Simon Reed wrote:

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

If you have some splits (half bottles) use these -
otherwise - drink up. I hate it when I don't
have enough to fill another bottle - ha ha


>
> 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?)
>
>