Mold on Corks
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CGJ
Sep 1, 2025, 12:07:14 PM (4 days ago) Sep 1
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My 2023 batch was popping corks a few months back, so I opened each
bottle and recorked figuring that would be the end of it (SG was 1.002
at that point). However, I recently lost another bottle and
investigation showed that many of them were preparing to pop, so I
decided to pull all the corks again, let the bottles vent for an hour or
so, and then recork. However, as I pulled the corks, I noticed that most
of them had a ring of grey/green mold between cork and bottle. Although
I have recorked for the moment, I am wondering if I should decant all
bottles into a carboy, sulfite at some moderate level to kill of the
mold, and then refill into clean bottles and recork yet again?
Your collective thoughts are solicited,
Carl Johnson
West Barnstable
Massachusetts
bottle and recorked figuring that would be the end of it (SG was 1.002
at that point). However, I recently lost another bottle and
investigation showed that many of them were preparing to pop, so I
decided to pull all the corks again, let the bottles vent for an hour or
so, and then recork. However, as I pulled the corks, I noticed that most
of them had a ring of grey/green mold between cork and bottle. Although
I have recorked for the moment, I am wondering if I should decant all
bottles into a carboy, sulfite at some moderate level to kill of the
mold, and then refill into clean bottles and recork yet again?
Your collective thoughts are solicited,
Carl Johnson
West Barnstable
Massachusetts
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