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    making wine in bulk

    hi everyone.
    could anyone please give me some advise on making some bulk wine useing 5 gallon beer kegs i have.

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    Originally posted by pauly246 View Post
    hi everyone.
    could anyone please give me some advise on making some bulk wine useing 5 gallon beer kegs i have.

    Beer kegs ?

    Wood ? Aluminium? Stainless?

    Do "they" have a hole that will take a bung (rubber, cork, etc) ?

    Making wine in them, if they're metal, shouldn't be any different from using glass etc

    Except that you might come across a bit of a problem when racking i.e. you wouldn't know how far the end of the syphon pipe is above the lees etc.

    Oh and if they're "ally", then you might have to watch what you're sanitising/sterilising with as some of the sodium based cleaning agents don't play well with ally!

    Have you got any particular ingredients in mind ?

    etc etc!

    regards

    JtFB

    p.s. Oh and 5 gallons isn't really "bulk" - it seems that the majority of people in the UK stick to batches between 1 and 5 gallons. Now if it was 500 gallons then you might face some different issues!
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    • #3
      In North America, most batches are 5 Imperial gallons.

      Steve
      the procrastinating wine maker in the Niagara Region of Ontario Canada
      "why do today what you can put off till next week"

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      • #4
        Originally posted by pauly246 View Post
        hi everyone.
        could anyone please give me some advise on making some bulk wine useing 5 gallon beer kegs i have.

        Hi Pauly and welcome to the forum...

        could you give us a bit more detail on the type of keg you mean?

        regards
        Bob
        N.G.W.B.J.
        Member of 5 Towns Wine and Beer Makers Society (Yorkshire's newest)
        Wine, mead and beer maker

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        • #5
          hi bob. i've got two 5 gallon beer kegs with gas injection built into the cap but they also have a float inside so you always take from the top of the barrel when pouring a beer. i thought this might be good for making wine as you could rack from one barrel to another with ease and bottle too.

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          • #6
            beer barrels are not ideal, but can be used.....
            N.G.W.B.J.
            Member of 5 Towns Wine and Beer Makers Society (Yorkshire's newest)
            Wine, mead and beer maker

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            • #7
              the float stops about 2 inches from the bottom of the barrel. i was thinking of making some red wine from supermarket juice ie red wine number 2. plus an airlock can be fitted to the cap on top of the barrel.

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              • #8
                You could certainly use them as primary vessels, but they would be no good for ageing
                N.G.W.B.J.
                Member of 5 Towns Wine and Beer Makers Society (Yorkshire's newest)
                Wine, mead and beer maker

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                • #9
                  i'am new to all this wine making stuff so are you saying for the fermentation stage i can use the barrel but not for storing. i was thinking of transfering to the spare barrel to clear then bottle it. would this be ok.
                  many thanks for all your help too

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