woops its a bit fizzy

[jampot]

well the wine i made earlyer on this summer tastes great but....it is VERY VERY fizzy i think it is fermenting again in the bottles coz when i opened one it geyserd up all over me. mmm i smell nice like a wino!!

[red]

sparkling wine eh?


hope they are not glass bottles.. if so.. go with caution

[MKG]

Bottling too early - everyone's done it

I'd be tempted to recork the whole lot (or at least let the gas out if you're using screw-tops) - it may just save you a shower or two of glass.

Mike

[jampot]

the bottles are quite thick but are glass "swing tops" like these
http://www.homebrewcentregy.com/images/clearswing.jpg

[MKG]

Same argument applies - release the locking lever a little and VERY slowly to allow any excess pressure to vent. I didn't realise you could get those without drinking an awful lot of Grolsch

Mike

[Calum]

Same argument applies - release the locking lever a little and VERY slowly to allow any excess pressure to vent. I didn't realise you could get those without drinking an awful lot of Grolsch

Mike

They're not the cheapest of bottles to purchase new - but we were on holiday in Germany this year and I bought a crate of 24 x 500ml swing top bottles for something like €9. And the bonus was that they were full of German beer too

[CyberPaddy66]

If they were full of beer then they'll be fine for fizzy wine but Like MKG says your best off releasing the excess gas now and enjoy the wine in a few months.

[jampot]

i let off the fizz bit by bit and will check in a while to make sure there not still too fizzy
thanks for the advice i dont want bottle bombs!!