Strawberry Wine
Ingredients
- 9 lbs strawberries
- 2 limes
- 8 lbs. sugar
- 5 tsp lemon juice
- 5 bags tea (steep in 1 cup water then strain until clear)
- 3 to 5 gallons water
- 5 tbl. yeast
- 5 tsp nutrient
Grind strawberries and limes, add sugar and let stand 24 to 36 hours. Strain then add rest of ingredients. Run water through pulp and add to above. Add enough water to fill 5 gallon container. Cover loosely protecting from insects and stir daily for 1 week. Skim off any foam or solids daily before stirring. Let stand another 2 to 4 weeks, then siphon and strain into another container. When siphoning, do not siphon sludge from bottom of container. Let stand again and repeat siphoning process 2 to 4 times until wine is clear. Bottle and let stand for at least 3 months for best flavor. This wine may be used immediately when bottle,
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- 3 lb Strawberries
- 2.25 lb Sugar
- 1/4 tsp Grape Tannin
- 1/2 tsp Citric Acid
- 1 gallon Water
- Wine yeast
- Yeast nutrient
- Pectic Enzyme
Make sure that you use ripe fruit removing the storks and any bruised flesh. Cut up the strawberries and add to a fermenting bin. Add the sugar, citric acid and tannin and then boil the water and add this to the bin as well. Stir until the sugar has completely dissolved. Allow to cool then add the pectic enzyme and stir. Leave to stand for 24 hours then add the yeast and place in a warm place to ferment. Stir daily for the first five days and then rack into a carboy. Fit an airlock and bung and place back in a warm place. Rack off after fermentation has finished and again after 2 to 3 months.
