| Brewing kits are like micro versions of the large | | | | buy one instead of looking for a substitute from |
| scale manufacturing of commercial breweries. | | | | the kitchen. But aside from these, wine brew kits |
| Brewed beverages may be alcoholic or | | | | can normally be put together from materials |
| non-alcoholic. The common characteristic of these | | | | around the house. |
| drinks is that they all went through a fermentation | | | | Although kits for beer are more abundant than |
| process. | | | | kits for wine, there are a lot of online resources |
| Wine brewing process mainly involves the mixing | | | | for the latter. The lack of kits may be because |
| of wine yeast - not the beer yeast which | | | | the processing of wine is just like cooking. You |
| ferments faster, the sugars, and the different | | | | peel your fruit, remove cores, mash it, and |
| flavours - usually from fruits that are in season. | | | | generally just extract its juices. In beer making |
| Commercial beers generally follow a common | | | | this could be the grains or the malt. Your yeasts |
| process whatever the brewery may be. First | | | | can be prepared beforehand. These are fed with |
| step would be the grounding of the malt. It would | | | | sugar and are kept at certain temperatures to |
| then be placed in a mash tub where water would | | | | have their very beneficial community thrive. The |
| be added. A cereal mash is cooked and is added | | | | juice extracts are then mixed with the yeasts |
| to the mixture. The starch in the cereal mash | | | | and the mixture is allowed to ferment for some |
| would be converted into sugars by the malt. The | | | | days. The pulp is then strained out to leave the |
| blend is then poured into a brewing container and | | | | "wine". If for beer, refermenting is very much |
| hops are added at intervals. It is then filtered and | | | | avoided - in fact this is why filtering and |
| the remaining liquid is stored in a vat where yeast | | | | pasteurization processes happen after the |
| is added for fermentation. | | | | fermentation and before storage, for wine |
| These large scale processes can be replicated in | | | | making, it may be the opposite. Thus, to buy a |
| smaller amounts through either commercially sold | | | | bottle of wine made centuries ago by people long |
| brewing kits or assembling a kit of your own. | | | | dead is a lot more expensive than buying a bottle |
| Assembling your own kit for brewing wine, | | | | made just a year ago. |
| however, may be a bit more tricky than home | | | | It is very simple to create your own wine. |
| brewing beer. It is best, for example, for a | | | | Chemicals are even unnecessary in wine making |
| fermenter to be made of glass because you will | | | | procedures. Except for the pectic enzyme, most |
| be fermenting your mixture for a longer time | | | | are useless and will only make your mixture |
| than you will need for your beer. Plastic containers | | | | unnatural. You don't have to buy brewing kits - |
| normally pass on its smell to its contents and you | | | | you can just assemble your own. |
| don't want that to happen. It is also best that the | | | | Learn more about home beer brewing and |
| brewing container has an airlock so it is best to | | | | brewing kits by clicking on the links provided. |