Yeah, I don't actually have a supply of old wine bottles.
I might have ONE if the friend at whose house I left the last of that bottle saved it for me. I go through a lot more olive oil than wine.
I'll see if I can find sparkling cider with plastic lids. You mean the pop-off kind of lids, right? Do you happen to know what brand that is? If I can use canning jars that would be the easiest 'cause I have a ton of those and they'll fit nicely on my shelf (I have limited tall shelf space) but I wasn't sure if just putting the lids on and leaving them a bit loose so air can escape was good enough.
Oh, and it turned out really yummy! Not much fizz though. I did one jug with plain ol' Lipton's tea and one with pomegranate flavored black tea. The batches I started today are Lipton's again and the CS raspberry green tea. Do you all leave the old scoby in or both? Or just the baby? I just started them with the babies and put the old one in a baggie in the fridge with some sweetened tea until I can get another glass jug. I think I need to get staggered batches going so there will be some ready each week.