I always freeze mine till I'm ready to start I use ten pounds of fruit with ten pounds of honey and ec1118 and nutreint . Strain through a screen after one week let it ferment all the way out transferring one more time to get rid of settlement then add two pions of lactose to sweeten sometime...
I make a sparkling wine 10# cherries 10# honey ec1118 yeast and nutreint after racking and filtiring i add 2# lactos stir well to dissolve when I bottle add one more pound of fruit boiled and well filtered boil down to a concentrate Add 3/4 cup honey to carbonate turns out really nice this makes...
