Home WineMaking Equipment Kits To Get You Making Great Wine.

Making wine at home can be a more enjoyablemark at the 23-liter point
task than you think, especially with the home· · A 23-liter glass or food-grade plastic
winemaking equipment kits available today. Manycarboy
times you could already have some of the· · An airlock and bung (a rubber
equipment necessary. There are many beer andstopper with a hole in it) for the carboy
wine making stores popping up in most areas, so· · A hydrometer to check the specific
a quick searchin the yellow pages will find you thegravity referred to as 'sp. gr.' of the wine
winemaking equipment store nearest you. You· · A long, narrow tube or jar to hold
can purchase a winemaking kit to go with yourthe wine while you're checking its specific gravity
wine equipment kit from these stores and then all(generally the tube the hydrometer comes in
you will need are the bottles and the time it takesworks fine)
to be ready. Sounds good!· · A dairy thermometer
To find out what you will need to make your· · A long piece (at least 1.5m or five
wine at home, if you take a look on the Internet,feet) of food-grade plastic tubing
you should be able to see what is contained in a· · A long spoon that can fit into the
home wine making equipment kit. After you getneck of the carboy and reach to the bottom
your list of what is in the wine making equipment· · A wine thief to remove the
kit, check through your cupboards, you may havedeveloping wine from the carboy without having
some of the items on the list already. Remember,to tip it
anything plastic you use must be food safeYou will also need apart from the grape juice or
quality, that's very important. Often times it iswhatever you have chosen to make you wine
better to purchase the full wine making equipmentwith the following:
kit so that whatever you need to use to make· · Good quality water, this normally
your wine at home, will be used for your winemeans filtered water, not the chlorinated water
making and that alone.from many town water supplies.
Wherever you purchase your wine making· · Wine Yeast, this is best tailored for
equipment, ask if there is a recipe book thatthe type of wine you want to produce, use bread
comes with the kit, the store owner for good will,yeast only if you can't get the wine yeast. The
may just give you one to get you started, neverresults with bread yeast are generally not as
hurts to enquire, but if not then find out if theygood.
can recommend a good one to you. You could· · A wine 'settler', you can use sterilized
end up with many wine recipe books over abentonite or isinglass and they should be readily
period of time, they are very much likeavailable from the winemaking stores.
cookbooks, there is always a better recipe in the· · Potassium sorbate, to stop
book on the shelf, there is that old saying aboutfermentation, you can get this also at the
green grass. When you are starting out with yourwinemaking supply store.
winemaking, then these wine making recipe books· · Bottles and corks
will never go to waste. You will get into your way· · Campden tablets, these are used to
of making your own wine.help kill all the naturally occurring wild yeasts and
Here is a list of home wine making equipment youundesirable bacteria in must, but they can also be
will need.used to make a sanitizing solution.
· · A 30-liter or larger food-grade plasticWinemaking can be such a satisifying experience,
container (similar in shape to a garbage can|like aget your winemaking equipment together and get
plastic garbage can) with a non-airtight lid and agoing.