Some people recommend bottling several wines at the same time and
using the leftovers from each to blend into a mystery wine. I must
admit I usually drink it. It's character building stuff...

Jim

On Sep 10, 12:40 am, 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?)
>
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