Winemaking Supplies

[Petruchio]

Seeing some village women trimming up the small Nang Lai pinapples for shipment to supermarkets in the south, I decided to revive a rather intense hobby I had some years ago; winemaking. After some initial trimming they were also trimming off a lot that in my mind would make into excellent wine. Therefore I am wondering if anyone knows where in the CR area one could find such as Campden tablets, pectin enzyme, tannin, or either Champagne or Montrachet yeast? A vinometer would also be nice to have. Our local village Lao Khao "bootlegger" has one that I have seen her use, and I will ask her where she got it.

There are so many nice things here that would make into some nice wine, and I would like to try some of them. If there are others here who make wine, I would also like to have some helpful replies as to what you use for primary and secondary fermenters. I suppose the plastic pails for the primary and the big plastic water bottles will have to do, and I have some air locks that i brought over if I can find stoppers to fit. In the States I used the 5 gallon glass Carboys they used back in the railroading days to ship various acids in, but none are available here.

Helpful comments appreciated,

Petruchio

[mcgriffith]

Don't know about supplies in CR, but you might broaden your search to the rest of Thailand-

Try the Western Food In Thailand forum, and good luck!

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/forum/83-western-food-in-thailand/

[Spoonman]

Happy to be corrected but I was of the understanding making your own booze in Thailand was illegal.

[toybits]

Try baking shop there noodle shop (Hui Meng) along old airport road. This is located in front of the flower and fruit tree seedling shops.

[mcgriffith]

Happy to be corrected but I was of the understanding making your own booze in Thailand was illegal.

Yeah, it is illegal.

But the OP's question is somewhat in a grey area- he's looking for wine making supplies only.

He's not discussing any actual production, or announcing his success in doing so.

It could be compared in a way to bit torrents and discussion of same on the forum.

Discussing actual downloading of specific items that are copyright protected is a big no-no.

Discussing the technical aspects of how bit torrents work, and the process is allowed (see Computer forum for many examples of this).

But overall you are quite right, and I considered that when I first saw this topic.

In light of that, I'm closing the topic before any discussion of actual illegal production occurs inadvertantly, and thanks for your understanding.