Folks.....

Am new to wine making......have a kit wine aging a bit in bulk.

I've made beer in the past and have a bunch of liter brown bottles sitting
idle. Now.....any problem putting wine in these brown beauties, other than
the lack of esthetic charm?

Since tis a 'still' beverage.....I'm thinking of decanting to old beer
bottles and capping with a beer cap. Now I know this flies in the face of
lovely, gracefully corked, wine bottles and the ambiance of drinking
wine.....But..any problems other than maybe being labeled a ' wine
savage'..??

TIA

Tim Wisniewski

"Tim Wisniewski" wrote:

I've made beer in the past and have a bunch of liter brown bottles sitting
idle. Now.....any problem putting wine in these brown beauties, other
than
the lack of esthetic charm?

Since tis a 'still' beverage.....I'm thinking of decanting to old beer
bottles and capping with a beer cap. Now I know this flies in the face of
lovely, gracefully corked, wine bottles and the ambiance of drinking
wine.....But..any problems other than maybe being labeled a ' wine
savage'..??

There might be some argument that the green wine bottle colour is slightly
better at protecting red wines than brown glass, or that wine corks breathe
a tad, helping the wine to age, but there is no good reason that capped beer
bottles can't be used for wine. I've used long-neck 12-oz. with "tasting
corks" for gifts, and no one has sent them back yet. And, you can use a #3
rubber stopper, or the equivalent sized tapered cork, instead of a beer cap,
and thus satisfy everyone.

On 10/24/03 4:31 PM, in article , "Tim
Wisniewski" wrote:

Folks.....

Am new to wine making......have a kit wine aging a bit in bulk.

I've made beer in the past and have a bunch of liter brown bottles sitting
idle. Now.....any problem putting wine in these brown beauties, other than
the lack of esthetic charm?

Since tis a 'still' beverage.....I'm thinking of decanting to old beer
bottles and capping with a beer cap. Now I know this flies in the face of
lovely, gracefully corked, wine bottles and the ambiance of drinking
wine.....But..any problems other than maybe being labeled a ' wine
savage'..??

TIA

Tim Wisniewski



I often bottle in 12 oz bottles and it works great. Perfect size for one
person or sharing a taste.

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Greg Cook
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