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
http://www.shopkitchenaid.com/produc...rt&T1=KTA+FVSP

Meat grinder (required for above item)
http://www.shopkitchenaid.com/produc...art&T1=KTA+FGA

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

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.

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.

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

Hoss > wrote in message >. ..
> All,
>
> I'm full of questions today, so be gentle....
>
> Has anyone tried this for fruits/berries/grapes?
>
>
> Fruit & Vegetable Strainer Parts
> http://www.shopkitchenaid.com/produc...rt&T1=KTA+FVSP
>
> Meat grinder (required for above item)
> http://www.shopkitchenaid.com/produc...art&T1=KTA+FGA
>
> 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

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

Hoss > wrote in message >. ..
> All,
>
> I'm full of questions today, so be gentle....
>
> Has anyone tried this for fruits/berries/grapes?
>
>
> Fruit & Vegetable Strainer Parts
> http://www.shopkitchenaid.com/produc...rt&T1=KTA+FVSP
>
> Meat grinder (required for above item)
> http://www.shopkitchenaid.com/produc...art&T1=KTA+FGA
>
> 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

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

Hoss > wrote in message >. ..
> All,
>
> I'm full of questions today, so be gentle....
>
> Has anyone tried this for fruits/berries/grapes?
>
>
> Fruit & Vegetable Strainer Parts
> http://www.shopkitchenaid.com/produc...rt&T1=KTA+FVSP
>
> Meat grinder (required for above item)
> http://www.shopkitchenaid.com/produc...art&T1=KTA+FGA
>
> 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