Hi Folks... We just bottled our first run of wine. We used an 'Island Mist Blackberry Cabernet' kit. All of our equipment came from a 'True Brew Gold Kit' that we received for Christmas at least 5 years ago, which contained 30 corks and a wing-lever corker.
All went well with the process until bottling this morning. The corks either stuck out over the top of the bottle approx 1/8-to 1/4 of an inch, or were driven down into the bottle below the top on one side, but popped up a tad on the other. Bottles were filled to two-fingers under the cork. Corks are #8 x 1-3/4"
Is this a problem? And if so, what is the remedy? I'm thinking that these corks might be past their prime. I also should mention that I didn't soak or sanitize the corks. Hey, I'm a rookie!
Thanks for your help!
All went well with the process until bottling this morning. The corks either stuck out over the top of the bottle approx 1/8-to 1/4 of an inch, or were driven down into the bottle below the top on one side, but popped up a tad on the other. Bottles were filled to two-fingers under the cork. Corks are #8 x 1-3/4"
Is this a problem? And if so, what is the remedy? I'm thinking that these corks might be past their prime. I also should mention that I didn't soak or sanitize the corks. Hey, I'm a rookie!
Thanks for your help!