Big-Batch Mass Production Shopping List
Four batches a year, forty pounds at a time. The upgrade gear that makes scale work without losing your mind.
Glass carboys are fine until you're moving four. Hand-siphoning gets old. K-meta tablets stop being precise. Buy these once, never look back.
What's on the list
Grouped by store aisle so you walk the shop in order — in and out without backtracking.
Fermentation Vessels
- Speidel fermenter
- 23L demijohn
Testing
- Vinmetrica SO2 analyzer
- pH meter
- Digital scale
Transfer & Cleaning
- Electric transfer pump
- Carboy washer
Chemistry
- K-meta (bulk)
- Argon wine preserver
Aging
- Hungarian oak staves
Who it's for
- Hobbyists scaling to 'I make wine for the family Christmas'
- Anyone tired of cracking carboys
- Cellar-builders who want precise SO2 dosing
Why you'll love it
One Speidel replaces two carboys
Stainless, stackable, doesn't break when you bump the bench.
Stop guessing on K-meta
Vinmetrica + scale = dose by number, not by tablet count.
Save your back
Transfer pump turns a 30-minute racking into a 5-minute one.
Print it. Fold it. Take it to the shop.
We email you the PDF so you have it on every device — phone in the car, printer at home.
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