Wine Bottles

[Noodles 09]

Planning ahead now I havem= my first brew in a Dj....

I will be using old wine bottles for bottling. Can i use ones that had a screw top lid and cork them? Or do they have to have been corked bottles originally to take a cork again??

[avtovaz]

the corks ar too small for screw bottles...

i use just the screw tops!

[thedeckking]

I use whatever bottles I can get my hands on and cork them all. Never had any problems except the odd cork that won't push all the way in.

[Horden Hillbilly]

You can cork bottles with a screw thread, but please be aware that the glass will be thinner where the threads are compared to a "corked" wine bottle, therefore be gentle while corking "screwthread" bottles.

[Noodles 09]

I had a tescos voucher so have invested in 6 youngs bottles and straight corks!

[avtovaz]

You can cork bottles with a screw thread, but please be aware that the glass will be thinner where the threads are compared to a "corked" wine bottle, therefore be gentle while corking "screwthread" bottles.

what type of bottles did you use? I ask as i want to cork bottles, but i only have screw ones, but every time i have put a cork in its such a loose fit...

[Horden Hillbilly]

Just what I've collected from friends & family over the years, all 750ml size. I tend to keep the "cork" bottles for my wines & use the "Screwthread" bottles for wine which I give away & I know that I won't get the bottles back.

Click here & you can see my bottles.

I have always used these corks on both types of bottles & they have sealed ok. I always stand my bottles upright for at least 3 days before putting them in my wine rack. This allows the corks to swell slightly after being squashed in my corking tool & this prevents "weeping" from the wine bottles, which can occur if you cork & put the bottles in the rack immedietly after corking the bottles.