STRAWBERRY WINE Making Recipe

 Strawberry Wine making Recipe

2 kg/4lb  fresh stawberries, yeast, 1,5 kg/3lb sugar, yeast nutrient, 1 teaspoon citric acid, 4.5litres/1 gallon water, pectolase

Wash strawberries and remove stems

Mash strawberries in bucket, add sugar and 2 litres boiling water mix thoroughly to dissolve sugar

When cool about 21 degrees C add pectolase, stir and leave for 24 hours covered in a warm place

Strain liquid off the fruit into a demi john, add a further litre of warm water to the pulp in the bucket, mix well and strain straight away into the demi john

Add citric acid, yeast nutrient and yeast, make up to 4.5 litres/1 gallon with water, fit airlock and continue to ferment in a warm place until hydrometer reading is 1.000 or below

If at this stage the wine is too sweet continue to ferment until required taste

Then syphon wine into brewing bucket and add stabiliser, stirring thoroughly to remove any CO2, leave for 24 - 48 hours stirring regularly

Add finnings A, mix leave for 1 hour, add finings B mix thoroughly, leave in a cold place, covered to clear

When totally clear syphon into clean bottles, cork and store