Tom,
I know what you're going through. I'm trying to control my % alcohol as
well. Can I ask, how much sugar did you add per gallon? And are the
strawberries fresh or frozen? I can compare what you're doing to my recipe
and we can see what we come up with -- how does that sound?
Darlene
G-town, Wisconsin
USA

"Tom" > wrote in message
...
> Two years in a row I am ending up with a strawberry wine with a wonderful
> aroma, taste and color but at a whopping 14%+ alcohol, way to hot for a
> country wine. Still not sure what I'm going to do with'em. Thinking
about
> blending with some of my reisling from 2003? My wife likes that idea!
>
> Anyway, I find pulp laden fruit very difficult to get decent SG readings,
> and despite reducing the sugar the second year it was still "hot". I
don't
> do many non grape wines so any suggestions to speed up the curve would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>