4 Gallon batch
2/20/26
8 lbs Frozen strawberries from Walmart (2 4lb bags)
Thawed with Pectic Enzyme (1 TBlsp) berries in 2 buckets and mashed
2/21/26
I’m doing this in 2 buckets so it’s 1 recipe for both. Each bucket gets the same recipe.
4 lbs honey
2 gallons water
Strawberries
1 Tsp Fermaid-O
Mangrove Jacks Yeast (1/2 packet for each bucket)
Stirred all ingredients and mixed well.
S.G. = 1.082 ~ 10%ABV
2/23/26
1 tsp Fermaid-O (1 in each bucket)
3/23/26 Racked into 1 gallon carboys (3) and stabilized
5/17/26
Back sweetened each gallon to 1.030 and added 2 Tblsp strawberry flavoring before bottling.
Yielded a whole case +3 extra bottles.