In anticipation of this years harvest, I've invested in a new tool to punch down my cap ....
what do you use?
Steve
I have a mash paddle (beer) that looks like a small boat oar. It is made of Stainless Steel.
It works great for stirring a beer mash.
Not so good to punch the cap down.
I don't see how one of these shovels could be very good. If you push down, they cut through the cap.
If you could bend the shovel so it is flat, it would be better to punch the cap down.
How big a container are you using? A potato masher or a drywall mud mixer are all I use but my quantities are small, 6 gallon pails. This would be overkill for me. I do break the cap up.
Joe
steve wrote:
I use my hands in my 15 gal primary's. There is nothing like sticking my arms down almost to my chest through the cap, down into my wine and at the same time crushing the grapes that are still whole with my hands and feeling them squeeze out between my fingers. Whew - just describing it gets me excited! ;o)
But then there is nothing like having the right took for the job and if that shovel is stainless steel it is probably a good buy. Even if you could do without it, so what! I have lots of tools that are more useful to show others that I have them than for actual use. It's a man thing! We have hang-ups. Learn to live with them.
Ray
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