strawberry wine/brew
Recently we got a bunch of strawberries given to us which were almost going bad so I made wine out of them .I used a grape wine recipe that I found online,instead of wine yeast I used bread yeast which it said to do for quicker results.It came out excellent after one week and was a big hit,everyone liked it. It had a sweet, bubbly composition and a bit of a brew taste which gave it a nice twist.I made like 2 gallons. I did add a bit of Angie’s brewers yeast which might have given it that flavor. Here’s the recipe if anyone is interested.
2-3 Kg strawberries.
1 and half -2 gallons of water.
1-2 KG of sugar.
Mix.
Brewers yeast 3 spoons.(optional)
heat up water to 85 degrees and pour in with all the other ingredients.
add 55 grams of dried bread yeast.
Mix all together and crush strawberries with hands.
Make sure yeast is all dissolved.
leave for 2 days with a lid on but not tightly sealed.I warmed it up daily in a pot in
the oven to help speed up
the fermentation process but make sure it didn’t get too hot just luke warm so to not kill the yeast.Once the yeast kicks in it should be fizzing and bubbling make sure to have the container no more than 2/3rds full so as to leave room so it will not overflow
Strain.
leave for 2 days. taste,and stir ocassiobnally.
If it needs more sugar add more.More sugar will help it ferment too.
strain with a cloth.leave 3-4 more day and refrigerate.The stuff I made got pretty strong.It was like between 14% and 18% .Vessel says it tasted like boones’ cheap fruit wine.Serve cold.
I am using the same process now for apple wine. I blended the apples though.We’ll see how it turns out soon.It turned out more like a white wine.The girls liked it more,they mixed it with apple soda and then started glugging it down plain and chilled. I liked strawberry brew more probably cause it was more like a beer but also it was stronger the alcoholic content.
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