myakkagldwngr
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Okay, I wanted to do at least 10 gallons of strawberry and Saint Vino blessed me with the u-pick.
So to give every one an idea of what's going on. I ended up with three five gallon primaries with 25 lbs in each. In each I put 1 3/4 gallon of water, 1 1/2 teaspoons of P/E plus my nutrient and energiser. That was on Sat. evening.
Now 4 days later I transfered the mess into carboys to do it's thing. The starting SG on Sunday was 1.03 because I was a little short on sugar. I added another 10 lbs Monday.
Today when I put it into carboys I had a SG of 1.035.
What I'm getting to with this is that after straining out everything I could with a long handled strainer, I only got 2 gallons of strainable solids. Now I had added 12 gallons of water to 75 lbs of strawberries. I ended up with 18 gallons of carboys. I know there will be a lot of sediment in these carboys. I hope to end up with 10 to 12 gallons of wine.
My point is that I think you could add very little water to the berries with the P/E. From 75 lbs of berries, I ended up with 6 gallons of juice.
So to give every one an idea of what's going on. I ended up with three five gallon primaries with 25 lbs in each. In each I put 1 3/4 gallon of water, 1 1/2 teaspoons of P/E plus my nutrient and energiser. That was on Sat. evening.
Now 4 days later I transfered the mess into carboys to do it's thing. The starting SG on Sunday was 1.03 because I was a little short on sugar. I added another 10 lbs Monday.
Today when I put it into carboys I had a SG of 1.035.
What I'm getting to with this is that after straining out everything I could with a long handled strainer, I only got 2 gallons of strainable solids. Now I had added 12 gallons of water to 75 lbs of strawberries. I ended up with 18 gallons of carboys. I know there will be a lot of sediment in these carboys. I hope to end up with 10 to 12 gallons of wine.
My point is that I think you could add very little water to the berries with the P/E. From 75 lbs of berries, I ended up with 6 gallons of juice.