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Hello All,
Again its been a while since I have been here and for those who remember me my main wine is strawberry. Last years strawberry (found here) didn't even get started until November. Wont get into why but lets just say that there was a slight delay. However it did get done and here is how it happened in a nutshell
1. Thawed the berries (actual weight was 197 lbs) and cooked them in a 5 gallon cooking pot to get the juice out. Nothing was done to the berries, ie topping, coring, cutting or anything else.
2. Total juice was around 12 gallons
3. Took and SG reading and added simple syrup to get to 1.090 (I like mine a little hot but not everclear hot)
4. Fermented out explosively as usual
5. Wine is now clear and ready to be backsweetened
So with last years in carboys aging away it is now time for this years start.
First stop by my strawberry provider netted me 65 lbs of berries. I will be leaving for two weeks but when I get back I will finish collecting berries for this years Strawberry wine.
Hope to start stopping by more often now that I'm in my new place.
Again its been a while since I have been here and for those who remember me my main wine is strawberry. Last years strawberry (found here) didn't even get started until November. Wont get into why but lets just say that there was a slight delay. However it did get done and here is how it happened in a nutshell
1. Thawed the berries (actual weight was 197 lbs) and cooked them in a 5 gallon cooking pot to get the juice out. Nothing was done to the berries, ie topping, coring, cutting or anything else.
2. Total juice was around 12 gallons
3. Took and SG reading and added simple syrup to get to 1.090 (I like mine a little hot but not everclear hot)
4. Fermented out explosively as usual
5. Wine is now clear and ready to be backsweetened
So with last years in carboys aging away it is now time for this years start.
First stop by my strawberry provider netted me 65 lbs of berries. I will be leaving for two weeks but when I get back I will finish collecting berries for this years Strawberry wine.
Hope to start stopping by more often now that I'm in my new place.