Corking half bottles

I've put a piece of 2x4 under the bottles with no problems.

Ed

My Italian floor corker has enough travel to the pedestal that half bottles work without any shims at all.

HTH, Mike MTM

JJC wrote:

Do the bottles take standard corks? I'm tempted to bottle part of my next batch in half-size bottles next Summer.

snipped-for-privacy@attbi.com (JJC) wrote:

The 375 ml bottles I have use the same corks as 750's.

Ed

I do the same.

I only have problems with the really short 375 ml bottles. The ones shaped like a Bordeaux bottle. The German/Canadian style half bottles work ok without the 2x4.

Andy

Ditto. I used to use a can of water chestnuts as a shim (it was the perfect size), but after several years of pressure exerted by the bottles the top weakened and caved it. It was quite a mess....

Jack Keller, The Winemaking Home Page

Hmmm --- Now I'm curious - did you then make water chestnut wine?

:)

Hmmm...2x4, water chesnut can. All good ideas.

Try a hockey puck. Available in several team designs . Won't collapse like water chesnuts. Might be tough for some geographically-challenged folks to locate though.

Steve

Greg, the though occurred to me, but my wife put her foot down. Some things, I guess, are sacred.

Jack

I use a flat plastic cap from a 5 gallon carboy, it makes up the distance nicely. I don't know if they make that style anymore though. I'm sure I will be resorting to one of these other methods when it finally snaps in half... :o) Regards, Joe