{"id":273,"date":"2008-10-06T20:12:32","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T03:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wineintheshower.com\/?p=273"},"modified":"2010-02-27T09:56:30","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T17:56:30","slug":"the-big-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/2008\/10\/06\/the-big-press\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274\" title=\"IMG_0040\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0040.JPG\" alt=\"IMG_0040\" width=\"513\" height=\"383\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.claassen.net\/gallery2\/v\/us\/Hobbies\/brewing\/firstcrushmerlot\/bigpress\/IMG_0040.JPG.html\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul borrowed a bladder press from a buddy of his, luckily for us.\u00a0 We set up outside of the office and hooked up a hose to the press.\u00a0 Everything got sprayed down with sanitizer, then we started scooping the <a href=\"\/index.php\/winemaking-definitions\/must\/\">must<\/a> out of the trash cans and dumping it into the press.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-275\" title=\"IMG_0048\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0048.JPG\" alt=\"IMG_0048\" width=\"351\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0048.JPG 640w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0048-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was actually a lot of free run wine, but we didn\u2019t get fancy and separate free run from pressed wine \u2013 too much extra work for the first go.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-276\" title=\"IMG_0052\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0052.JPG\" alt=\"IMG_0052\" width=\"396\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0052.JPG 640w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0052-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next the top was put on:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-277\" title=\"IMG_0056\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0056.JPG\" alt=\"IMG_0056\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0056.JPG 640w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0056-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A bag was put over the grill so that the wine would go into the trough and into the collecting bucket, and not squirt all over the place.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-278\" title=\"IMG_0061\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0061.JPG\" alt=\"IMG_0061\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0061.JPG 640w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0061-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the wine stopped flowing, we disassembled it to start over.\u00a0 The remaining <a href=\"\/index.php\/winemaking-definitions\/pomace\/\">pomace<\/a> was a solid cake.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279\" title=\"IMG_0069\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0069.JPG\" alt=\"IMG_0069\" width=\"339\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0069.JPG 640w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_0069-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everything got hosed down and resanitzed.\u00a0 It took a few hours, but not bad for 55 gallons of our wine and another 35 gallons for a separate batch.\u00a0 Thirty gallons was pumped into a new American oak medium toast barrel, the rest was put into various containers \u2013 a 15 gallon keg, 6 and 3 gallon better bottles, and one gallon glass jug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul borrowed a bladder press from a buddy of his, luckily for us.\u00a0 We set up outside of the office and hooked up a hose to the press.\u00a0 Everything got sprayed down with sanitizer, then we started scooping the must out of the trash cans and dumping it into the press. 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