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I’d like to try making wine and I’m looking for anyone or any place that sells carboys, primary fermentors, hydrometers, tubes, bungs, yeast, campden tabs, etc cheap. None of them are very expensive, but trying to buy everything I need at once adds up to like $90 plus shipping. I was hoping I could find a deal or a kind soul to help me get started. Thanks, Satch
Shop around. I use The Yankee Brewer in Norwich CT and my first "kit" was $60 for all the hardware needed to get started. I don’t know what you are including in the "etc" category though that drives the price up. You can probably save a bit if you can find a 6 gallon food grade container for a primary. Maybe a carboy from a water cooler, but most of those are plastic now. . Since I started, I’ve added another couple of carboys ($20) so I can age longer, a better corker $25, additional airlocks (1.25 ea.) but not much else. Be sure to start collecting bottle to avoid buying new ones. Oh, I forgot labeling software and labels ($50) Ed http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
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Snip….there’s your carboys. So what if they’re plastic. You get what
you pay for. For the other stuff look around your home, you’ll have it. Hydrometer your just going to have to break down and go to the homebrew store. Be sure to take up a good hour of his time because you just spent 4 or 5 bucks and you need his free advice… I thought you get what you pay for? Why would anyone need his _free_ advice? lum
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I found a place in the Orlando Area (me being from the Tampa Area) called Old Time Pottery that carries the 5gal glass jugs for $9.99 each. I bought 6 of them a few weeks ago when I was over there in the area. Regards, Tony Myers aka "BareCubz in Plant City"
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What supermarket are you finding this stuff at? I’ve got to look at a round trip of around 200 miles to find my stuff. Jim L.
Wow, that makes life a little tougher, eh? Our local Overwaitea (that’s in Canada, but the "eh" probably already gave me away!) carries a good selection of wine and beer making supplies, but if you have a similar chain store in your town that doesn’t carry such supplies, you might try asking if they will have one of their other stores (perhaps in a larger centre) throw a kit on their truck for you. You might even find that your supermarket chain has a web site where you could make a request via email. Good luck :o) Anita — Posted via Talkway – http://www.talkway.com Exchange ideas on practically anything ™.
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What supermarket are you finding this stuff at? I’ve got to look at a round trip of around 200 miles to find my stuff. Jim L.
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Yes, i use grape and granary alot, they have great prices.. especilially on the 1 and .5 gallon carboys… also, the prices for the presses are good too….. great service and responses. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve recently purchased 3-gallon glass carboys from the Grape and Granary in Akron, Ohio, for $13.95. The 5-gallon are the same price. Great prices, quick delivery, reasonable shipping charges. You can shop online at: http://www.grapeandgranary.com/ Paul Maryland I’d like to try making wine and I’m looking for anyone or any place that sells carboys, primary fermentors, hydrometers, tubes, bungs, yeast, campden tabs, etc cheap. None of them are very expensive, but trying to buy everything I need at once adds up to like $90 plus shipping. I was hoping I could find a deal or a kind soul to help me get started. Thanks, Satch _____ Please make a stand for FREEDOM. Visit www.lp.org
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I’ve recently purchased 3-gallon glass carboys from the Grape and Granary in Akron, Ohio, for $13.95. The 5-gallon are the same price. Great prices, quick delivery, reasonable shipping charges. You can shop online at: http://www.grapeandgranary.com/ Paul Maryland – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’d like to try making wine and I’m looking for anyone or any place that sells carboys, primary fermentors, hydrometers, tubes, bungs, yeast, campden tabs, etc cheap. None of them are very expensive, but trying to buy everything I need at once adds up to like $90 plus shipping. I was hoping I could find a deal or a kind soul to help me get started. Thanks, Satch _____ Please make a stand for FREEDOM. Visit www.lp.org
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Homebrew Heaven has a Complete Wine kit for $84.95. Visit: http://www.homebrewheaven.com (800) 850-2739 – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’d like to try making wine and I’m looking for anyone or any place that sells carboys, primary fermentors, hydrometers, tubes, bungs, yeast, campden tabs, etc cheap. None of them are very expensive, but trying to buy everything I need at once adds up to like $90 plus shipping. I was hoping I could find a deal or a kind soul to help me get started. Thanks, Satch _____ Please make a stand for FREEDOM. Visit www.lp.org
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I’d like to try making wine and I’m looking for anyone or any place that sells carboys, primary fermentors, hydrometers, tubes, bungs, yeast, campden tabs, etc cheap. None of them are very expensive, but trying to buy everything I need at once adds up to like $90 plus shipping. I was hoping I could find a deal or a kind soul to help me get started. Thanks, Satch _____ Please make a stand for FREEDOM. Visit www.lp.org
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I don’t know where you live, but in my area a local grocery store carries a winemaking starter kit (all the bits you need to get going, except a corker) for about $50.00. Let me know if you need more info. Joel – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’d like to try making wine and I’m looking for anyone or any place that sells carboys, primary fermentors, hydrometers, tubes, bungs, yeast, campden tabs, etc cheap. None of them are very expensive, but trying to buy everything I need at once adds up to like $90 plus shipping. I was hoping I could find a deal or a kind soul to help me get started. Thanks, Satch _____ Please make a stand for FREEDOM. Visit www.lp.org
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Go to the nearest Kmart and get a trash can. Congratulations there’s your fermentor. Now go to a store that sell bottle water in 5 gal water container’s. Congrats again, there’s your carboys. So what if they’re plastic. You get what you pay for. For the other stuff look around your home, you’ll have it. Hydrometer your just going to have to break down and go to the homebrew store. Be sure to take up a good hour of his time because you just spent 4 or 5 bucks and you need his free advice…
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Hi Steve – the easiest way is probably to start with a complete kit, which we can get at our Overwaitea supermarket in Canada for about $54 and includes primary, carboy, siphon, spoon, thermometer, hydrometer, etc. but you’ll neet to still spend about $10 on chemicals. This is still cheaper than buying all of the equipment new separately, I think. Another alternative is to run a classified ad in your local paper asking for used equipment (it is amazing how many people have this stuff gathering dust in their garages!), or looking in your local "Buy & Sell", if your community has one. We have one here – it is a weekly "paper" that consists of items people are trying to sell second-hand, and it is always rich with brewing equipment. Make sure you know your prices first so you know if you’re getting a good deal. Personally, I’d recommend brewing a batch with minimal stuff first, and then when you discover you love it ( 
) ), get equipment you’ll be happy with. Carboys with handles, for instance… (learned that one the hard way, I did). Have fun, and welcome to the adventure! I’d like to try making wine and I’m looking for anyone or any place that sells carboys, primary fermentors, hydrometers, tubes, bungs, yeast, campden tabs, etc cheap. None of them are very expensive, but trying to buy everything I need at once adds up to like $90 plus shipping. I was hoping I could find a deal or a kind soul to help me get started. Thanks, Satch _____ Please make a stand for FREEDOM. Visit www.lp.org
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[snip] There are a couple places online that sell a starter kit for about $50. The problem is when adding a second carboy and airlock, yeast, campden tabs, long handle spoon, funnel, thermometor, sanitizer, and the other stuff that’s needed, it came to $90.
Translation: I want to start making wine with most of the best equipment, but I don’t want to pay for it. $50.00 ($60.00 after shipping) will get you all the equipment you need to make your first batch, though you may have to improvise a bit with items around the house (use a spoon from your kitchen; use some bleach from next to the washing machine). Most of us got started using those small kits or less (example: store-bought grape juice, baker’s yeast, a gallon milk jug for the primary, a glass apple-juice bottle for the secondary, and balloons for airlocks). If you still feel like not starting until you get the best supplies, I suggest watching the various homebrew stores and ebay until you see the equipment you want on sale (for instance, South Bay Homebrew just had a 25% off sale on everything). This could take a week or 6 months, so be patient (or just buy the stuff at regular price). -= Clogar
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<< I don’t know where you live, but in my area a local grocery store carries a winemaking starter kit (all the bits you need to get going, except a corker) for about $50.00. Let me know if you need more info. There are a couple places online that sell a starter kit for about $50. The problem is when adding a second carboy and airlock, yeast, campden tabs, long handle spoon, funnel, thermometor, sanitizer, and the other stuff that’s needed, it came to $90. Satch _____ Please make a stand for FREEDOM. Visit www.lp.org
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