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Anyone use this instead of a press for small batches

All,

I'm full of questions today, so be gentle....

Has anyone tried this for fruits/berries/grapes?

Fruit & Vegetable Strainer Parts

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Meat grinder (required for above item)

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It is just a juice /pulp extractor for a standard Kitchen Aid mixer. I was at the mall, "gadgets&more" had one of these, and I got to thinking... It gives me an additional incentive to buy the meat grinder ;)

I do small batches only 1, 3, and 5 gallon. I have a huge apple resource, and have plenty of Elderberry nearby, and access to concorde, and possibly Niagara and other grape varieties.

The only disadvantage I see is that it will possibly remove the skins of grapes, thus ruining my chance of making reds this way

As always, I appreciate the responses!

Happy winemaking, Greg, Erie, PA

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Hoss
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Thinking of getting one myself. Friend of mine does all his strawberrys in one similar in design. Its made for tomatos to obtain juice but works well for many other fruits. The kitchen aid thing appears to work the same way & seems to me that it would take alot of the hassle out of the processing procedure. You could still reclaim the grape skins, although they may not be whole, & add them to the must to achieve your reds. Good luck.

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PA-ter

It looks a lot like the cast iron hand-crank one that I used to mulch raisins before adding them to my fruit wines. It'll likely grind anything to a pulp, including skins and seeds. You wouldn't want to do that to any seeded grapes or you'd get massive tannins and vegetal flavours. But it probably wouldn't hurt for other fruits like strawberries.

Cheers, Richard

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Richard Kovach

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