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I'll send an email to draytons, great idea!

The temp. it doesnt get that hot here, and they're packed in sawdust in their case in the bottom of a cupboard. They'll be fine.

Okay, now i have in a wooden case Made be my grandfather, two bottles of Draytons 4th Generation port. The port was purchased in 1983, as far as i know, when i was born, by my uncle.
I dont realy know anything about the port, exept that it is oridginal. Un-opened pre 1983 Draytons 4th Generation ...

What i enjoy about Home brewing, is the making part i think. To experiment using some different ingredients to see what i realy like, and what different flavours i can create. Also reading on this forum to help expand my limited knowlege of brewing

I was in my local camping store, and found they carry 30 and 60 lt plastic water drums. Got bung holes, rubber seals, are rated for drinking water, and they look identical to the ones in the local HBS, only 1/3 the price though. Might want to take a look.

It sounds like the threads have galled. If you can access it with a Die and Tap, should fix the tightness problem no worrys.

I just soaked the bottles, then rinsed them with plenty of clean water. Its up to indvidual preferance i guess as to how you like to rinse your bottles, i havent lost a bottle yet from not being clean enough.

I did a very similar thing to this, my last brew. You'll probably have some mold and scum in there, spiders, etc.
All i did was rinse the bottles with hot tap water to get the lumps out, then the cleaning solution. Just make sure all the marks and stains are out of the bottles, and you should be ...