Yes, there are a few different types of carbouy available, some are made from plastic and cost around £12-£13 and glass ones that cost between £18-£23. The one I bought yesterday is a different type and holds slightly more than 5 gallons, I will post a pic later of the three different types that I have.
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Originally posted by danpug View Post54 litre! Is that glass???
Most of the ones on the Brouwland site, like the ones "in plastic baskets" are more what would be described as "carbouys" i.e. they'd originally have been in wicker baskets (and later in wire framed baskets) with straw to protect them. They'd have contained acids and other similar chemicals that might damage metal or other non-glass materials.
They're available from 5 litres up to 54 litres. Though you have to do a bit of digging for caps/stoppers as they're considerably larger than "normal" demi-johns i.e. most of them have about a 40mm opening and the 54 litre one is (I think) about 50mm. Then, as you can see from the Brouwland site, they also have "wide mouthed" DJ's of similar shape. I'd guess that they'd be good for heavy musts that have a lot of fruit pulp etc.
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Right then, carbouys.......
The one on the left is the one I got yesterday as discribed above by John. The middle one is a plastic betta bottle and the one on the right is a standard (expensive) carbouy.Attached FilesNational Wine Judge NGWBJ
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Originally posted by fatbloke View PostThough you have to do a bit of digging for caps/stoppers as they're considerably larger than "normal" demi-johns i.e. most of them have about a 40mm opening and the 54 litre one is (I think) about 50mm.National Wine Judge NGWBJ
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Anyway, back to grapes.
Pic 1 - A couple of nice fruit presses.
Pic 2 - Large fermenting vessels, the cardboard boxes at the back contain fireworks!
Pic3 - David telling Bob a tale.National Wine Judge NGWBJ
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Pic 1 - In the fridge, Bob checking the brix of the grapes.
Pic 2 - Fresh out of the crusher/de-stemmer.
Pic 3 & 4 - Chooks cleaning up after us.National Wine Judge NGWBJ
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Pic 1 - Bob checking the numbers.
And a couple of pics from this morning.
Pic 2 - Misty start.
Pic 3 - I drew off a gallon of the must to make a rose wine.National Wine Judge NGWBJ
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does David have a website or maybe list his stuff on ebay ???
It'd be worth checking out for any other goodies I'm looking for...
Apart from that, excellent pic's.
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No website that I am aware of and I doubt that he sells on ebay, Bob will know for sure.National Wine Judge NGWBJ
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Just given the grape stuff the first punch down of the day, I checked the sg - 1.060 so moving quite nicely in the right direction. Not much colour extraction as yet, just a tad darker than the gallon of rose that I pulled off yesterday.National Wine Judge NGWBJ
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Just got in off night shift, punched cap down again and checked gravity 1.032!!
If i'm not pressing tomorrow, it will be Thursday.Last edited by Richard S; 02-09-2008, 08:12 AM.National Wine Judge NGWBJ
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