wine and beer equitment
wine and beer equitment
ive been thinking (danerous thing that ) i want to try my hand at abit of wine brewing,but ive read that your not suppost to use your beer brewing tackle to brew wine with, why is this? and what would happen if i did? quite fancy it but i dont want to have to buy all new tackle,
cheers and beers
kev
cheers and beers
kev
Buy an Asda 5L water containers currently selling at 89p including water, I tip the water dril a14MM hole in the lid, But a small rubber bung with a hole in the middle from my homebrew centre fopr a for around 70p and fit an airlokk in the bung. Hey Presto a cheap reusable wine fermentor - a darn site cheaper than a demijon.
Add a bit of sodium metab as a cheap sanitiser, Rinse thoroughly.
pour in some TEassco apple juice and some yeast.
( see posts for Turbo Cider recipes)
Sit it in a bucket in case it froths over, Leave it in some heat (around 20C)
Sit back and watch your first brew take shape.
Jim
Add a bit of sodium metab as a cheap sanitiser, Rinse thoroughly.
pour in some TEassco apple juice and some yeast.
( see posts for Turbo Cider recipes)
Sit it in a bucket in case it froths over, Leave it in some heat (around 20C)
Sit back and watch your first brew take shape.
Jim
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Re: wine and beer equitment
I always keep my beer & wine equipment seperate as the hops present in beers can give the equipment a "green tinge" & smell over a period of time, as which can be seen here, 3rd picture down.kevthebootboy wrote:I want to try my hand at a bit of wine brewing,but ive read that your not suppost to use your beer brewing tackle to brew wine with, why is this? and what would happen if i did? quite fancy it but i dont want to have to buy all new tackle,
cheers and beers
kev
My opinion only, I prefer to keep them seperate as I don't want to take the risk of spoiling a wine by using equipment which has been used for beer.
Also, as wine can take much longer than beer to ferment, it would slow my brewing levels down dramatically. I can easily have a beer (or 2!) on the go at the same time as a wine.
I do use the water . the wife snaffles it so it doesnt fill her expensive iron with crap and killing it like the last one she had. I also tip it into a 25 ltr tub for othe ruse later. Its not wastedRoad Runner wrote:Why not use the water. If it's "Natural Spring Water" surely it'll have less chlorine/chloromine etc than Tap Water.Frisp wrote:I tip the water
Maybe a little lead & sheep poo leached from the mountain side, but hey ho!