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Beginner and bottles

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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