Deacon Bill's Winery and Brewhaus

Browsing Archive: May, 2009

The Mighty Zork!

Posted by Bill on Saturday, May 9, 2009,

When I bottled the Sandhills Red that I described in my last post, I went with a new closure just recently made available to the amateur market, the Zork. Simple to clean, simple to use and simple to open. These do not leak and they eliminate the need for that extra step I always took of putting a shrink-wrap over the cork. Plus, they can be used to re-cork that unfinished bottle once opened.

They are a bit pricey, but they have an advantage for me that I didn't even think about when I ordered...

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New Town, New Attitude, New Name

Posted by Deacon Bill on Saturday, May 9, 2009, In : Winery Update 


I began my adventures into winemaking about 8 years ago when I was living in Omaha, NE. We lived on Seward Street, and so I labeled my bottles as coming from the Seward Street Winery and Brewhaus. It was cute, catchy and had a nice ring to it.

Since relocating to Kearney, NE just a little under a year ago, I have continued my wine and beer making in the basement of our new trappings out here on the prairie.

I have made a wonderful oatmeal stout, a very hoppy pale ale and an American ale for th...
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