Strawberry Moonshine Recipe
Boost your immune system while stumbling down the path of delightful inebriation with our homemade Strawberry Moonshine Recipe! We’ve managed to fuse the wholesome goodness of strawberries with the rebellious spirit of moonshine, a match so good they wrote a song about it. A harmonious transition from farm to cup, we’ll guide you through the homebrewing process. Cheers to sipping your way into a world where antioxidants and hooch coexist!
Homemade Strawberry Moonshine
Our homemade Strawberry Moonshine is not just a beverage; it’s practically a shortcut to immortality. Forget the fountain of youth; we’ve got strawberries – the secret weapon against aging. Your liver will be so dazzled by the antioxidants; it might just throw a party in your honor. If you’re curious about how to grow your own immortal berries, or simply want to immerse yourself in the divine world of strawberry wisdom, check out this guide to growing, harvesting, and concocting strawberry recipes that will make your friends berry envious. Remember, strawberry moonshine is not just a drink; it’s a lifestyle.
Harvesting Fresh Strawberries
Harvesting fresh strawberries can be extended with new varieties. If you need a few weeks to accumulate more strawberries, you can store strawberries in the freezer (homegrown strawberries have a very short shelf life). June-bearing strawberries (the traditional variety) will produce a crop ready for harvest from May through June. Everbearing strawberries will produce a main crop in June, then a later crop in early fall, and a small amount of fruit in between. Day-neutral strawberries will produce a crop from July through October. You can read more about growing strawberries in this article.
Strawberry Moonshine Ingredients:
- Strawberries: Mother Nature took a break from her usual gig of creating sunsets and gentle breezes, to create the perfect bite-sized burst of joy, wrapped in a vibrant red package.
- Honey: the nectar of bees and the elixir of eternal optimism. Who needs regular sugar when you can sweeten your life with the golden dreams of a thousand buzzing insects?
- Raisins: the unsung heroes of our moonshine opera. These wrinkled wonders play the role of boozy accomplices, adding a touch of sophistication to our rebellious elixir. It’s like giving your moonshine a tiny tuxedo; raisins are the James Bond of the fruit world.
- Water: Hydration is key, even in the midst of a fruit-infused rebellion. It’s the secret ingredient that keeps our moonshine from turning into an accidental potion worthy of a Hogwarts mishap.
Equipment for Making Strawberry Mead
There is no need to purchase expensive wine making kits for making strawberry moonshine, when all you need is a few pieces of equipment: (This list includes Amazon affiliate links.)
- 1 gallon primary fermenter with an airlock lid or 5-gallon primary fermenter with an airlock lid (for your fermentation vessel)
- 1 gallon carboy or 5 gallon carboy (for secondary fermentation)
- Siphon
- Flip top bottles (not needed until after 5-6 weeks of fermenting)
How to Make Strawberry Moonshine
This recipe defaults to make 1 gallon of strawberry moonshine. You can click the 5x for the 5 gallon strawberry wine recipe. Make sure to use fresh strawberries from the garden! Store-bought fruit has preservatives, which will prevent the spirits from fermenting.
Strawberry Moonshine
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1½ pounds strawberries (about 3-4 cups)
- 1½ pounds honey (about 2 cups)
- ½ pound raisins (about 1½ cups)
- 1 gallon water (divided)
Instructions
- Clean and sanitize everything before starting.
- Heat ½ gallon of water over low heat. When it starts to steam, but before it boils, turn off the heat and add the honey. Stir until the honey dissolves into the water. Let cool.1 gallon water, 1½ pounds honey
- Add strawberries and raisins into the 1 gallon carboy.1½ pounds strawberries, ½ pound raisins
- After diluted honey has cooled to less than 90°F, pour into carboy.1½ pounds honey, 1 gallon water
- Top the carboy off with cold water, making sure to leave at least 2 inches of headspace. Shake gently.1 gallon water
- Airlock the carboy (make sure to add water to the airlock), and store in a cool and dark place. It should start bubbling within 12-24 hours.
- After 4-6 weeks, the bubbles should stop, and the siphon can be used to bottle the moonshine. Bottle into flip top bottles (that are clean and sanitized), being careful to not siphon any sediment. Let the bottled moonshine age for at least 2 months.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Optional Strawberry Wine Ingredients
- Adding yeast to the recipe can jump-start the fermentation process, yielding homemade moonshine in fewer months. If you are using home-grown strawberries (not store-bought), adding yeast is unnecessary because of the natural yeast found on the surface of the strawberry. Store-bought berries are loaded with preservatives and chemicals that prevent the fermentation process, giving the berries a longer shelf-life. Adding yeast will be necessary when using store-bought berries.
- Raisins will add body to the strawberry wine, meaning that they increase the viscosity of the strawberry brandy. This also allows the flavors to linger in the mouth longer, and also gives off a slight caramel taste. Adding raisins may also increase the sweetness of the drink (great for dessert alcohol).
- Pectin can also be added to thicken the strawberry schnapps. Strawberries (even homegrown) do not contain a lot of natural pectin, and can be added to thicken the moonshine if desired.
- Tannin can be added to increase the bitterness and dryness taste of the moonshine or wine. A natural source of tannin includes green oak leaves and grape leaves.
- Lemon zest can be added for a strawberry lemonade moonshine flavor.
- Rhubarb can be added for a delicious strawberry rhubarb moonshine. (This isn’t your mother’s strawberry rhubarb!)
- Strawberry Cream: Make a strawberry wine ice cream float, or add your favorite cream liqueur for a strawberries and cream moonshine experience. (Move over Ole Smoky!)
Other Strawberry Recipes:
If you have a garden full of strawberries, try our Homemade Strawberry Wine Recipe, Strawberry Cookies Recipe, Strawberry Muffins Recipe, or our Easy Strawberry Jam Recipe!
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Great recipe!
I’ll be starting a strawberry patch!