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I'm considering making beetroot wine as i have an excess I have seen recipes which the beets are chopped and boiled up and the liquor used in the brew , the solids discarded. I'm thinking of extracting the juice with a juicer (as i drink the juice occasionally anyway ) and using that. Could...

Extraction processes Just to recap my methods: Frozen blocks of soft fruit are added to bucket along with 25L of elcheapo Aldi bottled spring water +5x campden tabs and 5x tsp pectolase, 24hours later Lavin yeast added (KV1116) - mix up daily x2 . 5/7 days later the pale looking floating top...

I have been making raspberry wine in 5 gall batches using a small "boots brand" wine press to filter off the mushed up fruit after 5 days of fermentation. This involves squeezing the liquor and solids through a fine mesh straining bag by hand and then pressing the solids which is time consuming...