I am new to the space and looking for people who, like me, enjoy drinking nice wine, but hate feeling obligated to finish a nice bottle in one sitting due to the fact that it’s going to go bad…okay, so I know don’t really have to drink the whole bottle in one sitting, but I definitely would like to be able to come back to it in a couple of weeks or possibly a month…
Why a month? Glad you asked. Because I really would like to have 4 or 5 bottles going at once. Imagine having a Chianti, a Malbec, Red Zin, Cabernet, a Pinot Noir, a Bordeaux and a a couple of other varietals open all at the same time?
So most of you know where this is going. A nitrogen or argon dispensing system. I actually setup 6 bottle dispensers in new restaurants, and at the end of the day, they are simply low pressure tubing connected to a manifold and plastic clips with a rubber two hole chemistry beaker cork. Problem is, even basic retail dispensing setup is expensive.
So here’s my proposal. I need to make some new friends at the space, and I’m told y’all already do homebrew, so pressurized dispensing has probably been addressed in the past. I have sourced where to get most of the parts and even the gas, but I’d like to share my ideas and have a little help putting a basic crude dispenser together (this would require QA taste testing at some point). Then, once I get through wood working and metal working 101, begin figuring out how to put together something nicer.
a small Nitrogen cartridge like they use to charge beer kegs, low pressure regulator, locking bottle cap for wine bottle with a valve to vent air as you add nitrogen.
Looks like a relatively easy system, parts cost under $20. looking at $40 to $60 retail to recover out of pocket and labor. I can see a limited market for this.
There is a bottle of CO2 or Nitrogen in Bio Committee storage. I don’t know how much pressure is in it, but if memory serves me there was a regulator on it already.
If it’s low let me know and we’ll see about getting it refilled.
Right now I’m budgeting about 60 dollars every two weeks into Bio from my own paychecks and I have benevolent dictator status for buying stuff. Just gimme a list of what you need/want and I’ll see to it.