Strawberry Mead. 10.5% ABV

Strawberries from my garden and honey from my bees. Starting gravity 1.084 Finishing gravity 0.999 - 0.998 Final ABV (alcohol by volume) 10.5% Ingredients: 4 pounds of strawberries (washed and stems/leaves removed) 1 gallon or 4 litres of water (I used distilled, any water you would drink is fine) 2.5 pounds honey (I used raw organic wildflower honey) 2.5 grams Lalvin RC-212 1/2 tsp Pectic Enzyme 1/4 tsp Citric Acid 1/8 tsp Wine Tannin *Yeast Nutrient (I recommend nutrient for store bought honey. I did not use any nutrient in this recipe) Equipment: Bucket or pail for sanitizer solution. (I use Star-San as a sanitizer) 2 gallon primary fermenting pail. (A stoneware crock also works great) 1 gallon glass carboy. Airlock and bung to fit carboy. Hydrometer and cylinder. Wine thief. (I use a food grade stainless steel turkey baster) Food grade syphon tubing. (I use an auto-syphon) Brew Bag. (I used a 12 x 14 inch Nut Milk Bag) Thank-you my friends! Please subscribe for more natural beekeeping and tasty mead!