Strawberry wine

[Norske]

We have been making strawberry wine for some time now and would like to hear from others on what yeasts and tannins they use.

 

[novalou]

We have been making strawberry wine for some time now and would like to hear from others on what yeasts and tannins they use.

Last two batches of strawberry wine, I used 4 lbs per gallon of strawberries and 1 tsp of powdered grape tannin powder (for a 3 gallon batch).

The wine came out fine, but I think I'll use 6 lbs per gallon next time for more body and back sweeten with strawberry juice.

I'll check my notes to see which yeast I used.

Care to share your recipe?

 

[winemaker_3352]

Welcome aboard!!!

I use 6#'s per gallon of fruit - then I add an f-pac later on.

I do not add any additional tannins. I used the Lalvin 71B-1122 - this yeast metabolizes harsh malic acid that might be present.

I also blend mine with a little peach wine..

 

[dralarms]

I just started a batch today.

40 lbs of strawberries,( frozen kind from walmart)

1 gal water ( in pot, heated to thaw strawberries)

4 tbl petic enzyme

8 tsp acid blend

2 tsp tannin

10 lbs sugar

After heating the strawberries in water till thawed, I placed them in the fermentation bucket, sprinkled a tbl of petic enzyme and put lid on.

Took a while to get them all thawed but once they were I added everything else to fermentation bucket, added yeast and lid.

My sg is a little higher than I wanted but it will turn out just fine in the end.