Strawberry Wine (About five gallons)

2/3 Cup	Very Strong tea
12 #	Strawberries (Mashed)
5 #	Clover honey
6 #	White Sugar
2 Gal	Distilled Water
5 Crushed	Campden Tablets
*	Cloves Star Anise, Bay leaves
2	Tea Bags
4 Tea	Yeast Nutrient
4 Tea	Acid Blend

Steps required for this batch

• Mash berries add campden tablets let soak overnight.
• Soak spices and tea bags overnight in 2 cups of fresh water.
• After a day strain strawberries to remove pulp, seeds etc. Strain at least twice. Move juice to carboy.
• Mix all ingredients. Top off carboy with water. Pitch yeast, add airlock.
• S.G. 1.121

Log Notes

• 6/18/97 Started.
• 6/20/97 Thick froth covering top of liquid.
• 6/21/97 Overflowed airlock. Strong ferment.
• 6/26/97 Yeast/Egg smell. Pour wine off through strainer added 5 tea acid and 5 campden tablets.
• 6/28/97 Added new yeast and strawberry juice.
• 6/29/97 Rack to new carboy, added strawberry juice with added sugar to original S.G. Added one pack of lalvin 71b-1122 wine yeast. Added French Oak / Hickory Chips.
• 7/6/97 Add more wood chips about 1.5 oz.
• 7/8/97 Top off with more strawberry juice, yeast energizer and more yeast.
• 7/9/97 Minimal ferment.
• 7/11/97 Strong ferment
• 7/21/97 Add bentonite and yeast energizer
• 7/29/97 Rack. Top off new carboy with strawberry juice
• 8/1/97 Add 2 oz. citric acid, wood chips. S.G. .996 (16.98% Alc)
• 8/12/97 Rack off of wood chips. Wine is acid and has a strong wood flavour. Light strawberry aroma and taste.
• 10/5/97 Mix one gallon of mead with one gallon of strawberry wine. We'll see.
• 12/25/97 Tastes great ! Still aging.
• 03/17/99 Wow. Really tastes great ! ! ! Two bottles left.