Cork age question

[bjc113]

Hey guys,

I have searched for the answer to this question - maybe I'm not wording it correctly because I can't find anything relevant.

long story short, I got a lot of free winemaking stuff from a guy who was getting out of the hobby (awesome haul, too).

My question is - the bags of unused corks he gave me - are they still good? Is there a way to tell? They could be either 1 year or 15 years old, I have no clue. I'm not sure if corks are something you should be using within a year or something

thanks!

 

[cmason1957]

Generally you want to use corks within a year of opening then. I might push that to two years, but it sounds like I would throw away the corks you have.

 

[bjc113]

good to know...thanks for the info! Agree, pretty cheap to just buy new ones anyway.