wine bottles with screw tops

[phrozenballs]

can they be corked or is it a no no because the openeing is a little bigger thanks

 

[GREBO75]

I tried reusing screw top bottles for my first batches of wine, together with plastic corks (the ones with 3/4 large ridges on them). I found the fit to be very variable, so now I've given up on them. I've also tried a few with the corks that are real cork with a plastic top (like what you often get on spirit bottles) - these seem to work much better with the screw top bottles, presumably cos the real cork has more give in it and copes better with variations in diameter of the top of the bottle.

So, imho -
screwtop bottles + plastic corks = unreliable
screwtop bottles + real cork = better

For long term storage I'd go for non-screw top bottles though just for peace of mind.

 

[phrozenballs]

thanks for reply , ive put a cork in a bottle full of water just to see if it would hold its been upside down for a week no leeks jast wanted to know if there was any reason i couldent use them as these bottle i will be corking will be going into long term storage