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["Gord Hawkes" <mail@logcabinorchard.com>]

Greetings Terry.  I too am interested in Bladder Presses but have not heard any accounts of their performance.  Did you get any comments from nafexers off line?

 

Regards,

 

 

Gord Hawkes

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Terry and Julie Bradshaw
Sent: November 29, 2003 10:32 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Bladder presses for cider

I was wondering if anyone here has had experience with using a bladder press for making cider.  The units I refer to are Italian, generally 5-40 gallons per squeeze (though they make them bigger). An example can be seen here:
http://www.morebeer.com/detail.php3?pid=WE150

I am wondering about yield efficiency, time per cycle, etc.  I may want to skip a rack and cloth press and go this route, especially if it gives me more options, such as squeezing grapes.  I already have a good pomace grinder.

Thanks,

Terry

Terence Bradshaw        

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Calais, VT 05648

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