So, I recieved a bunch of old home wine making equipment from my parents and recently tried making and bottling my own mead. One problem I had during this process is that when I corked the bottles, the pin of my hand corker pressed down on the center of the cork and left a deep, misshapen imprint about 1cm into the cork. It doesn't seem to have affected the seal, and I'm pretty confident it won't effect me removing the cork, but it's ugly as hell. Is it cause I'm doing something wrong? Could it be old corks (around 15-20 years since they were bought)?
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