Most of the recipes I see say to crush the blueberries, some within a nylon
bag - placing the bag in the primary fermenter as well, some just to crush
and place in the primary fermenter. I haven't seen any that say you can
'crush' the blueberries in a food processor as opposed to crushing them with
say a potato masher. Would the food processer route be acceptable?

TIA,

Robert


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Manual crushing is preferable to using a food processor. You may have
trouble clearing the wine if you use a food processor as you'll have more
dissolved solids suspended in the wine if you puree it in a food processor.

"Robert Perkins" wrote in message
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Most of the recipes I see say to crush the blueberries, some within a
nylon
bag - placing the bag in the primary fermenter as well, some just to crush
and place in the primary fermenter. I haven't seen any that say you can
'crush' the blueberries in a food processor as opposed to crushing them
with
say a potato masher. Would the food processer route be acceptable?

TIA,

Robert


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Manual crushing is preferable to using a food processor. You may have
trouble clearing the wine if you use a food processor as you'll have more
dissolved solids suspended in the wine if you puree it in a food processor.

"Robert Perkins" wrote in message
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Most of the recipes I see say to crush the blueberries, some within a
nylon
bag - placing the bag in the primary fermenter as well, some just to crush
and place in the primary fermenter. I haven't seen any that say you can
'crush' the blueberries in a food processor as opposed to crushing them
with
say a potato masher. Would the food processer route be acceptable?

TIA,

Robert


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In article , "Ian Griffith" wrote:
Manual crushing is preferable to using a food processor. You may have
trouble clearing the wine if you use a food processor as you'll have more
dissolved solids suspended in the wine if you puree it in a food processor.

Ahh ... so that explains my blueberry wine problem!!! (Did not have the problem
with my blueberry melomel, but used far fewer blueberries).

Simmering the bentonite as I type, as a matter of fact .... *sigh*


Woods

In article , "Ian Griffith" wrote:
Manual crushing is preferable to using a food processor. You may have
trouble clearing the wine if you use a food processor as you'll have more
dissolved solids suspended in the wine if you puree it in a food processor.

Ahh ... so that explains my blueberry wine problem!!! (Did not have the problem
with my blueberry melomel, but used far fewer blueberries).

Simmering the bentonite as I type, as a matter of fact .... *sigh*


Woods

In article , "Ian Griffith" wrote:
Manual crushing is preferable to using a food processor. You may have
trouble clearing the wine if you use a food processor as you'll have more
dissolved solids suspended in the wine if you puree it in a food processor.

Ahh ... so that explains my blueberry wine problem!!! (Did not have the problem
with my blueberry melomel, but used far fewer blueberries).

Simmering the bentonite as I type, as a matter of fact .... *sigh*


Woods

In article , "Ian Griffith" wrote:
Manual crushing is preferable to using a food processor. You may have
trouble clearing the wine if you use a food processor as you'll have more
dissolved solids suspended in the wine if you puree it in a food processor.

Ahh ... so that explains my blueberry wine problem!!! (Did not have the problem
with my blueberry melomel, but used far fewer blueberries).

Simmering the bentonite as I type, as a matter of fact .... *sigh*


Woods

Believe it or not I use a "mud paddle" on a drill. This is what you use to
mix drywall compound. I have made 2 batches and it works fine after you
freeze the berries. What i do is 1st freeze the blueberries. 2nd thaw the
berries. 3rd use the paddle on slow just to break up the skins.
Tom
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DELANCO VINEYARDS


"Robert Perkins" wrote in message
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Most of the recipes I see say to crush the blueberries, some within a
nylon
bag - placing the bag in the primary fermenter as well, some just to crush
and place in the primary fermenter. I haven't seen any that say you can
'crush' the blueberries in a food processor as opposed to crushing them
with
say a potato masher. Would the food processer route be acceptable?

TIA,

Robert


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