refrigerator for the time needed. some are ok, some are bad,
but at least I tried.

if white - I add to a sangria mix that I like. I usually take two 750ml
bottles of "Mango Citrus Symphony" wine kit into a white sangria -
adding Mango rum (2/3 cup), Peachtree (1/3 cup) and coconut rum (1/3
cup), 2 Tbls sugar, sometimes 1/2 brandy - mix, add cut up orange, mango
and peaches. I serve with two ice cubes in each glass, since it is a
little strong. So when bottling whites, I plan a sangria around bottling
time. :*)

Anyone else do this? other ideas?
DAve




Simon Reed wrote:
When bottling wine and you have some left over that will not fill a
bottle, what do you do with it?

We've been making wine for a few months from a variety of kits. Some
are for a demijohn, some require one of MY beer making bins (the "30
bottle" kits). Despite following instructions closely there is never
enough in a demijohn to fill 6 bottles and 30 bottles is usually just
over 27.

What do you do about this?

What do you do with the odd half bottle left over after filling five
from a demijohn? I know sometimes it is OK to drink but they're usually
rough as old boots at this point.

I ask because I have had an idea - which is usually a bad sign. I do
the beer making, my wife does the wine. I have a bunch of beer bottles
in a wide variety of sizes from 250 ml to 660 ml. BUT, these require a
crown cork cap. What would happen if you bottled wine in a crown cork
capped bottle? Would it matter at all? Has anyone tried it? Will the
wine age OK? Presumably lying the bottle down to keep the cork wet is
irrelevant (and might rust the crown cork?)