I have been reusing screwed caps for about 10 years now. I mostly make Rubarb wine, 10 gallons a year, because we have a huge rubarb patch. Most of it gets drank within 2 years, or given away .
I seal the caps with paraffin wax and have never had any go bad.
I melt the wax in a double boiler...
Racked my Welches grape wine to 2ndary yesterday.
No bubbling today.
Sg start 1.096 yesterday 0.992.
Over 13% alcohol I think. Did alcohol kill the fermentation if so what can I do?
Had a yeasty taste.
Hi Wolfpup,
You can start a lot simpler than some of the other posts.
I've been doing it for 5 years.
This is what I did this summer
27 lbs of rhubarb before freezing(I don't chop it fine about 1/2 in sq chunks) use 1 gallon freezer bags, any bigger and it takes too long to thaw. A patato...