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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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?)
>
> --
> Sent from Simon Reed simon<at>s-and-j.co.uk
> Use the Reply-To address to reply.

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?)
>
>

On Sep 9, 8:17 pm, "Paul E. Lehmann" > wrote:
> 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?)

the solution is very obvious.

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?)
>
>

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?)
>>
>>

> 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?)

I've done the beer bottles. It's no problem at all. Most all the caps
are plastic lined, so should not rust.

I've not aged wine in them for any extended period of time, but I don't
see why they wouldn't work for extremely long periods of time - I've
"lost" beer before and opened bottles after 5 years or more and the cap
was fine - even still had good CO2 pressure.

I HAVE seen rust around the crimped part on rare occasions - usually when
bottles were wet for some reason (in a cooler, then stored, for example).
But the rust is on the outside of the opening - NOT touching the contents
and can be wiped off before pouring.

Derric

In article >, Derric <derric1961@remo
vethis.yahoo.com> writes
>
>> What would happen if you bottled wine in a crown cork
>> capped bottle?
>
>I've done the beer bottles. It's no problem at all. Most all the caps
>are plastic lined, so should not rust.

Thank you. We'll try that next time.

Right then, I'm off to go find me a selection of beer bottles to go and
empty in preparation...


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