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This economy ratchet press has high-end features at an entry-level price, and is UPS-shippable to boot! Features heavy duty coated cast iron double-ratcheting head, enameled steel base with spout, and two-piece wooden basket. Includes threaded handle and hardwood disks and spacers. Basket measures 10" x 14" with a capacity of roughly 50 pounds.
Traditional Ratchet Presses. Commercial-quality vertical basket presses in a variety of sizes. Each press has a heavy-duty, two-piece hardwood basket that disassembles for cleaning and a single-piece pressed steel basin and screw shaft on three freestanding legs — bolt to a workbench for maximum leverege. Also included is a two-piece hardwood pressing disc, spacing blocks, and steel pawls to set the ratchet direction. The double-ratchet press mechanism creates lots of leverage, delivering the best possible yield. Basket capacities: #20 is 2.5 gallons, #25 is 5 gallons, #30 is 8 gallons. Contact us about other sizes.
Truck shipment only. This product is not part of our flat-rate shipping program. Our on-line shopping cart may not provide accurate quotes for truck shipment products. We will contact you with a quote prior to shipment if the cost of shipping exceeds the quoted amount.
Stainless Steel Ratchet Press. If you expect your press to get a lot of usage, you should consider stainless steel. This is essentially the same design as the traditional rachet press, but the painted steel base and wood basket have been replaced with stainless steel.
The bladder press is a design improvement on the traditional wooden-basket ratchet-style press. A rubber bladder expands from the stem outward using water pressure to press the fruit against the sides of the cage. This style of pressing is much more subtle and softer on the fruit, extracting less bitter tannins and oils from cracked seeds. This is also a more efficient method of pressing — cutting the cycle down to less than half the time a ratchet-style press would take. Water is required to inflate the press rather than air; no more than 30 psi is needed for most fruits. Household water pressure, supplied by a garden hose, works great.
The #40157 and #40158 liter model features a stainless cage with painted lid and basin; model #40159 is all-stainless.
Micro Press. Stainless steel. Basket is 6" in diameter, 4.5" high, with a stainless straining sleeve. Easy to store, good for small amounts of fruit; doubles as a cheese press.
Mini Press. The big brother of the Micro Press. Durable construction, screw-action press mechanism. Stainless basket is 8.5" in diameter, 9.5" high. Press mechanism swings away for fast, easy loading and cleaning.
Manual Grape Crusher. Pulp grapes or soft fruit before pressing. Rest on crusher stand (item #7771), or directly on a large fermenter. Stainless hopper (20" x 24") with double aluminum rollers.
Vintner's Best Apple Crusher. An economical manual fruit crusher that can handle hard fruit like apples and pears. Heavy duty cast iron with stainless chute and hardware, wood drum with stainless crushing blades. Mount horizontally on a table or vertically on a wall corner; 10 x 17.5 wood mounting base included. Overall dimensions 16 x 12.8 x 18.
This item does NOT require truck shipment. Eligible for BrewSaver shipping.
Manual Apple Crusher. Pulp apples, pears, or other hard fruit before pressing. Very similar to the manual grape crusher (#7773), except the fruit is first chopped with stainless cutting blades before entering the rollers.
Manual Grape Crusher/Destemmer. Grapes go in the hopper — pulp comes out the bottom, and stems are augered out the side. A large hand crank drives aluminum rollers and agitator inside the hopper and the destemmer auger. Stainless hopper is 33"x21" and 11" deep; entire unit measures 52"x13"x24" tall. Pictured with stand and chute, sold separately.
Stand and Chute for Manual Crushers. Pictured above with the crusher/destemmer, sold separately. Works with items #7772,#7773 and #7769. Rest crusher on stand; pulp is funneled into your fermenter by the stainless chute.
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