Corkers

Tau said:

There are plenty of twin lever corkers out there, sell in Wilkos, though wilkos ones have a tendancy to rust after a couple of years.

Could get from here or any hb shop: http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Twin_Handle_Wine_Bottle_Corker.html

Standing corker: https://www.biggerjugs.co.uk/collections/spares-equipment/products/floor-standing-corking-machine

While I'm here any opinions on agglomerated wine corks, usually sold with a dia' of 23mm a few sites quote use a standing corker only. Has anyone used these with twin lever corkers? Also any experiences with these on mixed screw top and cork only wine bottles?

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BarleyFever said:

Thanks Guys,
I liked the look of the Sanbri on mentioned by Vinotinto as it's all metal and should last forever. I found a decent looking one on BIN on ebay and so went for it.

Thanks for the offer Jaffa91 but I doubt I'd have anything you would need in exchange.

Cheers :thumb:

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Vinotinto said:

Glad you found something. As I said, mine was in mint condition and there are loads on there albeit not quite so clean. Boots used to supply these years ago in the UK. The reason I went for this other than price was that the guy who does all the vids on Brewbitz uses one and recommends it. I do find I get bits of cork forming around the moving bits although not where it will go into the bottle with the next cork. Also, if you do not get your 'squeeze' right then you will struggle. Practice makes perfect. the piston shaft on mine shows signs of rusting too unless I make sure I dry it properly but hey, no complaints for 8 squids delivered. :thumb:

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GDog said:

@tau corks confuse the hell out of me. I have standard size written down as 38x23 mm. I bought mine from my local brew shop, real cork but coated in something so you don't have to soak. They fit fine in my cork bottles, but I don't cork screwtops.

I've also got a bunch of JP Chenez bendy necks I bought in France that I've kept as I love the bottles, and some others nice ones from from there, and my corks don't fit? There are obviously bigger neck sizes but I cant find corks to fit and I don't want to bin them.

some **** I've accumulated below: no idea what size corks mine are and the shop didn't say

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The opening of a standard, 750 ml wine bottle is 3/4 of an inch. If you have a wine bottle corker you will want to purchase either the size #8 or size #9 corks. Which size you get depends on the type of corker you have.
Any wine bottle corker on the market can put in the size #8, however some corkers have trouble putting in a size #9. If the corker was purchased from E. C. Kraus, you will be able to put in a size #9 cork just fine.
If your corker was purchased from somewhere else and uses a funnel-design to compress the cork, you will need to use a size #8 wine cork. The commercial wine industry uses a size #9.
Size #7 corks are for individuals who want to put their corks in by hand. We do not recommend using this size for this purpose, but if you do, you will need to store the wine bottles up-right instead of on their side to prevent leakage.
Size #10 corks are for larger size bottles.
While many larger bottle still have the same 3/4 inch opening that the 750 ml have, some do have a larger opening that will require this larger size cork.
- See more at: http://www.eckraus.com/blog/what-size-corks-should-i-get-for-bottling-my-wine#sthash.6MH63rci.dpuf

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