Tesco have started to sell home brew items

sb44

I noticed today in our Tesco Extra that they have started to sell home brew equipment.

Bottles, Youngs wine and beer kits, tubing, sterilizing tablets etc.

I assume most stores have a similar layout, they weren't near the food section but in one of the hardware aisles near cooking equipment etc.

deebee

I saw this on here before and whizzed down to my local Tesco extra to find none there, hope they start to stock these as I have recently started making wine from kits, so far all the ones I have made have been quite drinkable - almost scary!

Barneysmom

That's good news.
I hope they start having the wine making stuff in there by the end of August so I can do some blackberry wine, it's heavenly, like a bordeaux.

I'll do some elderberry too. It's great, you don't get a hangover with homemade wines as there are no chemicals.

OP is it the Extra on the A50 by Longton you mean?

sb44

Barneysmom wrote: »

That's good news.
I hope they start having the wine making stuff in there by the end of August so I can do some blackberry wine, it's heavenly, like a bordeaux.

I'll do some elderberry too. It's great, you don't get a hangover with homemade wines as there are no chemicals.

OP is it the Extra on the A50 by Longton you mean?

Yep, that's the one.

They are in one of the right hand aisles as you go in, about half way up the store.

Barneysmom

Thanks, I'll pop over on Monday and have a look

valleyboy74

They also do them in wilkinsons, quite reasonable prices too considering how much it will save in the long run, they sell all the equipment you could need ;-)

heres a link for some of the stuff, in the cardiff store i know they also sell the fermentation buckets,demi johns, air locks etc.

http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/bin/venda?ex=co_wizr-locayta&collate=pdxttype&collate=pdxtcolourn&collate=pdxtbrandn&collate=pdxtsizen&collate=pdxtpowern&termtextkeywordsearch=wine&typekeywordsearch=keyword&fieldrtype=type&termtextrtype=invt&typertype=exact&termorder=keywordsearch%3Artype&template=wz_locayta&pagenum=1&perpage=10&threshold=43&spellcorrect=1&datasource=wilkinsonplusen&setpagenum=1&termtextpdxttype=Homebrew%20Accessories&typepdxttype=exact&fieldpdxttype=pdxttype

not sure if its cheaper than tesco's mind, somebody will have to check ;-)

thelurch

How much of a faff is making wine at home? I read up on it a couple of years ago and regularly see all the gear in wilkos, Im tempted as we grow lots of different fruit and always have a glut.

sb44

thelurch wrote: »

How much of a faff is making wine at home? I read up on it a couple of years ago and regularly see all the gear in wilkos, Im tempted as we grow lots of different fruit and always have a glut.

Take a look at this site, you will find loads of gen there.



http://www.winesathome.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=71

Barneysmom

thelurch wrote: »

How much of a faff is making wine at home? I read up on it a couple of years ago and regularly see all the gear in wilkos, Im tempted as we grow lots of different fruit and always have a glut.

It's not faff it's fun, I used to make regularly years ago.
I remember one year I made 17 gallons in a september, different ones like elder, blackberry, rosehip, and tea.
You can make wine with plain juice too, it's all just a flavouring if you think about it.

WhiteHorse

Wilco also do home brew kits and equipment.