| the 1970s, wine making equipment have already been | | | | there are also different bungs sizes. |
| available. People actually started wanting to make | | | | ▪ Hydrometer Tube. This is another |
| their own wine and try the sense of achievement | | | | equipment used in wine making, which measures the |
| that goes with it. The primary problem, however, | | | | amount of sugar to be used during fermentation and |
| was that the first few manufacturers of these | | | | before and after the fermentation process, too. It |
| equipments produced low quality designs, which | | | | looks like a thermometer with a paper stuck inside |
| started to drive away the people who initially wanted | | | | where the numbers are printed. |
| to have them. But several professional wine makers | | | | ▪ Food Grade Bucket. This is like a bucket |
| ended this mediocrity and started the production of | | | | where the wine is contained. When the wine is |
| quality wine making equipment that eventually grew | | | | fermented, it creates a lot of foam, so a large |
| to the great demands that we now face today. | | | | bucket would be handy. There are food grade |
| Basic Wine Making Equipment | | | | buckets in three- to five-gallon sizes. |
| Besides the apparent popularity of wine making | | | | ▪ Wine Thief. This is also an essential wine |
| equipment, many people still consider them outlandish. | | | | making equipment, which is like a plastic tube with |
| They have many questions that have to be | | | | plastic holes at the ends. The wine thief is dipped into |
| answered provided that they also want to make | | | | the wine, while one hole is covered with the thumb. |
| their own set of wine. But for those who truly love | | | | When the tube is extracted, air holds the wine in the |
| consuming wine, and get a feeling of fulfillment | | | | tube until the finger is removed in the hole. This is |
| brewing their homemade wine, then this is for you. | | | | basically used to remove small amounts of wine from |
| The first question should be, “what are these | | | | a container. |
| equipments?” | | | | ▪ Food Grade Hose. This is used during |
| ▪ Carboy. A carboy is one of the basic wine | | | | racking and is helpful when transferring the wine into |
| making equipment. It is basically a glass jug and is | | | | another container. The wine is siphoned using this |
| available in sizes from one gallon to six gallons. | | | | wine making equipment. |
| ▪ Airlocks. Airlocks are used to prevent wine | | | | Wine making is indeed so easy with Grape & |
| oxidation by creating a valve that retains the carbon | | | | Granary range of products. The Grape and Granary is |
| dioxide inside and preventing oxygen to go inside the | | | | the online store that offers the wine making |
| carboy. | | | | equipment and supplies you need to brew your |
| ▪ Bungs. This is a necessary wine making | | | | homemade wine. There are very few online stores |
| equipment. Bungs are rubber stoppers that have | | | | that sell these products exclusively. The Grape and |
| holes drilled in the middle where the airlocks are | | | | Granary is surely your one stop shop for beer |
| fitted. They are attached into the mouth of the | | | | brewing, liquor brewing, cheese making, and others. |
| carboy. Just as there are different sizes of carboy, | | | | |