juvinious
Well-Known Member
So last week on 12/02/03 I finally started up a Strawberry Melomel that I've been wanting to put together. Below is the recipe:
- 12 lbs. Honey
- 4 lbs. Strawberry
- 1 bottle (2 qts) of Welch's Red 100% Grape Juice
- 4 Gallons Water
- Yeast Fuel / Energizer
- Campden tabs
- 1 pkg of Montrachet yeast
OG: approx. 1.100
Heat up the water, you can add the honey to disolve (do not boil) or just straight into your fermenter. Add strawberry to fermenter, I added it in a bag and squished the fruit as much as possible with a mash potato tool makes it easier to pull out later on. Add water, honey (if not already added), yeast energizer/fuel, and grape juice. Add campden and mix well. 24 hours later pitch yeast. Cover loosely or with towel, continue to stir daily for approx. 5 days then rack off the fruit, or in my case remove the bag and then rack into a carboy. Top up to about 5.5 gallons. Gravity should be around 1.030.
You can add additional honey if desired. Then it's wait time. :cross:
Smelled delightful at racking and sample tasted wonderful, can't wait to see how it is a few months down the road. Below are two pics I took while racking off the fruit into the carboy to which I had 3 more lbs. of honey in. I'll update this thread later on to show progress. Enjoy.
- 12 lbs. Honey
- 4 lbs. Strawberry
- 1 bottle (2 qts) of Welch's Red 100% Grape Juice
- 4 Gallons Water
- Yeast Fuel / Energizer
- Campden tabs
- 1 pkg of Montrachet yeast
OG: approx. 1.100
Heat up the water, you can add the honey to disolve (do not boil) or just straight into your fermenter. Add strawberry to fermenter, I added it in a bag and squished the fruit as much as possible with a mash potato tool makes it easier to pull out later on. Add water, honey (if not already added), yeast energizer/fuel, and grape juice. Add campden and mix well. 24 hours later pitch yeast. Cover loosely or with towel, continue to stir daily for approx. 5 days then rack off the fruit, or in my case remove the bag and then rack into a carboy. Top up to about 5.5 gallons. Gravity should be around 1.030.
You can add additional honey if desired. Then it's wait time. :cross:
Smelled delightful at racking and sample tasted wonderful, can't wait to see how it is a few months down the road. Below are two pics I took while racking off the fruit into the carboy to which I had 3 more lbs. of honey in. I'll update this thread later on to show progress. Enjoy.