Church key anecdote

[Dennis R. Preston]

Yes; you are quite right. "Flat" is the folk term I use for the
oxidation process which wine suffers.

dInIs

>On Feb 25, 2005, at 6:47 PM, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>>No, you cannot screw the top back on; wine and beer go flat. With
>>wine you can use something like Vacuvin to pump the air out; never
>>tried it with beer, but then I'm a wino.
>
>>dInIs
>
>        The wine doesn't go flat (unless it is champagne or the like), it
>oxidizes.  Your Vacuvin works by removing a lot of the oxygen in the
>bottle until your next use (and it does help slow things down.)  I
>don't recommend using it on something that is carbonated though, as the
>lower pressure will make it lose its carbonation faster...
>
>        (Flat beer.  Blah.)
>
>David
>(Heard 'church key' for a bottle opener for the first time within the
>last two years.)


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