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Equipment
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| Primary Fermenter - used for
the first stage of winemaking. For kit making it is generally
a 7.9 gallon food grade bucket and a lid. |
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Secondary Fermenter - commonly
referred to a as a carboy, this is generally a glass container that
varies in size from 1 gallon to 6.5 gallons and is also used for
bulk aging the wine. |
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Airlock - these come in several
different designs, they use water or other liquids to allow gas to
come out and prevent oxygen from entering your wine.
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Siphon Tube - tube that is used
to transfer (rack) wine from one container to another. |
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Racking Cane - hard plastic or
stainless steel tube used to transfer (rack) wine from one container
to another |
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Filter - used to polish the wine
and give it that sparkle that commercial wines have, these are
generally powered by an electric pump or gravity fed. |
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