Best wine making starter sets according to redditors
We found 30 Reddit comments discussing the best wine making starter sets. We ranked the 14 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 30 Reddit comments discussing the best wine making starter sets. We ranked the 14 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
For the record, oaking sticks aren't just used "to make cheap booze taste like less cheap booze".
I'm a home winemaker. Buying an oak cask for aging wine is cost prohibitive, and requires a large amount of maintenance while not in use, making it entirely impractical for home use.
Oaking spirals are an easy way for home users to give their wines and spirits an "oaked" flavor, even if brewing or aging in glassware.
http://www.thebarrelmill.com/infusion-spirals.html
http://www.amazon.com/American-Oak-Infusion-Spirals-Medium/dp/B0064OBE74
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/brewing-ingredients/flavorings/oak-products
http://www.infusionspiral.com/
Since I actually find the links in the sidebar to be fairly unhelpful, at least for someone as detail oriented as me as a beginner, and I'm still enough of a beginner to remember how hard it was to get started, I'll go ahead and give you a start here.
Equipment needed
Equipment Wanted If you think you'll get really into this, here's some equipment that I have that I feel makes life a lot easier.
Ingredients Needed
To Brew a Mead
NOTE If you're making a 1 gallon batch, you can put your batch directly into your jug carboy and shake instead of stir. You can also use a balloon instead of an airlock. I recommend sanitizing a food-grade funnel to put all your ingredients in if that's the case. To make smaller batches - just divide everything in my recipe (except the yeast, always just use 1 packet of that regardless of the batch size) by 6.5x. For example - for a 1 gallon batch you would use 1.5 cups of pumpkin mash instead of 10.5 cups. etc etc etc.
As time goes by
Hell, Amazon sells a simple pot still: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01A4EVWYY
It definitely will.
I ferment peppers in a glass jar with one of these: https://www.amazon.com/American-Oak-Infusion-Spirals-Medium/dp/B0064OBE74/ per gallon. Using a cask will give you a lot more surface area coverage.
It will start to denature at 149F. What I did was add this stuff to the mash tun after mashing for 20 minutes at 144-146F and then did an hour long rest.
Some people use it in the fermenter, some add it while transferring from mash tun to boil kettle and do a 30 minutes stand (provided you stay under 149F). Adding it to the mash was easy enough and I got good results (1.058 —> 1.000).
This is the kit I started with
http://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Wine-Making-Quality-Durable/dp/B013S1WDUC
I didn't need anything else but ingredients.
I wouldn't know but iv heard the plastic can retain flavors and smells of your last brew.
I would say the oak was perfect and blended well with the slight bourbon flavor. Using chips can get out of hand, but 5 days should be just about right. I used 4oz of chips, link below, soaked them in 1835 Bourbon, and dumped the hole thing into the fermenter. (Make sure to shake them up a few times per day so they stay coated) https://www.amazon.com/Home-Brew-Ohio-6340A-American/dp/B00P16EBR6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1524507683&sr=8-4&keywords=oak+chips
The turkey fryer will work great.
If it lets you, I would get this one. I say if it lets you, because it's actually from midwestsupplies. But if it's through Amazon, I think it will work.
Otherwise This one has a few more goodies in it. I think that may actually be a better one.
I don't even know what to do tbh. I bought a crap corker that Amazon reviews said should be ok if you're brewing small batches, which, according to them was around 60 bottles. I jumped at it because it was 5 quid and I was only bottling 6.
So after the first one, it explodes :( It was one of these.
Yet at the same time, I really don't want to spend 60 quid on a corker for 5 bottles now. I might try this one the reviews seem ok. I bought some Youngs corks and they said not to soak on them. I dunno why they would say that, so I didn't. Maybe that was the problem.
I personally would use a moonshine still or an air still
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BWUJKHG/
I have one and solar for house so still able to use it if power goes out
https://milehidistilling.com/product/econ-8-gallon-with-traditional-pot-still-head/
https://www.amazon.com/Distiller-Moonshine-Alcohol-Stainless-Thumper/dp/B00XZ381F0
You can order ultra ferm from White Labs, or amyloglucosidase/gluco-amylase online or from Amazon, but that won't solve your problem for tomorrow :(
This kit comes with everything you'd need to get started. I have almost all of this stuff by purchasing piece by piece, but it cost me WAY more than a hundred bucks.
https://www.amazon.com/North-Mountain-Supply-Gallon-Complete/dp/B07DJZF99M/ref=sr_1_12
https://www.amazon.com/OLizee-Stainless-Alcohol-Distiller-Moonshine/dp/B01AUM1HZE
https://www.amazon.ca/Stainless-Household-Moonshine-Distiller-Essential/dp/B076SP1F7F/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521137748&sr=8-1&keywords=still+spirits
The first item u posted costs $335.... is there a cheaper alternative? Also can u link to any specific guide on how to do this? I'm very interested since you make it sound so easy, but I don't have much money to start a whole mini distillery (obvi, since i made this post about how im broke lol)
edit: is this the same thing? https://www.amazon.com/Still-Spirits-Turbo-Air/dp/B00BWUJKHG
> Essential oil stills
Will this work?
https://www.amazon.com/Distiller-Moonshine-Alcohol-Stainless-Thumper/dp/B00XZ381F0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494693460&sr=8-1&keywords=essential+oil+still
So I was looking at a non explody & maintenance method such as:
https://www.amazon.com/Still-Spirits-Turbo-Air/dp/B00BWUJKHG/ref=sr_1_5?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1537031471&sr=1-5&keywords=still
Which I feel could be used to extract out some of the alchohol when it is mixed with cannabis, but it pulls a very low ABV. Thoughts?
https://www.amazon.com/Still-Spirits-Turbo-Air/dp/B00BWUJKHG this is cheaper option what is your opinion on it, one day I will get a $500+ one but right now I am starting so I can't justify spending $500 on something I am just figuring out.
Just run the vodka through one of these, you'll get your high proof. Seriously though, it should be fine at 30%.
Well, you COULD make dry honey wine, run it through an air still and then blend it with a strong sweet mead.
I want to get into wine making / brewing. At the moment I'm thinking about getting this but other than that I don't really know what to do.
I do this often with these- https://www.amazon.com/American-Oak-Infusion-Spirals-Medium/dp/B0064OBE74/ref=sr_1_2?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1503619110&sr=1-2&keywords=oak+spirals I use about a 3" piece in a 2-liter glass bottle. It only adds oak flavor, color, and maybe some other wood like characteristics i.e., cinnamon. I got my spirals and glass bottles from Midwest Supplies.
I have been doing a barrel aged negroni at my bar. Old Raj 110, Carpano, Campari. I use spiral staves they give a great oaky quality after about 3 weeks. Super Tasty!
Yes you can lol
https://www.amazon.com/Suteck-Moonshine-Spirits-Distiller-Stainless/dp/B01A4EVWYY/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=liquor+still&qid=1570686802&sr=8-3
Do your own aging with something like: http://www.amazon.com/American-Oak-Infusion-Spirals-Medium/dp/B0064OBE74
white dog isn't very good without the wood to clean it up. nice part about the spirals is you can do a years worth of aging in a matter of days.