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Third rack. Smells and tastes a little yeasty, never had strawberry before. The one on the right had a lot more strawberries and they were were very 100% fresh. Taste better.

secondary fermenters, is it normal to be this hazy or did I not use enough pectin enzyme

For the first batch, I followed the recipe without boiling the sugar water, the second batch had more strawberries (25lb) and I boiled the sugar water. I was thinking about boiling the mashed strawberries for the third. The goal is of course to make it better every time. We have an enormous...

We followed the recipe at Take a Sip of Strawberries - WineMakerMag.com We grew the strawberries ourselves at our Florida farm. We are in the beginning stages of opening a farm winery, among many other things. This is the first five gallons, using 18 pounds of fresh picked berries.