Open tops on pour bottles
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Comments (19)Sarcasm aside, a good grandmother trick for cleaning out things like that is a healthy squirt of dish soap and a handful of rice or kosher salt. A bit of warm water, and some healthy cocktail-shaking or shekere-playing movements, then dump out the contents and rinse the bottle. It may take a few tries, but the rice or coarse salt scours the oil off the sides. C'mon Lou; it's a legit question. No need to urge someone to commit suicide. If you just want to pi$$ people off, there's got to be an easier way....See MoreCan wine be bottled in crown-cap beer bottles?
Comments (10)I helped my father make wine during my entire youth. He had upwards of 1000 ginger ale bottles (still have over 500 with wine in them dating back to the 70's), and I helped him cap many of them using a simple hand press with beer caps that were lined with cork. I just opened a bottle of 93 vintage today, and it tastes beyond belief good. He never added sulfites to his wine, just pure grapes, fermented in a wood barrel for a year then bottled the next year. So, an occasional bottle would go bad, and it would land up in the vinegar barrel for some of the best vinegar to be had. So, old fashion cork beer bottle tops, if they can still be purchased, seems to be a good choice. Actually, the cork I took off this bottle was cork lined and said Lemon Lime Soda on its top. Who knows where he got these corks things from. Oh, he stored all the bottles in a cellar, just standing up. Of course, there was build up on the bottom of each bottle that was not drinkable. One just carefully poured from the storing bottle, into the serving bottle to not get any of the stuff which had built up over the years at the bottom of the bottle....See MoreThis is what it took to get a bottle of Frangelico open
Comments (14)mxk, I’m glad this happens to other people, too. You should have seen me with a new bottle of Elmer’s Glue the other day.🥴 Lots of attempts, including twisting with pliers but no luck. Turns out all I had to do was pull UP on the little top cap. It was different from our old one, and sure looked like twist vs pull was needed.🤷♀️...See MoreCan you freeze wine after you've opened the bottle?
Comments (33)“Also, I can only wonder what changes being stored in a fridge (with sub-40° temperatures) will result with red wine. It can't be anything positive. It's never intentionally exposed to such temperatures otherwise.” Elmwr - Both Wine Enthusiast and Wine Spectator recommend storing opened red wine in the fridge. Here’s a reaponse from Wine Spectator specific to boxed wine: Box wines are a fast -growing category—there are many more options out there than ever before, and many of very good quality. I’m glad you’re exploring them. Once you open a traditional bag-in-box wine or one packaged in a Tetra Pak , I recommend storing it in your fridge, just as I would with an open bottle of wine—no matter if it’s red, white, pink or sparkling. That should slow down the process of making a wine’s flavors start to fade and take on nutty, oxidized notes. The way bag-in-box wines are designed, the bag inside will collapse as the wine is poured, which is a neat way to minimize the wine’s exposure to oxygen. Even so, we’ve done some tests of box wines in our offices and recommend enjoying them within two to three weeks of opening. That’s just our recommendation. You might find the wine still enjoyable a month down the line or more. That change that occurs over time is due to oxygen exposure, and it isn’t harmful. Oxidized wine won’t make you sick, it'll just taste less fresh. Something to note about box wines is that they have a limited shelf life even before they are opened. Those bags are semi-permeable, and will let in air over time. Keep an eye on the "best-by" date when shopping for boxed wines—they usually suggest consuming the wine within a year to 18 months from the production date. https://www.winespectator.com/articles/how-long-does-box-wine-stay-fresh-55434...See More- 10 years ago
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