help with champagne corks

[nuggitmv]

dose anyone know if you can get champagne corks in with a hand corker or dose it have to be a floor corker or some sort of tool :wha:

 

[Moley]

Champagne plastic stoppers, or actual corks?

Stoppers can be driven with a rubber mallet (using your fist hurts after the first few), I have no idea about actual cork corks.

Or you can use 29mm crown caps if you've got a bench capper.

 

[nuggitmv]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Home-Brew-Winem ... agne+corks

this is what i was thinking but only got a hand corker for the wine corks that i dont use very much

 

[JonnyD]

They work ok, used then in the past. Mine flared out at the bottom too.

 

[nuggitmv]

works ok with hand corker that is yes

 

[Moley]

this is what i was thinking

Why?

They should drive in by hand, but six quid for six corks and cages :shock:

Shop around and you can get 25 plastic stoppers and wire cages for a fiver.

And if you've got a bench capper, then Malt Miller does 100 x 29mm caps for £4.

 

[Rivvo]

From the other thread I think they're for serving at a wedding so they need to look nice, malt miller does 30 corks and cages for about £7, I'm looking at using some in old leffe bottles for bottling a brew.

 

[nuggitmv]

ok thanks guys i dont use them very much so yer think i will look about a bit more,and yes there for my wedding so i can just add it to the stupid cost of a wedding thanks for the help much appreciated :thumb:

 

[nuggitmv]

just go 30 corks n cages for £7 thanks again now for bottles

 

[Moley]

malt miller does 30 corks and cages for about £7, I'm looking at using some in old leffe bottles for bottling a brew.

:thumb:

I hadn't looked that far down his 'sundries' page

 

[Rivvo]

Nugget, how did you get on with this please?
Also what sort of corker did you need?
Cheers.