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well after the initial racking into the carboys and the clean up afterwards everything seems to be fine. there is a little bit of foam that has gotten into the airlocks but otherwise no more explosiveness. it is still bubbling but much slower and looking better every day. LOL chalk this one...

HaHa fixed them there pics. I uploaded them to one of my albums and then used the IMG tag to insert them. Uploading them as attachments doesn't change the size enough or at all for that matter. Heres a link to the album if you want to see more pics...

It was in an 18 gallon tote. I chcecked the SG and it was down to 1.006 so I put it into carboys then. I didnt start in carboys.

Strawberry season 2011

Why wont my pics show up at normal size. I resize them and they still show up big.

Well here it is after it hit 1.006 It was put into 2 x 3 gallon carboys 6 Gallons of strawberry Strawberry bubbling away Strawberry aftermath

If they were fresh strawberries then i would not have boiled them. However these were ones that the farmer had picked and didn't sell before they started to look bad. Some (ones I threw out) already started to mold a little, others were bruised real bad, some had mushy spots. In other words they...

Update: Checked the SG this morning and it was at 1.022, I am shooting for a 1.080 - 1.085 and hit 1.082 with 8 lbs of sugar. This took 5 cups of water to make a simple syrup. So the total amount of water added was 1 gallon and 5 cups, the rest of the must is just strawberry juice. With any...

Well I didn't get the berries when I was supposed to however I picked them up today. 90 pounds of culls. I (along with some help) cleaned and cut up all 90 lbs. 70 lbs gave me 55 lbs of usable berries which were put in a 5 gallon pot and cooked down. These were then dumped into a strainer bag...

Well I should finish gathering 70 lbs by this comming weekend and should get it started by the first of next week. While moving some bees around today for cantalope pollination I got my first sighting of elderberry flowers this year. Guess when it rains it pours, I have the strawberries to...

Ok going on what I see here this will be the recipe 5 gallons 50 lbs strawberries Sugar to 1.09 SG petic enzyme acid blend just a pinch of tannins all the other normal stuff then a 4lb f-pak for 5 gallons or should it be 4lb per 1 gallon f-pak typing that out looks like alot, how about...

Last years strawberry turned out a little toxic. I am planning to try a less toxic version this year. It was also weak in flavor even after adding a f-pak. So I am looking for suggestions, last year I think I had 6lbs of berries per gallon and used about 1 pint of juice per 2 gallons for a...

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