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Mine is bursting with strawberry flavor. How did you prep the strawberries? Did you use pectic enzyme?

I started mine October 25th. For as young as it is, I have no problem drinking this. You shouldn't need to sweeten, I think it has just the right amount without being overly-sweet. :mug:

Bottled mine last night into 2 750ml bottles, 3 12oz bottles and 1 quart jar. SWBMO & I killed the quart jar last night. Amazing flavor, not overly sweet with a smooth warming sensation after a few glasses. :tank: Definitely going to make a 5 gallon batch of this. The color is...

How long does this normally take to clear before bottling? I made a 5 gal batch on November 15th & it's still very murky. It nearly had a blowout from the giant krausen, but it's all gone now. :confused: what I used: 1/2 lb caramel 60L 1 lb amber DME 1 lb light DME 1/2oz Saaz @ 3.4%AA...

I've made two 5 gal batches according to Ed's recipe. The first was just 5 gallons Mott's apple juice & it turned out pretty good. I got more color & apple flavor from 2 gallons Mott's apple juice with 3 gallons Musselman's apple cider. :mug:

All the dry recipes I found call for 3 lbs of sugar & a high alcohol tolerant yeast. I made a mistake by not taking an OG reading, but the EC-1118 should ferment this to dryness. The "tea" I made from the dandelions, orange peel & lemon peel smelled pretty darn good. I'm sure it could be...

I do know that the green parts from the dandelion are extremely bitter, especially this late in the year. Taking account for the volume of petals versus a few green bits that might have been missed, as well as the length of aging, I would say that the bittering effect will be next to nil...

Lot's of bubbling with this one! Smells amazing. :mug: Good deal of sediment allready too. It's churning a good deal around in the murky depths.

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. :ban: Will most likely...

Yes, I basically peeled the fruits, removing all of the pith manually with a knife. Like I said, I took my time. It was most likely unnecessary to take it that far, but I wanted as much of the citrus to extract as possible in the boil. Sniffs from the airlock provide a nice hit of citrus...

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 :mug:

I forgot to mention that I added some 1/4 tsp yeast nutrient before I pitched the yeast. After 3 days in the primary bucket, I pulled the muslin bag out with all the petals, fruit & zest. Squeezed the remaining liquid from the bag & then strained all the liquid into the 1 gallon carboy on...

I've still got a ton in my yard & I'm in Middle TN above Nashville. After stirring twice daily for 2 days, I got everything together. The orange blossom honey I got is pretty dark. As I only had 44oz of orange blossom honey, I added 4oz of clover honey. Took my time & got every...

I picked a few of the green bits out after taking the pictures last night. There were only 4 or 5 that I had missed. Picking that many dandelion petals is a test in patience & requires nimble fingers. :mug:

here's my ghetto-fabulous free fermenter. #2 HDPE 5 quart ice cream buckets I use at work. Exactly 1/2 lb. dandelion petals. Kept them in the freezer until I had enough. Boiled 1/2 gallon water with 1/2 Campden tablet in my stock pot. Poured over dandelion petals, let cool and...

The golden raisins I use are Sunmaid brand & have been sulfited (the box says to preserve color). I soak them for ~1/2 hour & then rinse them 3 or 4 times, until the water is no longer grey-ish & cloudy. Never really thought about the natural yeast on raisins, but I would assume that they...

I'll rack whenever the fruit drops. It's still bubbling slowly @ 67 degrees, maybe a burp from the airlock every minute or two. The CO2 keep the raisins floating up top. No real reason, as far as I know, to worry about them. The blanket of CO2 & increasing alcohol content prevent anything...

I actually did add another pack of Montrachet, forgot to put that in my previous post. Though, as cloudy as it still was, I would have probably gotten by without re-pitching. Better safe than sorry, I guess. :drunk:

Out of my two 5 gal batches I made in 2007, the best flavor was from the one I used 3 gallons Musselman's Cider with 2 gallons Mott's juice, 2lbs corn sugar & Montrachet yeast. Made another 5 gallons with that combination 09/19/09. It stopped bubbling just shy of 4 weeks in & decided to...

I'm hoping for a good balance of the citrus & dandelion. The orange blossom honey tastes amazing on it's own. Will bulk age this for at least a year. Should be putting this all together either this weekend or early next week. :drunk: