Making Strawberry Mead with a 16-Month Tasting

Describes the initial process of making 1 gallon of strawberry mead (melomel), and a results tasting 16-months later.
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Ingredients:
3 - 5 pounds Strawberries
3 pounds Raw Honey
10 cups Water
1/2 teaspoon Wine Yeast (I'm using Red Star Premiere Classique)
During the first 3 days give your musk a good stir, and to break up the fruit cap that will form if you are not using straining bags. After 5-7 days Rack into secondary, and continue to rack every 4-6 weeks until clear. Degas, back sweeten, bottle let age for at least 12 months total.
Note: I am not a professional winemaker. I hold no responsibility if the results of your winemaking causes injury or ill health. This is as natural (where possible) winemaking channel. The wines made on this channel do not use sulfites. You may use them and\or yeast nutrients and or energizers if that is how you prefer to make your wine/mead. This channel uses pasteurization.
Next steps in the wine making process:
• Wine Making Process
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[@jodylecompte]

You aren't fooling me, you intentionally broke the cork so you'd have an excuse to drink the whole bottle! 😅

[@DIYFermentation]

Actually no, the broken corks are a pain to deal with. I use vacuum stoppers, to save leftovers.

[@gammaraygaming3306]

You should do a room temp and chilled taste test 🍷

[@samlaine3315]

good idea

[@DIYFermentation]

It all comes down to personal preference.

[@jazzmia123]

I think I’m going to try this next. I’ll be my first time making mead so this should be fun 😊

[@GermanBrew]

Oh the color is really nice. I’m sure the taste is amazing. I also started a strawberry mead a while ago. It’s almost done, I back sweet it last weekend, and it is so delicious. I used a 9% French cider yeast. It brings out the fruit flavor so well. I also added black tea for tanin

[@DIYFermentation]

Thank you for sharing.

[@ajhandsome01]

looks delicious you can't go wrong with strawberries

[@Funpants94]

How do you date your wines/meads? Typically I date when I bottle them, but I have several that are bulk aging (due to laziness) for 6+ months and may end up closer to a year before bottling.

[@DIYFermentation]

Month/Year started

[@zekemanning5617]

Can you do one with strawberries and mangos ? And would they over power each other

[@ryanstarks6400]

Just started my mead making journey. Great informal video im definitely making my first batch with strawberry. Thanks so much for sharing! I just hope I have the patience to wait before enjoying 😉

[@DIYFermentation]

Glad it was helpful!

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[@DIYFermentation]

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[@eddavanleemputten9232]

I couldn’t agree more with your statement that it’s pretty hard to mess up a mead. When I’m underwhelmed by a fruit wine I will often try to make a mead version. I do tend to like a bit of tannin, so I’ll often turn to black tea, wine tannin or oak for that… unless the fruit has a lot of seeds (blackberries, raspberries… etc) as they tend to provide a lot of that. Mmmm… I ‘need’ to start a strawberry mead. Thanks for reminding me. It’s been too long!

[@DIYFermentation]

Thank you for sharing.

[@andersonsprairieviewfarm2552]

Definitely love your move to having the taste tests fallow your making it.

[@DIYFermentation]

Thank you. I surprised it took me so long to figure out a simple way to do it with most of my pre-existing videos.

[@Flailmorpho]

you're so cute and cozy omg

[@shgnamaste7730]

Strawberry mead sounds tasty. 😊

[@DIYFermentation]

It was!

[@cathycollins6304]

What brand is your fermenter?

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[@Krfification101]

Do you think that perhaps you might make it with less strawberries to reduce the acidity and allow the honey to shine through a little further?

[@DIYFermentation]

That's a possibility.

[@justpassinthrough7]

Great job!

[@DIYFermentation]

Thanks!