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BOTTLING WINE.
When buying wine in bulk, either in
demijohn or wood, it should be put in
bottles at once to prevent fermentation.
A ten-gallon keg is the most conven
ient quantity of wine to handle. When
receiving the keg stand it on end, and
bore a one-inch hole about one inch
from the rim or chine. This hole
should be at the lower side of the keg
when laid on its side, the bunghole on
the side of the keg being, of course, on
top. While boring the hole keep the
shavings brushed away as much as pos
sible. Have a wooden wine faucet at
hand, and let it soak for a few mo
ments in water before driving it into
the keg. Then throw the keg on its
side to see that the key has been
turned off and that there is no leakage.
While in, this position remove the tin
cap over the bunghole, and with a
wooden mallet or the flat hammer-end