Wanted: Wine making equipment

builderjay


Joined: 07/09/2010
Posts: 14

Message Posted:
23/09/2010 14:38

Hi there.is there any body out there who has any wine making equipment for sale or know where i can get some. Thank you . All the best Jay 0533 8622782or cyprusjay@hotmail.com

mahdel


Joined: 28/05/2009
Posts: 255

Message Posted:
23/09/2010 16:42

I dont think there are any homebrew type shops on the island, north or south, but you might be able to find food grade plastic buckets from some restaurants which you could repurpose. There is also a UK online shop, I believe its BrewUK, that ships here I think but the shipping cost is like 70 pounds or something.

dippersgirl



Joined: 04/05/2010
Posts: 795

Message Posted:
23/09/2010 17:10

For brewing buckets we use the square yellow containers with red screw tops, I think about 20l size (my farmer neighbour uses them for the milk). My husband drilled a hole in the top for the rubber bung and airlock. We brought those from England. Could bring you some things if they are small, when we come back in February 11. We live in Dipkarpaz when we are here. Have got some spare wine yeast and Campden Tablets and the odd airlock.

builderjay


Joined: 07/09/2010
Posts: 14

Message Posted:
23/09/2010 22:33

sorry guys i am starting this off from scratch and require everything any help would be greatful

andrew4232



Joined: 04/07/2009
Posts: 1543

Message Posted:
24/09/2010 09:34

hopefully it will not be potato peelings and sprout tops you using to make the stuff with , i had a maiden aunt who used to make home made wine yee gods it was nasty you could have cleaned the scale from the kettle with it

yogi1


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 98

Message Posted:
24/09/2010 10:09

Hi, We asked on here for wine making equipment about 12 months ago, we got a lot of stupid threads from the islands di-k heads. We had to bring campden tablets, airlocks etc. from Blighty. A large plastic bucket of the right quality you can source here and we use Demi-johns (wine) which we can get on the dark side. Good luck we enjoy the hobby and have about 8 gallons ready for xmas and new-year.

Bernies


Joined: 21/09/2010
Posts: 95

Message Posted:
24/09/2010 10:17

iI am sure there is a place in Alsancak can help with this.

mahdel


Joined: 28/05/2009
Posts: 255

Message Posted:
24/09/2010 10:53

My brother-in-law does manage to make wine with only local ingredients and equıpment, though Im not entirely sure how he manages the yeast part. He said he uses some slightyly wrinkled grapes in addition to the fresh ones to add natural yeast, but that seems odd to me. You could give it a shot. I know more about cider and beer than wine making but his wines aren't bad