Strawberry Wine ^_^

[subzero]

not all home brew shops have the lalvin yeasts..whereabouts are you located (county?)

Hertfordshire, near bedfordshire, as i now there is a HBS in bedford... but i live in letchworth near stevenage... So no where apart from either luton or bedford for a HBS.

[lockwood1956]

hmmm

that means paying postage + packaging (probably £5.99) for a 99p packet of yeast huh

thats a bummer, although hop and grape in Darlington do mail order and they are reasonably priced too

http://www.hopandgrape.co.uk

I'm off to the states for a week (tomorrow) if you havent got sorted out by the time I get back, drop me a PM and I'll post you a packet of 71B 1122

regards
Bob

[Vossy1]

quick tip on yeasts, buy 1 sachet of a really good sachet of yeast Lalvin 71B-1122(99p), make a yeast starter with it and then use only half of it in your batch, add more sugar to the starter, and away you go again, over and over again, only for year though, then you need to start a new starter

Liking the sound of that Bob

[lockwood1956]

ROFL

[Vossy1]

Just started a strawberry wine tonight, we'll have to compare notes SZ

T**cos had reduced there pound packs of strawberries to 10p each
They also reduced their 6 x peaches to 10p so I've got one of those on the go too

[subzero]

Just started a strawberry wine tonight, we'll have to compare notes SZ

T**cos had reduced there pound packs of strawberries to 10p each
They also reduced their 6 x peaches to 10p so I've got one of those on the go too

That sounds like a plan, mine came out really well looks good and tastes ok, you now syphon stops and re sucks and get a little.... ^_^

If you fancy do a small bud sized bottle and i'll pay P&P and i'll give it a try. ^_^, would be good to get a share thing going on here. ^_^, a few people have liked my kit brews but to the pro's on here would be wkd to see waht people think. ^_^

Got any piccys or how you made it to compare. ^_^

[Vossy1]

I didn't do any photo's cause I noticed you had started a topic on it, so I thought I'd just chip in, if that's o.k

Do have one pic which I'll edit in in a minute.
Today we racked our wines (except Peach Perfection) into their demijons.
Blackberry and Eldeberry instructions said fill the dj's to the shoulders and top up after initial vigorous fermentation has subsided....the strawberry didn't
Mrs V1, I think we'll get away with it, it says fill to 4.5 ltrs....



What's on the sink is from the sides of the dj, most of the rest is in the carpet under the stairs

[subzero]

Yup i had the same problem, thought the vigorous fermentation stopped topped it up and next thing it exloded through the air locks...

But it looking good though, i'm tempted to buy a proper wine kit from wilkos for £6.50 and give that a go then try both of them out. ^_^

[Vossy1]

If you fancy do a small bud sized bottle and i'll pay P&P and i'll give it a try

Sounds good to me SZ

There is one big difference between our that I've just noticed on re-reading the thread...I used 2kg of strawberries for 1 gallon

Should be interesting for comparison purposes

[subzero]

If you fancy do a small bud sized bottle and i'll pay P&P and i'll give it a try

There is one big difference between our that I've just noticed on re-reading the thread...I used 2kg of strawberries for 1 gallon

Yeah would be nice to try yours and compare.. ^_^

Well i used 3 KG split but not sure if it was 1.5 in each DJ as when i blended the whole 3KG i decided to split it...

But i might try some more but concentrating on plum wine... gona make another 10gallon batch up tomorow...

[Vossy1]

gona make another 10gallon batch up tomorow...

[DRB]

Well today I picked up tinned strawberries to do the recipe as per lokwood recipe . What is the difference between having to boil the water or using cold? Have you got to add anything different from the hot to the cold? Do you sterilise everything that you use to make the wine - i.e. masher, funnels, spoons, buckets? Do you treat water with campden tablet to rid chlorine?

[subzero]

Well today I picked up tinned strawberries to do the recipe as per lokwood recipe . What is the difference between having to boil the water or using cold? Have you got to add anything different from the hot to the cold? Do you sterilise everything that you use to make the wine - i.e. masher, funnels, spoons, buckets? Do you treat water with campden tablet to rid chlorine?

Well between boiled and cold is that when you boil the water you are steralizing it, what i do is keep laods of 2 litres bottles of water, soi used ditilled water...

ALLWAYS sterlize all yoru equipment...

But you should be good to go, take some piccys and do a right up if possible. ^_^

[DRB]

Ta.
Will a 5g packet of yeast be ok for a gallon or do I need to use less?

[subzero]

Ta.
Will a 5g packet of yeast be ok for a gallon or do I need to use less?

That will be ok to use. ^_^