That is 2 pds of berries per gal. For any berry I would say 3 pds were the
minimum for a light wine but to taste the fruit I usually use 5 pds which is
about the same as Jeff's suggestion. That is for canned, frozen, or fresh.
I use enough sugar to bring SG up to about 1.090.

Ray

"Chris" > wrote in message
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> Yes. This was 6 pounds, and I made up a 3 gallon batch. The fruit was
> canned, so perhaps most of the flavor was already extracted from it.
>
> Thirty-six pounds sounds like a lot of fruit, and I assume that you are
> using fresh fruit instead of canned.
>
> Also, just curious how much sugar you use and what the wine turns out
> tasting like. Dry? Sweet? I'm picturing something akin to alcholic
> strawberry jam.
>
> Chris.
>
> "Jeff & Victoria" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I'm not familiar with the recipe for the vintners harvest kits, they
> > come with six pounds of fruit right?
> > How large of a batch did you make with this, I use at least 6 pounds of
> > strawberries per gallon, used 36 pounds of strawberries for my last
> > batch of 5 gallons.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
>
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