hey every one i am spencer pearson. and i have made mead before. and i was wondering if any one has used frozen strawberry's instead of fresh ones. and if so how well did it turn out.
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using frozen strawberrys
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Weclome!
Lots of people here use frozen fruit rather than fresh (myself included)- just check that it isn't all frozen into a block (means it's thawed and refrozen and may have some freezer burn) and it's all good.
Unless the fresh fruit you can get is very high quality frozen is actually almost always better stuff, picked at the right time and frozen soon - fresh ones are meant to survive shipping and sitting on shelves, are often damaged/starting to go bad, or bland frankly.
Some people even take their high quality fresh fruit for mead making and freeze it first, to help break the fruit down further.
Lots of people here use frozen fruit rather than fresh (myself included)- just check that it isn't all frozen into a block (means it's thawed and refrozen and may have some freezer burn) and it's all good.
Unless the fresh fruit you can get is very high quality frozen is actually almost always better stuff, picked at the right time and frozen soon - fresh ones are meant to survive shipping and sitting on shelves, are often damaged/starting to go bad, or bland frankly.
Some people even take their high quality fresh fruit for mead making and freeze it first, to help break the fruit down further.
Welcome Spencer, in most cases frozen > fresh imo because frozen fruit is frozen at the peak of flavor whereas fresh is picked before it's ripe expecting it to ripen on the way to the market.
Farmers markets are often an exception but fruit can be damaged in transit or by handling at farmers markets. I sometimes buy fruit at a local farmers market and take it home and chop it up and store it in the freezer for safe keeping until I'm ready to use it.
One caution about using frozen fruit, thaw it out and leave some headspace for the fruit to swell. Don't add fruit and top up right away, you'll be cleaning your airlock for a week...don't ask me how I know I just know
Farmers markets are often an exception but fruit can be damaged in transit or by handling at farmers markets. I sometimes buy fruit at a local farmers market and take it home and chop it up and store it in the freezer for safe keeping until I'm ready to use it.
One caution about using frozen fruit, thaw it out and leave some headspace for the fruit to swell. Don't add fruit and top up right away, you'll be cleaning your airlock for a week...don't ask me how I know I just know
I often freeze fruit until I have time to deal with it, unfortunately this often results in a full freezer. ;D
But there's definitely nothing wrong with using frozen fruit, the biggest problem I have is that frozen ziploc baggies I often use are easily perforated and it's hard to see where until they start leaking as they thaw, so I've started ripping the baggies off and letting the fruit thaw in an airlocked bucket so I don't lose any juice.
