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Welches is one of my favorite quick recipies. I use Latvin 1116 and drop from 1.080-1.085 to about 0.99, this gives me around 24 proof. It comes out pretty dry but I'll mix up a batch of this dry Welche's wine, 2:1 to 7up and make a great summer party punch. It goes great with smoked pork bbq.

The pictures are a little deceptive as to the the levels because the angle of the pictures, I dont think they are overfilled, but I did some more playing with these corks anyway. I tried corking bottle with water at a coulpe of different levels including one empty bottle. Same results as...

Just a plain-jane double lever hand corker- I don't have the need or the scratch for a nice floor corker. I used the same size (#9 x 1 1/2") I always use for these 375's. I tinkered with the adjustment of the corker to no avail and I'm kind of at a loss at this point. Pics Attached.

Nomacorcs Just bottled a gallon of Pink Berry and used Nomacorcs for the first time. None of the corks seated all the way. We'll see if they last. Lots cheaper than Zork-corks though.