MedPretzel
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Okay, I bottled my mum wine tonight.
And, there were these AWESOME looking oil/vinegar bottles at the dollar store, with grapes on them - the necks looked like about a size 8-9 cork.
I bought 4 for a buck.
I used them when I bottled tonight - as gifts.
(GIFT is also the word for POISON in German - pronouced the same as in english, and totally freaks me out sometimes when I hear that someone gave someone a GIFT!)
Well, GIFT (in the german sense) it is. 3 of the 4 bottles exploded AFTER bottling.
So, my big tip: Do not buy bottles at the dollar store, no matter how pretty, no matter how decorative, no matter how wonderful they are. Just don't do it. I have a bloody finger, toe and leg to prove it. My cat (Spencer, the doobie-de-boobie) stepped right on a piece and had to be bandaged up. We're checking on it periodically if we need to go in for stiches, but right now, he seems okay.
So, please, do not buy cheap-o glass-gear.
Edited by: MedPretzel
And, there were these AWESOME looking oil/vinegar bottles at the dollar store, with grapes on them - the necks looked like about a size 8-9 cork.
I bought 4 for a buck.
I used them when I bottled tonight - as gifts.
(GIFT is also the word for POISON in German - pronouced the same as in english, and totally freaks me out sometimes when I hear that someone gave someone a GIFT!)
Well, GIFT (in the german sense) it is. 3 of the 4 bottles exploded AFTER bottling.
So, my big tip: Do not buy bottles at the dollar store, no matter how pretty, no matter how decorative, no matter how wonderful they are. Just don't do it. I have a bloody finger, toe and leg to prove it. My cat (Spencer, the doobie-de-boobie) stepped right on a piece and had to be bandaged up. We're checking on it periodically if we need to go in for stiches, but right now, he seems okay.
So, please, do not buy cheap-o glass-gear.
Edited by: MedPretzel