BillTheSlink
Well-Known Member
I need to make the transition from beer brewing to small-scale fruit wine making due to health concerns that don't enable me to lug and tug all that hot water around. I was thinking of starting out with Peach Vintner's Harvest Fruit Bases but a site I was reading said it needed to be pressed out like fresh fruit and if you were going to do this by hand muslin bags would help. How and when do you press out the fruit by hand? I cannot afford a press or really want one at this point unless it was free as they are expensive and heavy and I am not putting up a hundred gallons per year so how and when do I do it by hand?
Secondly are there any alternatives to crushers and presses? I have "first steps in wine making" put I haven't been able to locate anything he talks about as apparently the brand names were solely for Great Britain. He does show this picture of a little press which looks like it would be cheap. It is an all plastic/pvc???? tower that is small and just has a little tee handle on top. Has anyone seen one of these for sale? Also how about a Winemaid which is a foil bag which holds your wine and is contained in a cardboard box with a tap attached and is reusable (I think).
Secondly are there any alternatives to crushers and presses? I have "first steps in wine making" put I haven't been able to locate anything he talks about as apparently the brand names were solely for Great Britain. He does show this picture of a little press which looks like it would be cheap. It is an all plastic/pvc???? tower that is small and just has a little tee handle on top. Has anyone seen one of these for sale? Also how about a Winemaid which is a foil bag which holds your wine and is contained in a cardboard box with a tap attached and is reusable (I think).