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I thought i'd post this as i know other members had hassle using the hand corker i was using.
After the difficulty of using the cheap red plastic youngs hand corker, i decided to get one of the twin handled corkers which look alot easier to use.
I'm up in Edinburgh at the moment and decided to visit the local homebrew shop (Edina Homebrew, Elgin Terrace) and asked if they stocked the double handled corker, he didn't have any in stock and asked why i wanted one so i explained the difficulty i had with the other and he told me i must be doing something wrong and that a 4 year old could do it lol
He then showed the standard wooden corker (slightly different design from the youngs plastic one) he soaked a cork in boiling water for a minute or so, stuck it in the corker and banged the top with the edge of a hammer a couple times and voila, cork was in no problem at all, perfectly flush and no dimple in the top, took about 3 seconds.
Needless to say i bought one (£5) and it's far superior to the youngs plastic thing, you couldn't even bang the youngs with a hammer as your hand would get in the way and it'd probably break!
Im sure this is old news to 90% of members lol but to me it'll make my life a hell of a lot easier and im sure atleast someone will read this and save themselves the hassle of wasting time with the youngs plastic piece of garbage!
After the difficulty of using the cheap red plastic youngs hand corker, i decided to get one of the twin handled corkers which look alot easier to use.
I'm up in Edinburgh at the moment and decided to visit the local homebrew shop (Edina Homebrew, Elgin Terrace) and asked if they stocked the double handled corker, he didn't have any in stock and asked why i wanted one so i explained the difficulty i had with the other and he told me i must be doing something wrong and that a 4 year old could do it lol
He then showed the standard wooden corker (slightly different design from the youngs plastic one) he soaked a cork in boiling water for a minute or so, stuck it in the corker and banged the top with the edge of a hammer a couple times and voila, cork was in no problem at all, perfectly flush and no dimple in the top, took about 3 seconds.
Needless to say i bought one (£5) and it's far superior to the youngs plastic thing, you couldn't even bang the youngs with a hammer as your hand would get in the way and it'd probably break!
Im sure this is old news to 90% of members lol but to me it'll make my life a hell of a lot easier and im sure atleast someone will read this and save themselves the hassle of wasting time with the youngs plastic piece of garbage!
Gotta love this hobby
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