Maestro
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My wife and I started our first ever batch of wine almost a month ago. We've been following the instructions almost to the "T" save for the exception that we added more sugar to bump the abv up to 12.5%. We are nearing bottling at the end of this week. The wine looks beautiful so far. Deep red with a nice clarity to it.
One question I have at this moment pertains to the bottles themselves. We have collected bottles from some local bars and restaurants here for our bottling. We soaked them in very hot water to loosen the labels to clean them up. They didn't come off quite the way I thought they would tho. The label residue stayed on almost every bottle. Any tricks for getting sticker residue completely off and the bottles perfectly cleaned?
One question I have at this moment pertains to the bottles themselves. We have collected bottles from some local bars and restaurants here for our bottling. We soaked them in very hot water to loosen the labels to clean them up. They didn't come off quite the way I thought they would tho. The label residue stayed on almost every bottle. Any tricks for getting sticker residue completely off and the bottles perfectly cleaned?