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Gilda Compression Corker
Will put in other sizes as wellThis hand held corker is of excellent designThis corker works on the same principal as our larger bench and floor model corkersColor: Red
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3 Reddit comments about Gilda Compression Corker:

u/cryospam · 6 pointsr/mead

I always suggest piece by piece. You get better stuff, and often you end up not throwing away some of the shit you will never use anyways.

I always suggest getting 6.5 gallon glass carboys locally (check Craigslist, I got 5 of them for 30 bucks a couple years ago,) you can put vacuum on them if you want to go that route (trust me you want to go that route) and they are completely nonporous so they don't get funky. If you get a carboy cleaner for a drill, it's a breeze to clean your carboys. For sanitizer, buy iodophor as it doesn't foam, and you use a TINY amount...like half the "dose" cup on the left side of this bottle for a 6 gallon carboy, and it lasts forever.

Start with beer bottles, only because it's cheaper to get into it. The Cappers are cheap and they work well. I have this same unit and I've probably capped at least 2000 beer bottles with it...and it's still in perfect condition. For caps ALWAYS get oxygen absorbing ones...they are like 1 cent each more than shitty ones...seriously don't buy cheap ones!

For beer bottles, get them at your local brew store, shipping kicks your ass on these.

If you want to do wine bottles...then you REALLY want a good corker but that will add some additional expense to your kit. Don't even look at the lever action corkers or the plunger corkers or the handheld compression corkers, they are all AWFUL.
For wine bottles...do yourself a favor and buy the ones that have both corks and screw caps like THESE again don't buy them from amazon...this is just a picture so you know what I mean...shipping nearly doubles the price of them...I get these for like 14 dollars a case locally.

For corks, buy good corks, amalgamated corks fall apart and lose their seal. I personally like Nomacorc, I buy their classic ones from my local brew store (again cheaper than amazon) which are good for 3-5 years. They just released a new NomaCorc bio line that are guaranteed for 15 years, but I can't find anywhere to get them yet...I did request a bag of samples though...

u/shyleo618 · 3 pointsr/whatisthisthing

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u/HansJSolomente · 1 pointr/mead

Not really. I just bought a corker and knew that some people dipped wine in wax for a better seal.

[Here's a video I found that isn't what I did, but would be way better.]
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH2tfko-iU0)

Here's the steps, it's not hard overall but requires some equipment.

  1. Soak 1 more cork than you need for 2-3 hours in a bowl of sterile water.

  2. Fill wine bottles with mead

  3. Get out the ol' compression corker and cork your sauce.

    ....20 minute break for a drink....

  4. Fill a pot with water and fill half way a can or disposable metal bowl with wax

  5. Drop can into water and simmer as a cheap double boiler - don't boil, just slowly heat

  6. Dip bottle tops in, wipe off excess before it cools, and store for aging.

    When you open it use a corkscrew with a knife for this purpose, like a standard waitstaff model, and cut the wax off (or score around the top) first over the trash or sink. Then open.