Winepig
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OK, I've been reading up on strawberry wines and I'm concerned.
All the recipes on Jack Kellers site call for 3 - 3 1/2 pounds of berries per gallon. Seems like I've seen alot of posts that say you need to use way more than that.
Here's the recipe I was going to make:
3 lbs. fresh strawberries
2-1/2 lbs. granulated sugar
2 tsp. citric acid
water to make 1 gallon
wine yeast & nutrient
Place all ingredients except yeast in crock. Crush fruit with hands and cover with 5 pints boiling water. Stir with wooden paddle to dissolve sugar and simultaneously mash the strawberries. When cooled to 85 degrees F., add yeast. Cover and stir daily. Strain on 7th day, transfer to secondary fermentation vessel, top up to one gallon, fit fermentation trap, and set aside. Rack after 30 days and again after additional 30 days. Bottle when clear. Allow to age at least 6 months. Will improve to one year.
Sounds nice and easy but if it's not going to be good, I'm not going to mess with it. I don't know if I can talk the wife into letting me use more than 4 pounds of berries for an experiment.
I may have to find another project for tomorrow evening.
Thanks,
Tim
All the recipes on Jack Kellers site call for 3 - 3 1/2 pounds of berries per gallon. Seems like I've seen alot of posts that say you need to use way more than that.
Here's the recipe I was going to make:
3 lbs. fresh strawberries
2-1/2 lbs. granulated sugar
2 tsp. citric acid
water to make 1 gallon
wine yeast & nutrient
Place all ingredients except yeast in crock. Crush fruit with hands and cover with 5 pints boiling water. Stir with wooden paddle to dissolve sugar and simultaneously mash the strawberries. When cooled to 85 degrees F., add yeast. Cover and stir daily. Strain on 7th day, transfer to secondary fermentation vessel, top up to one gallon, fit fermentation trap, and set aside. Rack after 30 days and again after additional 30 days. Bottle when clear. Allow to age at least 6 months. Will improve to one year.
Sounds nice and easy but if it's not going to be good, I'm not going to mess with it. I don't know if I can talk the wife into letting me use more than 4 pounds of berries for an experiment.
I may have to find another project for tomorrow evening.
Thanks,
Tim