Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 12:40:52 -0800 From: Jim Mincey Ingredients: (for ONE gallon batch only multiply as needed) 5 lb Strawberries 3 lb Honey 3/4 tsp Yeast Nutrient 1 tsp Acid Blend 1/4 tsp Irish Moss 6 cups Water 1 pkg red star champaine yeast optional Pectine Enzime (helps to get that red glass like clearness) Boil and skim honey/water mix in pot for 15 mins. Let cool to 160 degrees and add chopped strawberries (1/4" pieces) continue to cool until temp safe to pitch yeast Rack for the first time after the friut has lost most of its color and add a little pectine enzime, about 5 drops works for me, keep racking as sediment builds up on bottom. Should be as clear as glass after about 65 days (from pitching). P.S. Through painstaking research I have found that if a small amount of godiva chocolate liqure is sipped and mixed with a drink of strawberry mead (mine works) it brings a BIG SMILE to the drinkers face, and has caused some wemon to swoon. P.P.S. Some how the line for the strawberries needed was cut off while I writting/sending(?) you this. I've corrected it and resent the original as new mail rether than allow the autorequote to mess this up royaly. Have fun Jim