Looked good to me if using kits or a recipe. If you're doing fresh
fruits, some means of acid testing is needed too. If you buy from a
local shop they will usually test for a minimal amount until you are
sure you really want to do this. Acid test kits are cheap and
reasonably effective; a pH meter is a good investment for someone who
is in this to stay.

Joe

Jake Speed wrote:
> A "wine kit" is the consumables to make a batch of wine. It typically
> includes wine concentrate/juice (more juice means more $$$), plus
> yeast, sulfite, sorbate, fining agent.
>
> A wine hardware "setup" (for lack of a more descriptive term) should
> include at a minimum the following:
>
> hydrometer
> 5/6 US gallon carboy
> rubber stopper & airlock
> 6 to 10 gallon food grade fermenting bucket
> 5' to 6' racking tube
> racking tube
> filler tube
> hand corker
>
> Nice to have:
>
> bottle draining rack
> floor corker
> degassing tool (mounts in a drill, great to have!)
> stirring paddle (food grade plastic, long handle)
> extra bottles of various sizes for topup, plus stoppers & airlocks
>
> If I've left anything out, someone please chime in!
>
> Bryan
>
>
>
> On 10 Nov 2006 14:10:34 -0800, "Tater" > wrote:
>
> >as per my other message thread I am deciding on getting a wine kit or
> >two to see If i should make my plums into wine next year. I have a
> >bunch of winemaking bits and pieces given to me, but i need to know
> >what i might be missing, and decide wether to buy the missing parts or
> >a whole kit. I know there was an airlock in the batch, plus a couple of
> >plastic buckets (not 5 gal ones tho).
> >
> >I suppose this weekend i should dig thru the stuff and inventory what
> >is there. can someone tell me what *should* be there? please dont list
> >every gadget under the sun, just what would be needed to make wine.