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CO2 carbonating in a corny keg

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Cold is just to stop losing the pressure. Once the cap is on, the cap will hold the pressure (if you haven't overfilled it) and the bottle can be slowly warmed safely.

FWIW, we seal apple juice in champagne bottles, then boil them in a rocket stove to pasteurise. They don't break during this treatment, I think you'll be fine.
 
You don't have to store cold. I quit bottling many years ago. Kegs are bulky to take to parties, but so much easier to store and fill. If I just want one bottle to give away, I just fill it fast and cap. Don't even use the counter pressure filler. Just a picnic tap head with a bottling tube stuck in it to fill the bottle from the bottom.

My son has been asking about the filer this past week. It may get used again. He just started kegging this year when I let him use some of my kegs.
 
jkane said:
You don't have to store cold. I quit bottling many years ago. Kegs are bulky to take to parties, but so much easier to store and fill.
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That's what growlers are for ;)

I like using some nice clay-like growlers or even palla style growlers for sharing my mead away from home.

There is a pretty awesome growler sold on redevelop.com that you can even personalize with your initials. A bit pricey, but its obviously something that you'll be able to reuse for years to come.

http://gifts.redenvelope.com/gifts/portland-growler-30109097?ref=HomeNoRef&q=growler&viewpos=1&trackingpgroup=productsearch
 
The reason I was thinking about bottling was to age the mead. I would force carbonate the 10 or 12 gallon batch in two kegs, counter pressure fill 25 or so bottles from one of the kegs and basically store and forget. Dispense directly from the other keg. After several batches, the bottles would all be filled and stored, then I just dispense from both kegs. Always have a mead on hand once the cycle gets started. Got to have a hobby.
 
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hahaha .............. I presently have just 4 corny kegs, should hold me for awhile! Going to try and sell locally all of the heavy green glass champagne bottles (I bought 10 cases of them new/empty). At some point maybe buy two cases of the clear 1 LTR EZ Cap bottles to use for fill and forget aging. I would rather have clear glass for mead anyway. And then I don't have to deal with the plastic corks and wire cages when bottling. Thankfully, these champagne bottles can also be used for wine or beer because they also take crowns and regular corks.
 
jkane said:
Ya just need 20 kegs. :D
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As it happens, I'm building a keg purging system for work.
Small 'disposable' kegs.
PET 18 litres. Inside an armoured PP case.

I wonder how many samples I can request? I need at least 16 to do the job, and they aught to be refillable and cleanable too. (They're the corny keg's replacement in industry)
 
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