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I have always had good luck with just soaking the bottles in oxyclean, however some bottles have what I guess is an oil based glue and water just doesn't seem to work on it. I use a stainless steel scrubbing pad and vegetable oil, then just wash with regular soap and water to get the oil-glue...

thanks for all the replies. I like that they are cheap and are a great way to distinguish between my wines. It makes it nice to know that red is dragons blood and so forth.

Will the Heat shrink Capsules that you can buy from Morewine effect the aging of wine?

I use TSP as well works like a charm. I just have a 5 gallon bucket that will hold 5 or 6 bottles and i do 5 or 6 at a time and just keep the solution for the next 5 or 6 I get my hands on.

Well I must say I actually feel great this morning, I am shocked...I ma glad it was not 15 % alcohol on those bottles because I might have attempted to drink the same amount. The first thing my fiancé said is we are going to need to do a 6 gallon batch ( I normally do 3 gallon batches)

P.S. 2 hours later after opening the first bottle with my Fiance` we are now on the 3rd bottle!!! Not a good plan tomorrow morning is going to suck> Dangit DangerDave

Thanks Dave for this amazing recipe. Followed the recipe to the T.

after a little more research and the Norther website, it looks like its normal. I guess I need to just bottle and give it time... one of the ratings on the site is as follows. My go to red wine preference Review by MiTreats Rating I've made this twice and at the price, $3 per bottle...

The taste is very watery, I can taste the alcohol a little in it. So if it is just really young should I bulk age it in the carboy or should I go ahead and bottle and wait to see in a few months? Also what types of tastes am I looking for in a young wine.

I have a wine kit (my first) that I have gotten to the bottling phase. Before bottling I tasted the wine and it was awful. Now I know that these kits for the reds are known to be thin because of its lack of skins, however the taste was very off as well. so now my dilemma, do I bottle as is and...