Strawberry Wine Recipe

Recipe for 4.5 litres (1 gallon) and may be multiplied.

All teaspoon measures are level.

4 lbs. Strawberries (fresh or frozen)

7 pts. Water

2.5 lbs. Sugar

1 ¼ teaspoon Acid blend

1/3 teaspoon Tannin

½ teaspoon Pectic Enzyme

½ teaspoon Potassium Sorbate

1 ¼ teaspoon Nutrient

1 Campden tablet (crushed)

1 pkg. Wine yeast

(1) Pick berries fully ripe. Remove any stems or leaves. Wash and drain berries. Using nylon straining bag, mash and strain out juice into primary fermenter. Keeping all pulp in straining bag, tie top and place in primary .

(2) Stir in all other ingredients EXCEPT yeast. Cover primary .

(3) After 24 hrs. add yeast cover primary stir daily check S.G. and press pulp lightly to aid extraction .

(4) When ferment reaches S.G. 1.030 about 5 days strain juice from bag. Siphon wine off sediment into glass secondary. Attach airlock .

(5) When fermentation is complete (S.G. has dropped to 1.000 about 3 weeks) siphon off sediment into clean secondary reattach airlock.

(6)To aid clearing siphon again 2 months and again if necessary before filtering.

(7) Filter your wine

(8) Bottling - Add ½ teaspoon Potassium Sorbate

This makes a good dry wine, but you may slightly sweeten it also, using Wine Conditioner sweeten to taste.