Sunday is press day for the Merlot, and I seem to recall someone in here commenting that they first get the air out of the bladder before filling it with water.
Will the bladder not expand properly if air is left in? More importantly, how did you get the air out? I tried squeezing the bag with the drain valve open, then closing the valve. The bladder was certainly left sucked in, is that the idea here?
Brian
Hi Brian, nice to hear to you got a bladder press, you will love it. I buy one this year and I really like how simple it is to press the skins.
First, to let the air goes out, simply turn counterclockwise the little valve that are on the top of the SS shaft. Then, open the tap water to begin to fill the bladder and when the water begin to flow out of the little valve, you close it and it will begin to press in few seconds. If you got excess pressure ( over 3 bar ) the control valve will open from time to time to release excess pressure or you could decrease the pression on the tap water. This release valve is just aside of the tap water connection. So put a pail under this release valve and sit and let the things goes out. Oh also, a trick to be sure your press will be full when working with smaller batch. Inflate the bladder like halfway and close the tap water. Add your skins and if your press are too full, simply open the discharge valve to get more space. This way, with small batch, you will avoid the bladder inflate like a mushroom and risking them to break.
If you need more info contact me at; s dot mailloux at sympatico dot ca
Sebastien Mailloux President AVAQ
Thanks Seb, I didn't notice that little valve up there till you mentioned it. I'm sure it's explained in the manual... if I could just remember where I put the darn thing. :-) Apart from that, it looks pretty straight forward. I'm looking forward to using it.
Brian
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