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Basic Equipment for Cider Making

Posted on 07. Aug, 2009 by Jim C in News

Here is a list of the basic equipment for Cider Making, you can get these items from any good home-brew shop or even ebay for a job lot.

• Sterilising and cleaning: Sodium metabisulphite and nylon long handled bottle brush
• Washing: Plastic tub or dustbin – to wash apples
• Scratting: Sturdy plastic bucket and timber for crushing apples
• Pressing: Cider press with medium mesh nylon bag
• Fermentation: 1 gallon demijohns or 5 gallon plastic vessels
• Fermentation: Fermentation locks, ‘bubbler’ type
• Fermentation: Hydrometer
• Racking off: 2 metre clear plastic tubing

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