Wine with beer equipment?

[BridgeBrew]

Here's a good one for yawl. I've emigrated to Portugal 2 months ago, my brewing equipment mash tuns, boiler, barrels, fermentation fridge is all still in the UK with the rest of our personal belongings. We are shipping everything next month. While here I've been looking for grain suppliers locally with absolutely no luck, we're in central Portugal a city called Tomar. What I want to know is could I utilise my beer equipment to make wine, as there's an abundance of grapes, and we have friends with a small vineyard. For example could I make sparkling wine in a lightly primed pressure barrel ? I really don't wanna drink the lager type freezing cold beer they seem to love over here. Thanks.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

could I utilise my beer equipment to make wine, as there's an abundance of grapes, and we have friends with a small vineyard.

I make kit wines and all i use is a FV but making it from scratch from grapes is going to need a lot more work and probably a bit more kit.

 

[BridgeBrew]

Thanks for that Chippy. Think i will stick with this guy, he's a brit, to the point, and uses all the gear i've already got. And you can hear his missus chatting to her mate in the background :)

 

[Chippy_Tea]

And you can hear his missus chatting to her mate in the background :)

I would rather listen to the woman in the background this guys voice irritates after a couple of minutes.

 

[BridgeBrew]

Know what you mean. He's a bit monotone.

 

[BridgeBrew]

But at least he makes it clear. The other guys like professor pat pending.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

But at least he makes it clear. The other guys like professor pat pending.

TBH i didn't watch them all i assumed he knew what he was talking about as he made three videos.

 

[BridgeBrew]

Think he knows what he's doing chippy, but the other guys more suited from a beginner point of view.

 

[Graz]

I keep a separate set of buckets for wine making as all the ones I use for beer smell beery after a few uses and I'm not sure I'd want that flavour in wine. I use the wine buckets for cider as well, consider that to be more like wine in flavour than beer