Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # BosaGrape Winery & Brew Supplies One Stop Shop for Everything Fermentation ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.bosagrape.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://www.bosagrape.com/?page_id=3180) - [Blackberry Wine Recipe](https://www.bosagrape.com/blackberry-wine-recipe-2/) - Blackberry Wine There is no shortage of wild blackberries growing in parks, backyards, along streets, and just about everywhere else. Local wild blackberries are among the most environmentally friendly foods that the typical urban and suburban eats; therefore wild homemade blackberry wine is one of the most environmentally friendly alcoholic drink available. Blackberry wine is - [Centennial Pale Ale Homebrew Recipe](https://www.bosagrape.com/centennial-pale-ale-homebrew-recipe-2/) - There is no doubt that Spring 2020 has been a trying time for us all. If you are like me you have probably been stuck at home with extra free time and probably buying more alcohol than normal. The silver lining is there has never been a better time to learn to brew your own - [Strawberry Hefeweizen Recipe](https://www.bosagrape.com/strawberry-hefeweizen-recipe-2/) - Nothing beats the summer heat like a light refreshing fruit beer on a sunny patio. Strawberries grow well in the Fraser Valley and there are many local farms that offer u-pick berries. Strawberries are a little more challenging to brew with than other fruits such as raspberries, but strawberries impart a wonderful aroma without much - [Kegging Beer from the Primary Fermenter](https://www.bosagrape.com/kegging-beer-from-the-primary-fermenter/) - Yes, you can keg a homebrew beer directly from a primary fermenting bucket rather than fermenting in a carboy or doing a secondary fermentation. I brewed an all-grain French Saison beer and let it ferment in my closet for two weeks in a plastic primary fermentation bucket. Normally I transfer into a secondary carboy after - [We Do Compressed Gas!](https://www.bosagrape.com/we-do-compressed-gas/) - We have CO2 cylinders, Nitrogen cylinders, and Beer Gas cylinders. Available for purchase and refill/exchange. Which gas do you need? CO2 is available in 5lb, 10lb, and 20lb sizes. It is commonly used for carbonating beer, connecting to sodastream machines, and for home aquariums. If you are refilling sodastream cylinders, be sure to ask for - [Fresh Juice Pick-Up Directions](https://www.bosagrape.com/fresh-juice-pick-up-directions/) - Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 13, is fresh juice pick-up day. Antrim Avenue is closed! To reach our warehouse at 7037 Antrim Ave., from Imperial St. or Kingsway, go south on Macpherson Ave. and turn right on Short St. - [How to Hack a Cider Kit with Fresh Rhubarb](https://www.bosagrape.com/how-to-hack-a-cider-kit-with-fresh-rhubarb/) - Rhubarb cider is a tangy and especially refreshing variation of cider. When fresh rhubarb is available, it's easy to modify a cider kit for an extra layer of flavour. You'll need: 2.3 kg rhubarb stems, chopped 909 g white sugar (replaces the required kilogram of dextrose) Apple Cider Kit - Mangrove Jack’s or Crafted Straining - [Hard Seltzer Base- 23L batch](https://www.bosagrape.com/hard-seltzer-base-23l-batch/) - Hydrometer reading- Starting gravity: 1.042 Final gravity: around 1.000 Estimated ABV: 5.5% 6 lb/2.72 kg Dextrose2 g Potassium Bicarbonate23 g Fermaid O, divided: 9 g, 7 g, 7 g (100 g/hL)7 g GoFerm Yeast Rehydration Nutrient (30 g/hL)1 x 5g Premier Cuvee Yeast Distilled or Reverse Osmosis (RO) water is recommended to avoid - [The Basics of Brewing](https://www.bosagrape.com/the-basics-of-brewing/) - The Basics of Beer Brewing for All-Grain Batches Step 1: Cleaning & Sanitizing This is arguably the single most important aspect of home brewing. Absolutely everything that touches the beer at any stage of the process must be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized. Read and follow the directions on the package. We recommend: P.B.W. 1 Step - [Stuck Fermentation Procedures](https://www.bosagrape.com/stuck-fermentation-procedures/) - A stuck fermentation is a fermentation that has stopped before all the available sugar in the wine hasbeen converted to alcohol and CO2. As fermentation progresses, sugar and nutrient supplies arerunning out and alcohol levels are getting higher. It becomes harder for the yeast to do its job andferment your wine to completion. How do - [Calcium Chloride for Cheese Making](https://www.bosagrape.com/calcium-chloride-for-cheese-making/) - Add calcium chloride to pasteurized and/or homogenised milk to help restore calcium balance and create a firmer curd. Use 0.5ml per litre of milk. Add to milk before you add culture (mesophilic or thermophilic) and/or rennet- vegetable or calf.Caution Calcium chloride releases heat as it dissolves. Dissolve calcium chloride in cold water rather than hot - [Clarifying Your Wine with Kieselsol & Chitosan](https://www.bosagrape.com/clarifying-your-wine-with-kieselsol-chitosan/) - BosaGrape When your wine has finished fermenting, you may want to use these 2 fining agents to clarify yourwine. The instructions below are for 23L of wine. If you want to bulk age your wine in the carboy, wait to add the fining agents until about 10 days before your bottling date. How to Clarify or - [Winemaking Instructions for Fresh Juice](https://www.bosagrape.com/winemaking-instructions-for-fresh-juice/) - Fresco Fresh Juice is available from BosaGrape Winery & Brew Supplies twice a year. In the Fall we take advance orders for Fresco Fresh Juice sourced from California, New York State and Italy. In the Spring the Fresco Juices are from Australia, Chile and South Africa by pre-order as well. Supplies for 1 x 23L - [Bladder Press Operating Instructions](https://www.bosagrape.com/bladder-press-operating-instructions/) - A bladder press, also called a water press or Idro press, uses water pressure from a garden hose to fill andexpand a rubber bladder inside the press. The expansion of the bladder presses the fruit. The bladderexpands uniformly and applies pressure against a larger surface area than a ratchet press, which results inmore juice extracted. - [Apple Breaker Safety Instructions](https://www.bosagrape.com/apple-breaker-safety-instructions/) - BosaGrape Winery & Brew Supplies has Apple Breakers of many sizes for Sale & for Rent Troubleshooting Tips: Ensure the red emergency stop button is not engaged. Ensure the bolts that secure the hopper are tightened all the way. One of them needs tomake a connection with a safety switch.Important Notes: Do not put your - [2 Ways to Test Acid in Must or Wine](https://www.bosagrape.com/2-ways-to-test-acid-in-must-or-wine/) - Caution: Sodium Hydroxide is caustic, and can burn skin. Use with proper safety procedures. Testing Acid in Musts or Wine with Sodium Hydroxide: White- Measure 15mL of juice or white wine into the beaker. Add 4 to 5 drops of phenolphthalein. Fill the syringe with 10ml of sodium hydroxide. Add sodium hydroxide drop by drop - [Passivating Stainless Steel Tanks with Citric Acid](https://www.bosagrape.com/passivating-stainless-steel-tanks-with-citric-acid/) - The “stainless” in stainless steel is a very thin layer of oxidation, only a few molecules thick. Surface damage will compromise the oxidation. Exposure to acidic liquids or salt will eventually degrade the layer of oxidation, leaving it vulnerable to rust and corrosion.Passivation of stainless steel re-establishes the layer of oxidation. It happens naturally through - [Adding Sulfite (SO2) If You Have No pH Meter or SO2 Test Kit](https://www.bosagrape.com/adding-sulfite-so2-if-you-have-no-ph-meter-or-so2-test-kit/) - If you can’t test the pH or the current free SO2 level of your wine, you can only guess how much sulfite (SO2) is needed to protect your wine. The additions noted here will only maintain a generic level of SO2, which may be more or less than the amount needed.However, it is better to - [Blueberry Wine Recipe](https://www.bosagrape.com/blueberry-wine-recipe-2/) - Blueberry season is the perfect time to make blueberry wine. The Lower Mainland is one of the world’slargest blueberry-producing regions and is home to many blueberry farms. You can also make blueberry wine from frozen berries (thawed of course!)This recipe makes about 23L of medium-bodied, dry blueberry wine with approximately 12% ABV.Blueberries contain 8 to - [Cleaning & Sanitizing](https://www.bosagrape.com/cleaning-sanitizing/) - Your winemaking, brewing or fermenting equipment should ALL be cleaned & sanitized throughout the process of making your precious product to bottling it. Here is a list of the common products that are used and that we sell: DIVERSY/SANIBREW: aka "the pink stuff"- Chlorine-based powder cleaner. Must RINSE with hot water after using. You can - [Chocolate Milk Stout Homebrew Recipe](https://www.bosagrape.com/milk-stout-recipe/) - All-grain homebrew recipe for a chocolate milk stout. - [Imperial Yeast](https://www.bosagrape.com/imperial-yeast/) - WHAT IS IMPERIAL ORGANIC YEAST? Imperial Organic Yeast is the first manufacturer of certified organic liquid yeast grown in Portland, Oregon. Each "pitch right" can contains 200 billion cells, the perfect amount for a five gallon batch that can be pitched with no starter! (With possible exceptions for higher gravity batches exceeding an OG of - [Merry Christmas from all of us at Bosagrape!](https://www.bosagrape.com/merry-christmas-from-all-of-us-at-bosagrape/) - Forget any last minute presents for the winemaker, brewer or cheese maker in your life? Come on by and check out our selection of gift ideas and books. Happy Holidays! - [Blichmann WineEasy](https://www.bosagrape.com/blichmann-wineeasy/) - The primary fermentor, available in 20, 30 and 55 gallons sizes, contains a false bottom that separates the pomace from the wine as the free run is drained from the fermentor. The grapes can then be pressed with a vacuum pump and sliding piston (sold separately). Using this method, there is no need to move - [Used Barrels](https://www.bosagrape.com/used-wine-barrel/) - FULL SIZED USED NEUTRAL BARRELS: RED WINE, WHITE WINE, AND WHISKEY BARRELS These barrels are considered "neutral" as they impart minimal oak flavour, but can still be used as: Storage for wine combined with other oaking methods (chips, cubes, staves, etc.) Vessel for inoculation or fermentation of wild yeast/bacteria (Flanders red, Lambics, Geuze, - [Meglioli Juice](https://www.bosagrape.com/meglioli-juice/) - Meglioli Limited Edition is a top of the line pasteurized juice by Mosti Mondiale which offers 23 Litres/6 U.S. gallons of 100% Grape must for the winemaking enthusiast! The juices are sourced from Italy, Chile, and the US (more details below) and the finished product will result in a quintessential quality wine with richness and intensity and - [Canada Day is just around the corner!](https://www.bosagrape.com/canada-day-is-just-around-the-corner/) - What better way to celebrate than with a cold one? We have Jockey Boxes available for rent or purchase, Simply throw a few bags of ice into the cooler, hook up your keg to a CO2 tank as normal, but hook the beer line up to the Jockey Box. The beer will run through the coils - [2016 CBA Winners](https://www.bosagrape.com/2016-cba-winners/) - Congrats To our customers that were winners at the 2016 Canadian Brewery Awards! Beer of the Year: Four Winds Brewing Co., Nectarous Dry-hopped Sour Ale Gold Winners: Gladstone Brewing Co., Gladstone Czech Dark Lager Brassneck Brewery, No Brainer Dageraad Brewing, Burnabarian Four Winds Brewing Company, Operis Brett Saison Off The Rail Brewing Co., Off The - [Used Drums](https://www.bosagrape.com/used-drums/) - USED Fermenting Drums for Sale! We have used fermenting drums in various sizes for sale! 44L Carboy Style (left) - 20256 - $30.00 15 Gallon Malt Drum (middle) - 20257 - $15.00 45 Gallon Drum (right) - 20262-45 - $45.00 Please call to confirm availability and pricing. Prices subject to change without notice. ## Pages - [](https://www.bosagrape.com/) - A “candy store” for winemakers and brewers. A Canadian family-owned business small enough to react quickly to customer requests and large enough to have access - [BosaGrape Blog](https://www.bosagrape.com/bosagrape-blog/) - We Do Compressed Gas! We have CO2 cylinders, Nitrogen cylinders, and Beer Gas cylinders. Available for purchase and refill/exchange. Which gas do you need? CO2 is available in 5lb, 10lb, and 20lb sizes. It is commonly used for carbonating beer, connecting to sodastream machines, […] Fresh Juice Pick-Up Directions Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 13, is fresh - [Grapes, Juices & Kits](https://www.bosagrape.com/grapes-juices-kits/) - 2026 Fall Fresh Juice Preorders Now Open! Fresh Juice Price List: https://ecom.bosagrape.com/fresco.html Wine Juices & Kits Available Year-Round: Vinifera Price ListAlljuice Price ListMasters Price List For anything not listed above, please visit our online catalogue, and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call us at 604-473-9463 or email us at orders@bosagrape.com - [Contact Info, Hours, Address](https://www.bosagrape.com/contact-info-hours-address/) - We take orders for pick-up and shipping, and our showroom is open to the public. Come take a look around! Orders can be placed in person, by phone: 604-473-9463, by email: orders@bosagrape.com, or through the online catalogue. Phone:604-473-9463 or 1-866-55GRAPE (1-866-554-7273)Email:orders@bosagrape.comFax:604-433-2810 Hours:Monday to Friday: 8:30am to 4:30pmSaturdays, Sundays & Holidays: Closed Address:6908 Palm AvenueBurnaby, BC - [Soda](https://www.bosagrape.com/soda/) - We have a wide variety of ingredients and equipment suitable for making pop. We have a range of flavours, as well as ingredients for root beer made from scratch. We also have bottles, caps and kegs for all your soda-making needs. We also refill Sodastream cylinders! To browse our online catalogue, click HERE. If you - [Vinegar](https://www.bosagrape.com/vinegar/) - We have everything you need to make your own vinegar. Whether it's cider, malt, red wine, rice wine, or white wine; we have a mother for it. We also have books and jars specifically for making vinegar. To browse our online catalogue, click HERE. If you can't find what you're looking for there, send us - [Cheese](https://www.bosagrape.com/cheese/) - We have three different kinds of cheese kits, as well as lots of ingredients and equipment for making your very own cheese at home! To browse our online catalogue, click HERE. If you can't find what you're looking for there, send us an email at orders@bosagrape.com, or call us at 604-473-9463. - [Sake](https://www.bosagrape.com/sake/) - There are a lot of steps to making good sake, and we have the key ingredients: Koji culture, polished rice, and sake yeast. We also have all the relevant equipment! To browse our online catalogue, click HERE. If you can't find what you're looking for there, send us an email at orders@bosagrape.com, or call us - [Home/Small-Scale Spirits](https://www.bosagrape.com/home-small-scale-spirits/) - Home distilling alcohol in Canada is illegal. For distilling water and essential oils, we have two still options: the Air Still and the Turbo 500. For small batch distilling by licensed producers, we have a wide range of turbo yeasts from Still Spirits, Pathfinder, and LiquorQuik, as well as carbon and clarifying agents. For flavouring - [Home/Small-Scale Mead](https://www.bosagrape.com/home-small-scale-mead/) - We don't sell honey, but we have everything else! Yeast, nutrients, equipment (whether you're making one gallon or many), bottles, corks, caps, books, and everything else! To browse our online catalogue, click HERE. If you can't find what you're looking for there, send us an email at orders@bosagrape.com, or call us at 604-473-9463. - [Home/Small-Scale Cider](https://www.bosagrape.com/home-small-scale-cider/) - We have everything but apples! We do have cider kits though, and they turn out great! If you're making cider from apples, we have the equipment you need, and we rent some out too. Once you've got the juice, we have everything you need then as well: yeast, nutrients, enzymes, tannins, cleaners, sanitizers, pails, carboys, - [Home/Small-Scale Brewing](https://www.bosagrape.com/home-small-scale-brewing/) - We have just about everything a homebrewer could ever want. And if we don't have it, we can probably get it for you! Whether you're making your first ever kit, or you're setting up a three-vessel system and know more than us, we can help! To browse our online catalogue, click HERE. If you can't - [Home/Small-Scale Wine](https://www.bosagrape.com/home-small-scale-wine/) - We have everything home winemakers could ever want! Whether you're making wine from grapes in your backyard, or you're an accomplished amateur winemaker importing only the very best grapes from Napa. To browse our online catalogue, click HERE. If you can't find what you're looking for there, send us an email at orders@bosagrape.com, or call - [Film & TV](https://www.bosagrape.com/film-tv/) - Our most popular items for film & TV tend to be labware, bottles, and barrels. We are fully stocked so if you need stuff today, we are a great place to come visit! Full lab setups can be put together in less than a day when needed. Whether it's for a mad scientist, a science - [Restaurants](https://www.bosagrape.com/restaurants/) - We supply a number of things to restaurants, but our most popular items are anything to do with a draft system (CO2, regulators, manifolds, tubing, hose clamps, couplers, kegs, shanks, taps, etc.) and bottles (we have a wide variety of bottles that can be used for water, specialty cocktails, or any number of things. To - [Cold Brew Coffee](https://www.bosagrape.com/cold-brew-coffee/) - We have a number of things useful for makers of cold brew coffee. We are always well stocked on a variety of corny kegs and the associated fittings. We also always stock nitrogen and regulators. Other popular products we carry are bottles, caps, growlers, cleaning and sanitizing supplies, and testing things, like pH test strips. - [UBrews, UVins & Resellers](https://www.bosagrape.com/ubrews-uvins-resellers/) - We have a special catalogue with special pricing for resellers. Please contact us for a copy if you don't already have one. Our wholesale catalogue is only for established ubrews and resellers. We have just about everything (and more) ubrews and resellers need to successfully serve their customers. To browse our online catalogue (with retail - [Kombucha](https://www.bosagrape.com/kombucha/) - We have so many things smaller kombucha producers need! Stainless steel tanks, kegs, fittings, straining bags, paddles, tubing, pumps, filters, cleaners, sanitizers, bottle fillers, bottles, cappers, caps, labellers, To browse our online catalogue, click HERE. If you can't find what you're looking for there, send us an email at orders@bosagrape.com, or call us at 604-473-9463. - [Distilleries](https://www.bosagrape.com/distilleries/) - We have just about everything micro-distillers in Canada need (except for the stills themselves - the biggest still we have is the Turbo 500). We have certified hydrometers and thermometers that meet federal Excise's requirements. We have yeast, nutrients, tanks as small as 5L and as big as 1000L, barrels, barrel racks, cleaners, enzymes, pumps, - [Cideries](https://www.bosagrape.com/cideries/) - Cider is growing and so is our selection of items for cideries! We have just about everything small cideries need and lots of stuff big cideries need! We have apple breakers, presses, testing equipment and reagents, tanks, yeast, nutrients, tannins, cappers, corkers, filters, fillers, bottles, caps, corks, wire hoods, and so much more! To browse - [Breweries](https://www.bosagrape.com/breweries/) - We sell all kinds of stuff to all kinds of breweries across Canada, but mostly to smaller breweries in BC. Some of our most popular items are Blichmann pilot systems, Plato thermohydrometers, yeast from Wyeast, White Labs, Imperial, Fermentis, and Lalbrew, large erlenmeyer flasks, stir plates, paddles, barrel racks, barrel bungs, Speidel fermenters, OneStep, PBW, - [Wineries](https://www.bosagrape.com/wineries/) - We sell a wide variety of items to big and small wineries alike. Just about everything you need from picking to drinking. Picking bins, crushers, destemmers, presses, tanks, chillers, pumpover tools, fittings, tubing, cleaners, barrels, barrel racks, pumps, refractometers, pH meters, reagents, labware, yeast, nutrients, enzymes, oak, tannins, malolactic bacteria, fining agents, sulphite, filters, fillers, - [Rapid 12 Corker Parts List](https://www.bosagrape.com/winery/equipment/rapid-12-corker-parts-list/) - For the most up-to-date list of Rapid 12 Corker Parts: http://ecom.bosagrape.com/corker-rapid-12-parts.html Rapid 12 Corker Parts List - [Rapid 12 Corker Parts Diagram](https://www.bosagrape.com/winery/equipment/rapid-12-corker-parts-diagram/) - For the most up-to-date list of Rapid 12 Corker Parts: http://ecom.bosagrape.com/corker-rapid-12-parts.html Parts Diagram for Rapid 12 Corker - [Ingredients for beer](https://www.bosagrape.com/beer/ingredients/) - Make a true beer replica or experiment with different ingredients. Add a Vintner Harvest Fruit puree directly to your fermenter with no risk since it is pasteurized. Play with oak, orange peel, fruit essences, chocolate nibs it is up to you. Modify your water, fine your beer or dream a new idea Bosagrape can help. - [About Us](https://www.bosagrape.com/about/) - Dennis and Flory Bosa started Bosagrape, formerly known as Bosa Grape & Juice Co. Ltd., back in 1988 to ensure that they had a continuous supply of premium quality grapes for their winemaking hobby. These Brehm frozen grapes gained interest from all who tasted them and orders started coming from their first customers. 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