Strawberry Mead

I've made a few simple meads before and had some decent results with a modified version of JOAM, so I figured I would give it a shot with putting together something just as easy myself. This is something I wanted to try to make to make the swmbo happy.

Here's what I did:

1 Gal batch
3 lbs Desert Mosquite Honey
1 lbs Strawberries
pectic enzyme (per the directions of the manufacturer)
yeast nutrient (per the directions of the manufacturer)
US05 yeast as that was what I had on hand and I used it for JOAM with good results.

Ive had the itch to brew something for a while and havent had the time to brew beer. Tell me what you think and if there are any improvements I could do in the future to improve it.

 

Fermented strawberry is a bit weird.

I'm thinking you'll need to let it finish, stabilise it, then back sweeten it and then rack it onto another 3lb of fruit and let it steep for a month or two.....

 

I'm starting a strawberry mead tonight. I don't plan on doing anything with strawberries until backsweetening. I'm going to make a traditional batch of mead (With red currant jam + pectic enzyme added). Then I'm going to add strawberry juice to back-sweeten it.

I agree with FB here, you're going to need a lot more strawberries to get any flavor out of it.

 

I agree with FB fermented strawberry is weird! I did a batch of strawberry mead and it tasted like the seeds in a really bad way. I used upwards of 8lbs in a 3 gallon batch. A blend of gasoline and strawberry seeds

I've had very good luck with blueberry mead if your lady is into those!

 

Just wait till this ages. It will be wonderful. Unfortunately, that's at least a year of aging, if not a year and a half.

Matrix

 

I was going to do a blueberry mead but when I went to the store all the blueberrys looked like crap so I picked up the straw berries instead. I'm gonna swing by the farmers market this weekend to see if there is any good local organic honey and try a blueberry mead.