equipment
Stop by our shop for your brewing, fermentation, and packaging equipment needs.
Fermentation
Fermenters are obviously a necessity for the hobby. If you purchase an equipment kit they come with fermenters. You can always add to and replace them as well. 1 gallon jugs work well for small batch experiments. Larger fermenters are available in glass and plastic. Glass is superior in many respects but it is heavier and comes at a slightly higher cost. Plastic is safe, easy to handle, and more economical. The classic bucket is cheap and effective while giving excellent access for cleaning. I don't recommend maturing wine or beer in a bucket as it's made from HDPE and does "breath" more than glass or PET carboys. All fermenters we carry are food grade and ready to safely hold your next batch of brew!
PET Carboys
Better Bottles
3 Gallon
5 Gallon
5 Gallon Ported
6 Gallon
6 Gallon Ported
PET Carboys
Be sure to take extra gentle care of your plastic carboys. They do scratch easier than glass and scratches can harbor bacteria and wild yeast. We carry special soft brushes to clean these (look for the red ones). Avoid tipping them onto their edge when full as over time stress cracks can result.
Fermenter Accessories
Fermenter accessories are inexpensive necessities to put your bucket or carboy to use in fermentation and to keep them clean and sanitary. We also offer a large selection of closures (bungs and stoppers) and blow-off tubing listed in their own sections. Better bottles can be outfitted with several innovative products that make the brewer's life easier.
caps, cappers, corks, corkers
Fermenters are obviously a necessity for the hobby. If you purchase an equipment kit they come with fermenters. You can always add to and replace them as well. 1 gallon jugs work well for small batch experiments. Larger fermenters are available in glass and plastic. Glass is superior in many respects but it is heavier and comes at a slightly higher cost.
CORKS
Corks come in different sizes and materials. Generally speaking the wider the diameter (higher number) and longer the cork, the less it will breath. Wines that will be laid up for a while should use longer #9 corks.
We also carry beer corks. This are meant to be used with Belgian beer bottles and a floor corker is highly recommended to insert them. Corked and caged beer is an authentic option for sour and high gravity ales that will be aged.
BOTTLES
Fermenters are obviously a necessity for the hobby. If you purchase an equipment kit they come with fermenters. You can always add to and replace them as well. 1 gallon jugs work well for small batch experiments. Larger fermenters are available in glass and plastic. Glass is superior in many respects but it is heavier and comes at a slightly higher cost.
BEER BOTTLES
If you haven't saved enough pry-off cap craft beer bottles or just don't want to go through the work of cleaning and stripping labels we've got you covered. The most economical option is the standard 12 or 22 oz bottles. We also offer Corked Belgian bottles if you're interested in laying up that sour ale. The high pressure bottles accept a standard crown and are safe for highly carbonated beers like a Berliner Weisse. Flip tops are the Cadillacs of beer bottles... no need for caps!
WINE BOTTLES
We carry bordeaux bottles for you red wines and burgundy bottles for your whites. If you're going for presentation on a highly carbonated sparkling wine or cider you may wish to use champagne bottles. Screw top bottles may not look as authentic but skip the step of corking and prevent oxygen exposure. 375 and 750 mL bottles in-stock. We can and have special ordered many wine bottles. Let us know what color, style, and punt level you desire.
