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Eating and Drinking => Homebrew => Topic started by: Capt Zero on October 20, 2013, 08:04

Title: 56kgs of grapes pressed.
Post by: Capt Zero on October 20, 2013, 08:04

Well we've picked the grapes...120 kgs in total, we pressed 56kgs yesterday which gave us 36lts of must. The rest are in the freezer ready for another day.

(http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af94/Dieseljockey/ddae6de7-8d9a-48a6-b29b-c101596abfb7_zpsb77ac819.jpg) (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/Dieseljockey/media/ddae6de7-8d9a-48a6-b29b-c101596abfb7_zpsb77ac819.jpg.html)

The first lot going through the crusher...

(http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af94/Dieseljockey/Brewing/8bd59a74-7322-4d15-833f-9f4345db4908_zps86c2ba28.jpg) (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/Dieseljockey/media/Brewing/8bd59a74-7322-4d15-833f-9f4345db4908_zps86c2ba28.jpg.html)

You can just throw the grapes into the crusher and then fish the stems out, but we found it better to just pick the grapes, which came off easy.

(http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af94/Dieseljockey/e263db17-70c4-4bc3-b2df-faa014d3c73f_zps5e348184.jpg) (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/Dieseljockey/media/e263db17-70c4-4bc3-b2df-faa014d3c73f_zps5e348184.jpg.html)

This is our very first go at making  a grape wine other than with kits......fingers crossed. ;)

Title: Re: 56kgs of grapes pressed.
Post by: rowan57 on October 20, 2013, 08:37

Capt, did you grow these?

Title: Re: 56kgs of grapes pressed.
Post by: Capt Zero on October 21, 2013, 05:22

No, their off a friends vine at the allotments. He has a number of vines about 33 yards. I do have a couple of vines  in pots to plant out soon.

Title: Re: 56kgs of grapes pressed.
Post by: rowan57 on October 22, 2013, 07:31

What a fantastic harvest, I'm slightly further south might be worth go at grapes!

Title: Re: 56kgs of grapes pressed.
Post by: Daamoot on October 22, 2013, 10:32

Good effort Capt, that's a lot of grapes to press  :blink:  Do you know what kind they are?  I hope the wine turns out excellent.

Title: Re: 56kgs of grapes pressed.
Post by: Capt Zero on October 23, 2013, 19:03

Quote from: Daamoot on October 22, 2013, 10:32

  Do you know what kind they are?  I hope the wine turns out excellent.

No we don't, the guy who planted them as forgot the name,  :lol:  he said he will take a look at some names and see if one jumps out at him... :lol:

I hope the wine turns out ok myself.. ;)

Title: Re: 56kgs of grapes pressed.
Post by: grinling on November 30, 2013, 11:41

very nice kit