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Chemicals

Just a few of the common  ones you might need!

If your're pressing apple juice to drink on it's own it's best to leave outthe additives - make little but often!

If you're using a cider press to make cider then you'll need some of this stuff!

Same goes for grape pressing, if you're after wine use a proper yeast!

We have a huge stock of cider making chemicals. Also used for wine and fruit juice.

Please ask if you don't see what you want.

For general cleaning of your winepress or cider press you'll probably want the Ritchie steriliser!

 

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Campden Tablets

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Tub of about 100, it varies with what's in stock!

 

Pectolase

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A tub of about 50 g of pectolase

Pectolase in a kg bag

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One kg of pectolase- It does go off so if you only need a bit buy a small tub.

Malic Acid tub 50g

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Small 50g tub - 

Malic Acid 1kg Tub

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Tartaric acid 50g tub

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Small 50g tub.

 

Tartaric Acid 1kg

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Tannin Powder 12.5 g

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A small 12.5 g tub

Sodium Metabisulphite 100g

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Small tub- This is the old stand by but we prefer to use the Ritchie steriliser as it's much less "fumey"

 

Sodium Metabisuplhite in a 1kg bag

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Potassium Sorbate

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Small tub, may be a 25g tub of powder or a tub of ten tablets, depends on what we have in stock.

Enough for 10 gallons of wine

 

Potassium Sorbate bulk please ask

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Oenological Oil 100ml

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Floats on surface of wine to prevent oxidistaion

Oeneological Oil 1000ml

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Sorbitol Sweetner 1kg

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Non fermenting sweetener-if you just need a bit then use those tablets for sweetening tea!