Strawberry Death

Source: Greg Cicconetti
Recipe added: 01/11/01
Email: grego1074@yahoo.com

This mead shows no mercy. Sip it.

Specifics

Recipe type: Extract
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Starting Gravity: ?
Finishing Gravity: ?
Time in Boil: 30 minutes
Primary Fermentation: 2 weeks
Secondary Fermentation: 4 months

Ingredients:

20 lbs of Clover Honey
4 16 oz packages of frozen sweetended strawberries
Acid Blend
Water
2 packages Champagne Yeast
sparkeloid

Procedure:

Boil Water. Add honey. Skim Foam. Cool to pasterizing temp . Add strawberries to pot. (Punch holes in a large zip lock for easy transfer and to minimize solids mixing with must). Cool. Transfer fruit and must to plastic fermenter and pitch yeast. When bubbler has stopped for at least a day, transfer to secondary. Add sparkeloid.

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