Strawberries, freshly pressed and frozen. Very tasty.
Ingredients:
Yeast started February 14, 2000 with apple juice concentrate pastuerized with water.
February 17, 2000 - Honey heated with water and strawberry juice to 160 F. Added must chiller, heated to 170 F and kept hot for 15 minutes. Cooled to about 100 F. Poured into carboy. Added water to make 5 gallons. Pitched yeast. Stirred and stored with a blow-off tube.
Blow-off tube changed to bubble-lock after about a week.
April 13, 2000 - Racked.
December 14, 2000 - Boiled corn sugar with a cup of water, cooled and poured into bucket. Racked mead into bucket and stirred briefly. Bottled.
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