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brandonjonesVW · 11-02-2009, 04:46 PM

just racked mine to secondary last night. used pectic enzyme & the leftover "fruit" was crazy looking. a funky looking mass of grey-ish mush inside a bright red-stained nylon bag.

smelled delicious though

took a little sip, pretty hot but yummy.

**Lcasanova** · 11-02-2009, 09:06 PM

I racked mine again from the secondary to clear up some more, got rid of most of the fruit/yeast sludge and it has cleared substantially.

I topped it up with water and gave it a quick smell and it was very pleasant- still smelled like strawberries, I didn't taste it though

brandonjonesVW · 11-17-2009, 10:00 PM

re-racked from secondary, will top up at the next racking before bottling

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/GTIdr_jones/DSC02251.jpg

jkpq45 · 11-18-2009, 01:08 PM

I had to strain the leavin's from primary--no racking that mess! I've racked it again since, it's clearing nicely.

This will be backsweetened. Mine actually turned out a bit more orange than yours, brandonjonesVW. Maybe it was a result of the campden tabs. I may cheat and add some food coloring.

***Yooper*** · 11-18-2009, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by brandonjonesVW

re-racked from secondary, will top up at the next racking before bottling

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/GTIdr_jones/DSC02251.jpg

There's not a ton of headspace, but why not top it up now? I mean, if you're going top up anyway, why wait? I don't understand.

**Lcasanova** · 11-18-2009, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jkpq45

I had to strain the leavin's from primary--no racking that mess! I've racked it again since, it's clearing nicely.

This will be backsweetened. Mine actually turned out a bit more orange than yours, brandonjonesVW. Maybe it was a result of the campden tabs. I may cheat and add some food coloring.

I think his will turn that orange color once it starts to clear a little more. Since I've racked mine its gotten clearer and there is still a slight, let's call it dusting, at the bottom. I think I'll bottle it at the end of this month and age it for 6+ months, but since I have all these frozen strawberries I'll make another batch.

Nice work fellas!

brandonjonesVW · 11-18-2009, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YooperBrew

There's not a ton of headspace, but why not top it up now? I mean, if you're going top up anyway, why wait? I don't understand.

no real reason, just out of convenience. gotta get some more CO2 cartriges to purge the carboy at the next racking, i'll just top it up then.

jkpq45: i was surprised how red mine is. there was no red left in my strawberries after i took them out of primary, they turned to grey mush (from the pectic enzyme i assume).

i added ~4oz of clover honey for poo's & giggles, but it ate that up in just a few days & the picture shows the clarity pretty well. there's maybe 1/8" sediment in the bottom @ the moment.

pic shining flashlight through:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/GTIdr_jones/DSC02253.jpg

brandonjonesVW · 11-28-2009, 08:20 PM

going to rack again in a couple days & bottle about a week later. it's extremely clear, very deep red in color. can't wait to try it

**Lcasanova** · 11-28-2009, 11:08 PM

I haven't bottled mine, it's still throwing off some sediment. I think I will rack it into another carboy with some potassium sorbate though and degas next week. Hopefully I'll get around to bottling it in two or so weeks.

Nice red color

brandonjonesVW · 12-03-2009, 05:17 PM

racked for the 3rd time last night. Clarity is amazing. Added sorbate & campden. Will bottle next week sometime.

SWBMO & I tried a little I left in the siphon tubing. Absolutely amazing! Just barely hot with a great hit of strawberry & a fantastic mouthfeel.

Will most likely put a 1 Liter & 750ml bottle aside to age, 12oz bottle the rest with O2 caps.