Hey Guys and Gals! A berry melomel. Any mix of strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries works. Makes one gallon.
Ingredients
Step 1
3 lb honey
3 lb mixed berries, fresh or frozen
1 gallon water
Step 2
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1/2 tsp pectic enzyme
1 packet Lalvin 71B-1122 yeast
Directions
1. Freeze, then thaw the berries to break the skins. Mash them in the primary.
2. Warm some of the water, dissolve the honey in it and pour over the fruit with the rest of the water. Add the pectic enzyme. Wait 24 hours.
3. Stir the yeast into a cup of water, let stand 15 minutes until bubbling, and add it with the nutrient.
4. Bubbling should start in 24 to 48 hours. Leave a third of the carboy empty for foam.
5. After 6 to 7 days, when the frothing slows, rack off the fruit to a secondary carboy.
6. Ferment 1 to 2 months or more, then bottle and age.