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Re: Unexpected something showing up in the wine

Hello everyone. Quick question(s)

> > I just bottled my first batch on Friday. Today I started to put the > capsules on. I put the first one on, and when I was done, there was a > whitish fibrous matter floating in the wine (this happened right after I > inverted the bottle). I thought maybe it is a precipitate that evolved from > the heat and that it would regain solubility after a short while. No good. > > So I am thinking--do some corks have an amount of wax in them? That would > explain it, but I surely don't know. If so (or if else), how do I keep this > from happening as I put my other capsules on.

I'm new to making wines but came across a possible explanation:

Did you use "no soak" corks and either soak them or use a heat gun to put on the capsules? The no soak corks are pre-treated with a silicon compound. If you soak these corks then you can end up with silicon residue in the wine. I'm guessing too much heat could cause a similar effect although I may be putting two and two together and getting five. :-)

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George
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I used a blowdryer to put the capsule on. The glass got hot, and I am assuming that the cork did too, which may explain the "something". The corks are agglomerate, so there must be something. The big question is: can I just pop the cork, run the wine through a coffee filter and put the wine back in? It was my first first - first bottle out of the first batch - so I want to keep it for a special occasion.

Thanks

JQL

Reply to
John Q. Lurker

Unbottling, filtering and rebottling will introduce a lot of oxygen. A big red wine might survive, but not many white wines can tolerate such harsh treatment.

Good luck, lum

Reply to
Lum

I never use a hair dryer as it takes so long and heats the bottle so much.

1/2 second in boiling water does the trick every time and the wine doesnt heat up

Jason

Reply to
Jason Thomas

Thanks for the tip. How do you keep the capsule on when you invert the bottle?

-JQL

Reply to
John Q. Lurker

I hold the bottom of the cap with one hand and dunk half the cap very quickly. this usualy shrinks the cap around the top of the bottle, not all the way, but enough to hold it for the second dunk. I would say I overshrink and split maybe one out of six, but for me it's better than scalding fingers! :)

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Reply to
Dave Allyn

JQL,

I do the same, but I hold the capsule on with an L-shaped wire which I hold against the side of the bottle as I grasp it.

HTH, Mike MTM

Reply to
MikeMTM

Use a large rubber band stretched over the bottle end to end.

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John F

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A.J. Rawls

Hi all, I use a fork or a spoon to hold the capsule in place while dunking in hot water. With a little good will you can hold the capsule in place without burning your fingers. The best way is to boil water in a tea kettle and hold the bottle neck with the capsule in the steam coming from the spout. Just make sure you do not boil the kettle dry! Just use a spoon or fork to hold the capsule in place whole shrinking. Eddie V.

Reply to
Sabia Vanderzeeuw

I also dip my bottles into boiling water to shrink the cap. I bent a coathanger into an "L" shape, and use that to hold the cap in place while dipping.

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Matthew Givens

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