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?)
>
>