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Rick
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Well, press day 2011 is in the books. For my very first press ever I think everything went well. The location was my garage and it served as a perfect place to press. I didn’t have to worry about being messy.
The press itself worked flawlessly it pressed the skins well and I could not imagine pressing without the strainer bags.
We started cleaning and sanitizing everything at 9:00am and completed cleaning everything including the floor at 1:30pm.
Actually the whole process was easy and went exactly as I played it out in my head.
The results;
1 full carboy and about 7/8 of a gallon out of each Cabernet Sauvignon bucket
1 full carboy, 1 full gallon and 4 full 750ml bottles from the Merlot bucket
Recapping … the preparation was key, 4 strainer bags were a big plus and of course the vacuum … well everyone should have one. My only disappointment is I didn’t take enough still pictures.
Sorry about the video ... still need to work on this
[ame]http://youtu.be/HbRYFa9D4P4[/ame]
A few pic's
The press itself worked flawlessly it pressed the skins well and I could not imagine pressing without the strainer bags.
We started cleaning and sanitizing everything at 9:00am and completed cleaning everything including the floor at 1:30pm.
Actually the whole process was easy and went exactly as I played it out in my head.
The results;
1 full carboy and about 7/8 of a gallon out of each Cabernet Sauvignon bucket
1 full carboy, 1 full gallon and 4 full 750ml bottles from the Merlot bucket
Recapping … the preparation was key, 4 strainer bags were a big plus and of course the vacuum … well everyone should have one. My only disappointment is I didn’t take enough still pictures.
Sorry about the video ... still need to work on this
[ame]http://youtu.be/HbRYFa9D4P4[/ame]
A few pic's
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