Product Description
A one gallon glass jug (right) and 12 inches of ¼” ID clear hose tubing (left) are all the equipment required a simple home fermentation process. Using these pieces of equipment combined with juice from fruit harvest, Nepalese people can make their own alcoholic beverage for consumption.
The one gallon glass jug is sourced from ULINE Canada in Brampton, Ontario (ULINE, 2016). ULINE is a family owned business that is the leading distributor of shipping, industrial and packaging materials to businesses throughout North America. Glass itself and the phenolic black cap material can be sourced from the USA. ULINE Canada would not reveal the manufacturer of the glass or phenolic caps just the country of origin. The 1 gallon glass jug sells for $5. The glass jugs are crystal clear for visibility, which is important for observing the fermentation process. The have a finger handle that allows for easy carrying and pouring. They are FDA compliant which confirms their safe use for storage of food and drink. The glass jugs come in cases of 4 but can be purchased individually as well. The glass jug will be used to hold the fruit juice and contain the fermentation vessel. The cap will have a hole (punctured by the owner of the unit) in it which the clear hose tubing will fit through it and reach into the glass jug. Compared to other suppliers ULINE sells glass jugs for the cheapest price at $5 (ULINE, 2016). Ontario Beer Kegs sells a 1 gallon glass jug for $6.49, Everwood Brew Shop in Nova Scotia for $5.99 and $4.98 for a ½ gallon glass jug from Toronto Brewing Supplies (ULINE, 2003: Ontario Beer Kegs, 2016: Everwood Ave Brew Shop, 2016: Toronto Brewing Supplies, 2016). ULINE has proved to be the most affordable and reliable considering their business and its success over many years.
The ¼” inner diameter clear hose tubing is sold by Ontario Beer Kegs from Mitchell, Ontario (Ontario Beer Kegs, 2016). Ontario Beer Kegs is a homebrew supplier with hundreds of items in inventory available to meet all the needs of homebrewers from beginners to experts. The ¼” clear hose tubing is sold for $0.99 per foot. Ontario Beer Kegs source the tubing from the USA although they would not identify a particular manufacturer. The plastic is FDA approved which confirms this product safe to use for the food and beverage industry. Its flexibility will allow it to be bent into the shape required for the fermentation process (Ontario Beer Kegs, 2016). Those hose is required to allow CO2 to be released from the glass jug but not taken in. The hose is pushed through the hole in the lid allowing only air to come in from the end of the clear hose. The end of the hose outside of the glass jug is placed into any container with water and is submerged. The hose underwater will prevent air from getting into the glass jug but still allowing air to escape the glass jug. A ¼” inner diameter goes for $0.79 at Everwood Brew Shop and $0.99 from Toronto Brewing Supplies (Everwood Ave Brew Shop, 2016: Ontario Beer Kegs, 2016: Toronto Brewing Supplies, 2016). Ontario Beer Kegs was chosen to be the supplier as Nova Scotia would complicate shipping methods for the two items together.
Together, these two products cost a totally of $6.76 with Canadian taxes included. Before shipping prices, this is a very affordable price.
After looking around for other possible suppliers across the world, Ontario’s suppliers ULINE and Ontario Beer Kegs provide the best deal on buying the two pieces of equipment. On Amazon, the cheapest glass jug sold for $51.52 without shipping (Amazon, 2016). Also on Amazon, the cheapest hose closest to ¼” inner diameter, sold for $5.07 with free shipping (Amazon, 2016). Alibaba was also searched for the two pieces of equipment but none were found (Alibaba, 2016).
In conclusion, the 1 gallon glass jug from ULINE and the ¼” inner diameter clear hose tubing from Ontario Beer Kegs is the best possible option for export to Nepal. Together, these two pieces of equipment can help the Nepalese make their own alcoholic beverage for the cheapest price available.
Listed below are the basic instructions that could be included with the purchase of a glass jug and clear hose. There would need to be translation for Nepalese people and a demonstration of how to use the product would be beneficial. Beyond the basic instructions, the process of fermentation is very simple and hard to mess up.
Step
Instructions
Step 1
Mash apples (approximately 40) and strain juice from skin and apple mush.
Step 2
Add strained apple juice to 1 gallon glass fermenter leaving 2 inches of space at the nozzle.
Step 3
Pierce hole in plastic PVC cap. Make hole slightly smaller then the ¼” ID food grade tube to provide air tight seal.
Step 4
Seal glass fermenter with cap and insert food grade tube 1 inch into hole.
Step 5
Place opposite end of food grade tube into container filled with water. This prevents any air getting into the fermentation glass jug but allows air to exit through the tube.
Step 6
Now the beginning preparation stage is complete.
Step 7
Keep the fermentation glass out of the sun and wait for three to four weeks. During this waiting process, you should observe small bubbles rising to the surface, that being CO2 as a by-product of ethanol fermentation.
Step 8
While waiting for the weeks to go by, wild yeast has taken the sugar in the apple juice and converted it to ethanol. Your fermentation is complete and you can no separate the alcohol from the sediment at the bottom.
Step 9
Pour off the liquid into any holding container of choice (sealable ones will allow you to retain carbonation). Leave the sediment in the bottom of the tube as it is proteins and yeast that have settled out of the juice. You will not be able to conserve all the juice from the fermenter. Some will be left behind in the sediment.
Step 10
Drink up.
Benefits to Canadian Companies
There are direct and indirect benefits that come from this Canadian export opportunity with Nepal. Direct benefits for the glass jug would be the actual manufacturer in the USA making the glass jugs and selling them to ULINE. Indirectly ULINE is benefiting as they receive business when products are ordered from ULINE. ULINE benefits as Nepal purchases glass jugs. Without business, a company will not survive. The business Nepal will provide to ULINE as well as other business is what keeps employees paid and helps them too.
Direct benefits again go to the manufacturer of the plastic for the ¼” inner diameter clear hose tubing. Indirectly, the sales staff and company Ontario Beer Kegs benefit from the business Nepal provides to them by purchasing the clear hose tubing.
Indirect benefits are also experienced with shipping companies used to get the product overseas like Purolator. As well, the benefit of an improved relationship between Nepalese people and Canadians is experienced if this export idea were to go through.
Marketing Opportunity
There is a huge opportunity for this product in Nepal considering the agricultural focus on the population. Because agriculture employs around 70% of the population, and a large portion of that is positioned in the mountain and hill regions, there are lots of fruit crops that are being grown.
This product will not only be marketed to those who operate orchards and fruit cropping farms, but to everyone. Because the hill and mountain regions are very suitable for fruit production, it is common for household or domestic fruit production from a few trees.
The whole idea behind the homebrew fermentation process, is cost effective production of your own alcohol. With no shortage of desire for alcohol in Nepal, this product would sell quite well.
Another selling point is the opportunity for a small business. Fruit farmers and orchard operators can try their hand at the simple fermentation process, and upon success, they could have the opportunity to start alcohol production on a larger scale. With a few more fermentation units, they can sell their own alcohol produced from the fruit of their orchards. This will not only benefit the producer of the alcohol, but the public around that can purchase it. Another benefit, is a reduction in wasted fruit that would otherwise go bad sitting and waiting until it can go to market.
Based on the information gathered regarding alcohol consumption and fruit production in Nepal, a homebrew fermentation unit would sell quite well to Nepalese provided it is cost effective after shipping costs (Jhingan et al., 2003).
A one gallon glass jug (right) and 12 inches of ¼” ID clear hose tubing (left) are all the equipment required a simple home fermentation process. Using these pieces of equipment combined with juice from fruit harvest, Nepalese people can make their own alcoholic beverage for consumption.
The one gallon glass jug is sourced from ULINE Canada in Brampton, Ontario (ULINE, 2016). ULINE is a family owned business that is the leading distributor of shipping, industrial and packaging materials to businesses throughout North America. Glass itself and the phenolic black cap material can be sourced from the USA. ULINE Canada would not reveal the manufacturer of the glass or phenolic caps just the country of origin. The 1 gallon glass jug sells for $5. The glass jugs are crystal clear for visibility, which is important for observing the fermentation process. The have a finger handle that allows for easy carrying and pouring. They are FDA compliant which confirms their safe use for storage of food and drink. The glass jugs come in cases of 4 but can be purchased individually as well. The glass jug will be used to hold the fruit juice and contain the fermentation vessel. The cap will have a hole (punctured by the owner of the unit) in it which the clear hose tubing will fit through it and reach into the glass jug. Compared to other suppliers ULINE sells glass jugs for the cheapest price at $5 (ULINE, 2016). Ontario Beer Kegs sells a 1 gallon glass jug for $6.49, Everwood Brew Shop in Nova Scotia for $5.99 and $4.98 for a ½ gallon glass jug from Toronto Brewing Supplies (ULINE, 2003: Ontario Beer Kegs, 2016: Everwood Ave Brew Shop, 2016: Toronto Brewing Supplies, 2016). ULINE has proved to be the most affordable and reliable considering their business and its success over many years.
The ¼” inner diameter clear hose tubing is sold by Ontario Beer Kegs from Mitchell, Ontario (Ontario Beer Kegs, 2016). Ontario Beer Kegs is a homebrew supplier with hundreds of items in inventory available to meet all the needs of homebrewers from beginners to experts. The ¼” clear hose tubing is sold for $0.99 per foot. Ontario Beer Kegs source the tubing from the USA although they would not identify a particular manufacturer. The plastic is FDA approved which confirms this product safe to use for the food and beverage industry. Its flexibility will allow it to be bent into the shape required for the fermentation process (Ontario Beer Kegs, 2016). Those hose is required to allow CO2 to be released from the glass jug but not taken in. The hose is pushed through the hole in the lid allowing only air to come in from the end of the clear hose. The end of the hose outside of the glass jug is placed into any container with water and is submerged. The hose underwater will prevent air from getting into the glass jug but still allowing air to escape the glass jug. A ¼” inner diameter goes for $0.79 at Everwood Brew Shop and $0.99 from Toronto Brewing Supplies (Everwood Ave Brew Shop, 2016: Ontario Beer Kegs, 2016: Toronto Brewing Supplies, 2016). Ontario Beer Kegs was chosen to be the supplier as Nova Scotia would complicate shipping methods for the two items together.
Together, these two products cost a totally of $6.76 with Canadian taxes included. Before shipping prices, this is a very affordable price.
After looking around for other possible suppliers across the world, Ontario’s suppliers ULINE and Ontario Beer Kegs provide the best deal on buying the two pieces of equipment. On Amazon, the cheapest glass jug sold for $51.52 without shipping (Amazon, 2016). Also on Amazon, the cheapest hose closest to ¼” inner diameter, sold for $5.07 with free shipping (Amazon, 2016). Alibaba was also searched for the two pieces of equipment but none were found (Alibaba, 2016).
In conclusion, the 1 gallon glass jug from ULINE and the ¼” inner diameter clear hose tubing from Ontario Beer Kegs is the best possible option for export to Nepal. Together, these two pieces of equipment can help the Nepalese make their own alcoholic beverage for the cheapest price available.
Listed below are the basic instructions that could be included with the purchase of a glass jug and clear hose. There would need to be translation for Nepalese people and a demonstration of how to use the product would be beneficial. Beyond the basic instructions, the process of fermentation is very simple and hard to mess up.
Step
Instructions
Step 1
Mash apples (approximately 40) and strain juice from skin and apple mush.
Step 2
Add strained apple juice to 1 gallon glass fermenter leaving 2 inches of space at the nozzle.
Step 3
Pierce hole in plastic PVC cap. Make hole slightly smaller then the ¼” ID food grade tube to provide air tight seal.
Step 4
Seal glass fermenter with cap and insert food grade tube 1 inch into hole.
Step 5
Place opposite end of food grade tube into container filled with water. This prevents any air getting into the fermentation glass jug but allows air to exit through the tube.
Step 6
Now the beginning preparation stage is complete.
Step 7
Keep the fermentation glass out of the sun and wait for three to four weeks. During this waiting process, you should observe small bubbles rising to the surface, that being CO2 as a by-product of ethanol fermentation.
Step 8
While waiting for the weeks to go by, wild yeast has taken the sugar in the apple juice and converted it to ethanol. Your fermentation is complete and you can no separate the alcohol from the sediment at the bottom.
Step 9
Pour off the liquid into any holding container of choice (sealable ones will allow you to retain carbonation). Leave the sediment in the bottom of the tube as it is proteins and yeast that have settled out of the juice. You will not be able to conserve all the juice from the fermenter. Some will be left behind in the sediment.
Step 10
Drink up.
Benefits to Canadian Companies
There are direct and indirect benefits that come from this Canadian export opportunity with Nepal. Direct benefits for the glass jug would be the actual manufacturer in the USA making the glass jugs and selling them to ULINE. Indirectly ULINE is benefiting as they receive business when products are ordered from ULINE. ULINE benefits as Nepal purchases glass jugs. Without business, a company will not survive. The business Nepal will provide to ULINE as well as other business is what keeps employees paid and helps them too.
Direct benefits again go to the manufacturer of the plastic for the ¼” inner diameter clear hose tubing. Indirectly, the sales staff and company Ontario Beer Kegs benefit from the business Nepal provides to them by purchasing the clear hose tubing.
Indirect benefits are also experienced with shipping companies used to get the product overseas like Purolator. As well, the benefit of an improved relationship between Nepalese people and Canadians is experienced if this export idea were to go through.
Marketing Opportunity
There is a huge opportunity for this product in Nepal considering the agricultural focus on the population. Because agriculture employs around 70% of the population, and a large portion of that is positioned in the mountain and hill regions, there are lots of fruit crops that are being grown.
This product will not only be marketed to those who operate orchards and fruit cropping farms, but to everyone. Because the hill and mountain regions are very suitable for fruit production, it is common for household or domestic fruit production from a few trees.
The whole idea behind the homebrew fermentation process, is cost effective production of your own alcohol. With no shortage of desire for alcohol in Nepal, this product would sell quite well.
Another selling point is the opportunity for a small business. Fruit farmers and orchard operators can try their hand at the simple fermentation process, and upon success, they could have the opportunity to start alcohol production on a larger scale. With a few more fermentation units, they can sell their own alcohol produced from the fruit of their orchards. This will not only benefit the producer of the alcohol, but the public around that can purchase it. Another benefit, is a reduction in wasted fruit that would otherwise go bad sitting and waiting until it can go to market.
Based on the information gathered regarding alcohol consumption and fruit production in Nepal, a homebrew fermentation unit would sell quite well to Nepalese provided it is cost effective after shipping costs (Jhingan et al., 2003).