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  • Tinned Strawberry wine

    Taken from a brewing forum I belong to - thanks Bob for the recipe...


    Tinned strawberry

    1 15oz tin of strawberries
    2 1/4 lb sugar
    3 teaspoons citric acid
    1/2 teaspoon tannin
    1 tsp Pectolase
    1 Vitamin B1 tablet or yeast energiser
    Good quality yeast
    Water to 1 gallon


    Pour the syrup from the can into the primary fermenter, liquidise or mash the fruit with a potato masher
    Boil 4 pints of water and dissolve the sugar in it, allow to cool to 70 degrees F, place fruit pulp into primary and pour over the sugar syrup.
    Add water to 1 gallon, add the acid, tannin, pectolase, yeast energiser and yeast, leave enough room for a head to form during ferment and fit airlock
    stir daily, when S.G. reaches 1.010 rack into a clean demijohn, leaving the sediment behind, top up with cooled boiled water.

    ferment till finished, racking and bottling as normal.

    My particular batch of strawberry wine was made with 2 X 411g tins of strawberries to the gallon (approx 20oz)


    * SG to start should be 1.09, finishing at 0.99 will give approx 12% wine.
    Last edited by shirlthegirl43; 02-05-2009, 08:21 AM.
    Happy Gardening,
    Shirley

  • #2
    would you like to share the forum with us Shirley?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by diana View Post
      would you like to share the forum with us Shirley?
      If a moderator gives me the okay then I will do so.
      Happy Gardening,
      Shirley

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      • #4
        Hi Shirley,
        Sounds great, I am gonna try it.
        Couple of Q's, how much yeast do i add and approx how long from start to bottling, and can it be drank once bottled or does it need to mature?
        Apologies if these are silly questions.

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        • #5
          Go ahead Shirley, it's a dedicated brewing forum isn't it? Shouldn't be a problem

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          • #6
            Cheers Sarah (somehow appropriate eh?).

            The brewing forum can be found at:

            Wines at Home

            quite a helpful bunch and some very useful tips and recipes.
            Happy Gardening,
            Shirley

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            • #7
              Thank you Shirley great forum

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              • #8
                Indeed so, nearly as good as this one
                Happy Gardening,
                Shirley

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                • #9
                  My thoughts entirely

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                  • #10
                    Hi Shirl,
                    How important is the tannin, and where can i get it?
                    Thanks

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                    • #11
                      Tannin gives body to the wine. I wouldn't leave it out. I get mine from Wilkinsons
                      Happy Gardening,
                      Shirley

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                      • #12
                        Thanks, my local wilko didnt have any, will a chemist or boots have it?

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                        • #13
                          You can use cold tea as tannin can't you?
                          Urban Escape Blog

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                          • #14
                            i was thinking about adding a teabag, but maybe a strong cup of tea??

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by hypnophil View Post
                              Thanks, my local wilko didnt have any, will a chemist or boots have it?
                              Originally posted by pdblake View Post
                              You can use cold tea as tannin can't you?
                              Originally posted by hypnophil View Post
                              i was thinking about adding a teabag, but maybe a strong cup of tea??
                              Not sure if Boots would have it - try ebay? I think you can use cold tea but I wouldn't have a clue as to how strong or how much sorry.
                              Happy Gardening,
                              Shirley

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