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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!!

sparkling wine eh?


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

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

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

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

MKG wrote: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

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.

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!!