Ok, so here's where we are at right now. The strawberry syrup 200g idea of which I mixed with 1/4 gallon of cold water about a week ago has worked. It does taste of strawberry tada!! A tiny bit fizzy but there ya go. The problem is that despite every ounce of sugar that this has had thrown at it. (I've now got a reading of 1020. This was an intended small brew. Due to having had to throw more and more sugar and water at it. It has increased the volume of water to what intended to be a short brew to now 5 gallons. So here we go again, yes I know most of you by now what have said you know what? S?DF!"£?!"£!"£ it!
So this morning, I am going to rack, no idea how much sediment that is in there but I am pretty sure there's a hellass load of it. Then gonna rack, add another 1.5 kg and another 100g of strawberry syrup to compensate and then I am gonna call it. Again it tastes weak. I can see this being a long term thang. It will need to age too. But there ya go. I could say, lets use this to make a beer instead. But nah, I have 4 fv's. I am good at this time of year as I am mostly brewing gallon bottles of mead. And then in 4 weeks time I reckon it's done!