Strawberry wine

[notthemama]

My ever bearing berries have been producing for over a month in the greenhouse.
I've eaten as much as I can and given plenty away. The rest I've been freezing. Probably couple hundred quarts in the spare freezer.
I've made from fresh in the past. It was so good.
Pure strawberry, no cheap pear or other juice to stretch it.
For those with a wine making background a question. It should be OK to make from fruit that was frozen?

 

[Butler1000]

I'm pretty sure as long as they were frozen in a way that they haven't dehydrated and the juice can be properly thawed out and taken from them you should be OK.

Personally I would suggest going with an ongoing wine making operation as opposed to seasonal if they are coming in year round.

You could also lperhaps look into selling the excess to a local ice cream operation.

 

[jackson11]

so long as they are not freezer burnt I would think they would be OK. If they taste OK after you dethaw them I would use them. The alcohol comes from the yeast fermenting the sugars in the berries so you may want go to a wine making shop like Wine Kits (there is one on Kennedy Rd between Lawrence and Ellesmere) and get some brewers sugar, proper brewers yeast. they also have different flavours etc you can add that help "age" the wine. Cost is relatively cheap.
I would also recommend what Butler suggests. Instead of freezing piles and piles of berries pick them in batches so you don't have to freeze them and make it on going. On going you can refine what you are doing and learn from past batches instead of making a possible mistake on a huge batch of berries. And it keeps the berries "fresh".