Has anyone figured out a trick to get these to work with champagne? They pop off about half the time probably due to the carbonation...
1365778
I would recommend a champagne stopper because of the very problem you are encountering. Champagne stoppers catch on the ring of the bottle's neck to prevent them from flying off. I learned this at a wine shop.
1365779
I've never used on champagne bottles but have used on ordinary carbonated soda bottles without any problems. Make sure you press down hard enough to keep the stopper on tight.
2003297
While they work very well, i have not tried them long term. I have found that just using one cycle on wine was not always good enough for a week, so now, I remove the tube for the wine cap, restart the vacuum and then slowly reinsert it into the wine cap at least one more time. I find it makes for a much better vacuum. I think with the small volume of air left at the top of a full bottle, it would be easier for small amount of air to get in and effect the vacuum much more than in a partially filled bottle.
1995121
This product works very well with the sparkling wines. It is not designed nor will it fit on most non-sparkling wine bottles.
711156
I could not get it to work. I returned it to Amazon. I use oxygen absorbers instead. Put one , 100 cc absorber in each quart jar and you will hear the pop. I learned this on dehydrate2store.com. I like this method a lot.
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HI Santoyo ! The person who responded first, already said basically what I was about to recommend ! Even suggesting the video ! No point in repeating !! The only thing I can imagine that might lead you to damage the bottle and not just the cork, as the cork issue happens to me, is that the cork is of a very hard type and is very stuck in there, as it HAS happened to me, but not to the point of damage !! ........... CHERERS my friend and mull this over a nice Cab !!
1314155
NO, it did not work well at all for Champagne. It doesnt work for anything carbonated at all...
249035
I use the readily available Leland Seltzer Chargers with mine. They are tiny bit short, so I wad up a piece of paper to make up the difference. What I do is insert the cartridge in the Soda Sparkle, then press the paper in between the top of the cartridge and the inside top of the Soda Sparkle. Works just fine. I have also used a thin slice of cork to take up the extra space. I have been using my Soda Sparkle more than two years, and have had great results with no problems.
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For my machine, The Genesis, I push it all the way down quickly about 3 to 4 times before I hear the buzz with the 1/2 liter bottles. If you continue to NOT hear the buzz, contact sodastream by email (you can find it on their facebook page) or call them. They have the best customer support of any I have ever encountered. (the buzz is to show you that you have enough CO2 in the bottle). Make sure you have chilled water as it helps with carbonation.
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I tried it with carbonated beverages and it seems to flatten them. Even a fresh opened 2ltr bottle ends up tasting more flat and syrupy than it should.
1448955
we use them for flavoring with shave ice...but I've seen them on hard liquor...wine needs to breathe and I don't think this will help. would it work sure, should you...I don't think so...
1995123
the Champagne sealer is specially suited to champagne bottles, which have a larger neck. The wine sealer does not fit champagne bottles. I have both and use them appropriately.
2261865
No. Even a wine soda or beer bottle did not work. I ended up throwing these out
595791
I am having the same problem Although I have only tried "Adult popsicles" and they have booze in them. I will try the reg and see what happens. I really think maybe the stick is too short.
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Champagne seems to be more rare. I can't seem to really find it anywhere else and this is getting a bit absurd. I find it hard to understand how much they underestimated the demand there would be.
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I have never filled it up totally. However, I have had a couple of bottle that were a tight fit, so I can imagine that if every space is filled it might be difficult. I have not used it for champagne yet, but for Riesling type bottles it worked.
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I just tried two different batches of jello in these silicone molds with no luck. I could not get the jello out of the mold intact. Maybe someone knows a trick?
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They do not come off easily, but they do not seem like they would come off in pieces. If they do leave residue, I think it would just be sticky (not paper). Alcohol would take the stickiness away. They are fun, but I do not highly recommend them.