Strawberry Wine

Summer strawberries make a delicate, fragrant rosé-style wine. Use the ripest, most fragrant berries you can find for the best results.

Strawberry Wine (4.5L / 1 Gallon)

Ingredients

• 1.5 kg ripe strawberries
• 1.0 kg white sugar
• 1 tsp yeast nutrient
• 1 tsp pectolase
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 Campden tablet
• 1 sachet rosé wine yeast
• Water to 4.5 litres

Instructions

Day 1: Hull and halve the strawberries. Place in a bucket and mash. Dissolve sugar in 2 litres of warm water and add. Add lemon juice. Top up to 4.5 litres. Add Campden tablet. Cover for 24 hours.

Day 2: Add pectolase and yeast nutrient. Check SG (aim 1.080). Add yeast.

Days 2–4: Stir daily. Strawberries ferment quickly.

Day 4–5: Strain into demijohn. Don't ferment on the pulp too long — it can go musty.

Maturation: Strawberry wine is best young — at 6 months it's fresh and fruity. After 12 months the strawberry character can fade. Drink this one relatively quickly.

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