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Simple Strawberry Mead Recipe (with bonus lemon recipe)!

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Have you ever wanted to make a strawberry mead? Well it's time to try it! Today we're talking about a simple strawberry mead recipe you can make at home. This mead is super easy and super crushable. I highly suggest you try it and if you do, let me know what you think. Also, if you've already made a strawberry mead before, comment your recipe below so we can all learn from one another!

Strawberry Mead Recipe:

2 lbs of strawberries
1 tsp of Pectic Enzyme
2 lbs of Honey
Water up to 1.2 Gallons
2 Grams of Lalvin K1-V1116
4 Grams of Fermaid O
-- Stabilized or Pasteurized --
3/4 - 1 lb of back sweetening honey
Citric acid to taste

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20 Comments

@NewMateo 1 year ago

Just made a strawberry cheesecake mead and it's hard to get that red strawberry color without using like 10+ Lb of berries. You can get around this by just throwing in hibiscus leaves for 24 hours for a color extraction and it comes out a nice ruby red with no flavor impact.

@ValhallenSoul 1 year ago

My first ever mead was a Strawberry Mead. I had no idea what I was doing but it ended up being super good. The way I did it was similar to this. Now I need to make another one

@toddcorey3190 1 year ago

Commented a few days ago about the yeast, I just went ahead and ordered everything off your list….lol. Buy in bulk, I have a bunch of friends that are looking forward to me making this one

@zackcrack6534 1 year ago

I get free Strawberry Juice/Syrup from a ice cream plant. The strawberries come in 5 gallon buckets of a sugary syrup they blend the strain the strawberries and give me the buckets full. I want to find the best recipe for this stuff because i can get so much. If i want to multiply this recipe would you change anything? The Strawberry goop i get is at 17% on the hydometer.

@franksfamily6541 1 year ago

I've learned so Much from your channel in the last few month, Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Your video production is really great! Continue the good work!

@toddcorey3190 1 year ago

This is definitely on my to do list, but as a newbie I always have to do custom orders on Amazon for things like the lalvin, fermaid o and pectic acid….lol. Finally ordered more carboys to have a few going at the same time. Just finished a batch of straight honey mead and starting acerglyn tomorrow. Question though. Why can’t I use the same 71b yeast in everything?

@karlfranson05 1 year ago

Could I add the strawberries and lemon in secondary? Or what do you think about going 50/50, such as adding half the strawberries in primary, and the other half in secondary?

@Helliconia54 1 year ago

I lucked out with fermenting strawberries . Not taking the chance of wasting honey again,so i'll add fruit in secondary. Question. Did you add tannin?

@darcelwells6460 3 months ago

Good morning. Can you use this recipe for blackberry mead?

@Aerynvala 1 year ago

I've recently made a strawberry mead too, fermented on the strawberries and it turned out lovely.

@corymorris6336 1 year ago

Gotta say man I went head over heals for mead making and a lot of the success I've had so far is thanks to you i recently recreated your blueberry cinnamon mead and its amazing i also started a strawberry mead loosely based off your strawberry vanilla you did with no carb and higher abv round 11% last week before this got uploaded lol. I really aim to start a meadery in the upcoming years now I'm based out of Holmes county ohio amish country so honey and fruit is plentiful around me even sold at local auctions lol well if you took the time to read this thanks for the help!!

@evilday1218 1 year ago

I made a cranberry wine last month, and it turned out beautiful. One gallon of cranberry juice, sugar to my alcohol preference and yeast, and of course some yeast nutrients. It cleared on its own and is already delicious.

@DarkVillainBe 1 year ago

Gonna make my 3rd mead soon. Was planning in doing a Apple / Cherry mead but for some reason i cant find cherries at this time of the year! Guess this can be a potential next brew! I like your channel!!

@riukrobu 1 year ago

Such a fine recipe.

@davescearce799 1 year ago (edited)

I simply love the flavor of strawberry mead/wine, it is my favorite bar none. I always do it with the fruit in primary, and with either no water or 50% white grape juice. I only got the plastic flavor once, and that was the one time I did not use K1V-1116. Also, I prefer it dry, but to each their own. Thanks for the video.

@vintage1994 1 year ago

My strawberry mead recipe is fairly similar, but I like higher proof ABV, so my OG is at least 1.126. K1-V1116 loves the nutritients in strawberries because it always ferments dry within a week!

@luke.eyrich 7 months ago (edited)

I thought BC was allergic to strawberries?

@DryHopped 1 year ago

This recipe is simple and easy to follow, great job 👍🏻
Would you or have you ever tried making a Lactomel? I’d be curious about the process and I can’t find any videos on it either

@Deathlikesensation 9 months ago (edited)

Am I missing something with this? A 1.2 Gallon batch of mead must with 2 pounds of strawberry and 2 pounds of honey, when doing the math, yields a gravity of 1.065871 which is 8.65% ABV, not anywhere close to 12%. When I did my 1.4 gallon batch I calculated that I needed 3.5 pounds of honey for my desired 13% ABV
One HUGE fallacy in mead making is that using honey increases buoyancy of your liquid. If using a hydrometer, it will always read higher when using honey, than when using granulated sugar or cane sugar even if the sugar content is identical.