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Beginner and bottles

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

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Tim Wisniewski
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There might be some argument that the green wine bottle colour is slightly better at protecting red wines than brown glass, or that wine corks breathe a tad, helping the wine to age, but there is no good reason that capped beer bottles can't be used for wine. I've used long-neck 12-oz. with "tasting corks" for gifts, and no one has sent them back yet. And, you can use a #3 rubber stopper, or the equivalent sized tapered cork, instead of a beer cap, and thus satisfy everyone.

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Negodki

I often bottle in 12 oz bottles and it works great. Perfect size for one person or sharing a taste.

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Greg Cook

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