Dar,

When I get a chance in the next day or two I'll pull my notes and get back
with the data. Thanks a lot for the offer I'm curious as well. For starts
though I can tell you fresh berries. Can't remember which recipe off hand,
got it from Jacks site. But I have it.

Tom
"Dar V" > wrote in message
...
> 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
> >
> >
>
>