A quick bit of info. Just made a batch, you mite need a bigger primary bucket than planned. The berries took up a lot of room, then went to add water as myrecipe called for, didn't need near the water the recipe said. The berries were fresh picked out of my garden, froze for a week or so til I had enough and put into the primary. They seemed to have a lot of liquid in the berries and I wound up diluting things a little more than I wanted. Good luck with it, only made a Gal. last year and it was great. Gonna Have a strong 5 gal this year so maybe some will last long enough to age out. By Valentines day it was getting pretty good, but not much left. Take care. Arne.