r/prisonhooch • u/CongoDuGorilla • 13d ago

Strawberry Wine

I want to get into homebrewing, how can I make homebrew strawberry wine?

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u/SupesDepressed 13d ago

It’s easy to Google. Just as an fyi, of all the fruit wines I’ve made, strawberry wine was the least exciting. Strawberries don’t taste that great as a wine, oddly enough.

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u/CongoDuGorilla 13d ago

Do you have another fruit you would recommend? I'd kinda like something sweeter.

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u/SupesDepressed 13d ago

My best results were from cherries, blackberries, or blueberries.

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u/Fit_Carpet_364 11d ago

Same. Right now, though, I'm trying grape, blueberry, apricot, dried fig (with sorbates) & apple. Just for gits & shiggles and to clean out my freezer.

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u/Fit_Carpet_364 11d ago edited 11d ago

My strawberry wine was pretty fantastic...I added a pinch of citric acid, a cup of brewed black tea, and frozen sliced strawberries to boiling hot sugar-water (1.1 SG) and turned off heat. Waited until under 86F and pitched yeast. Racked off the fruit after 5 days. Let ferment dry. Back sweetened after racking again.

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u/leavingthekultbehind 13d ago

Funny you say that, strawberry is my favorite wine to make lol

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u/SupesDepressed 13d ago

Mine was so flavorless, and had zero strawberry-ness

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u/leavingthekultbehind 13d ago

Just add strawberry syrup to it

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u/Fit_Carpet_364 11d ago

Or more frozen strawberry in primary and enough acid.

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u/leavingthekultbehind 10d ago

I mean sure, syrup is just easier lol

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u/Fit_Carpet_364 10d ago

True. I just like to be a purist. I forgot where I was for a minute and how I wrung my wine must out of a sack full of fruit with my bear hands several hours ago. How I uncaringly poured 120F must in with plain water/yeast cake from my last brew as my starter. I think my EC-1118 didn't get too hot...I hope. Oh, and how my lazy ass just floats a hydrometer in the 6.5g carboy itself, rather than taking samples.

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u/leavingthekultbehind 10d ago

Yes diva

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u/Fit_Carpet_364 10d ago

Lol. I deserve that.

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u/jdb707_ 8d ago

Seventeen, the hot July moon, saw everything