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Here’s a question I received the other day that I found very interesting and am interested to hear how you would respond:

Hoping you can help me. I’ve been making grape juice for quite some time and have used your regular mason jars to store the juice and poured directly in the jar while hot then sealed with the jar lid.

I would like to store the juice in some type of wine bottle using cork or bartop finish. My question is, will I have an issue pouring hot grape juice in the wine bottle then use the cork or bartop finish to seal it. Usually when I pour the grape juice in the mason jar I’ll hear the pop sound of the lid then I know the bottle is sealed and can be preserved.

I hope I’ve made sense.

Thanks,

M.

My understanding is that carboys and wine bottles aren’t tempered and therefore not heat resistant. This means that the glass can potentially crack or shatter (and hurt anyone close by) when hot water is added to them.

I’ve also mentioned in earlier posts that you can now buy clear plastic carboys (see my “Winemaking Designer Carboys” post) and these you definitely need to be careful that you don’t add boiling water to them to clean them out.

Here’s proof from one of my readers:

So what do you think? Would you add hot water/juice to your wine bottles or carboy?

I’m curious to hear what your thoughts are so please leave a comment!

- Scott “The Wine Making Guy”

Tags: Carboys, Hot Water, Plastic Carboys, Tempered Glass, Wine Bottles

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