POM juice

[joemirando]

Maybe hibiscus for color? What storm do you have? Just cold on Chicago

We got us a Nor'easter bearing down on us as I type. Ay'yuh. <grin>

Hmmm... with pom juice, is something for color really necessary? I've got a couple of days to decide on what's going into the jug.

Any/all suggestions welcome.

Joe

 

[McJeff]

McJeff,

How is this one coming along? I'm getting the itch here. Did you go with the pure pomegranate juice or a blend?

I had mentioned it to my father and he's quite eager to go out and buy stuff for it. I've been gifted a bunch of gallon jugs, and have a couple of extra airlocks, soooo.... <grin>

I don't know if I've got any 71b in my yeast cache, but I know I've got K1V. Its my go-to now.

I've been thinking about one of the pom blends, but I'm undecided.

Any/All info appreciated. Hope you're either hunkered down for this storm or out of its way!

Thanks,
Joe

Hey! sorry to get back to you so late. So this is what i did...

10/27 For a 1 gallon batch i used 2.5 lbs of honey and the rest straight POM juice to fill 1 gallon. didnt actually take a gravity but my calculations it should have been about 1.140. I let pectic enzyme sit in it over night and pitched 71B the next morning with 1/2 tsp of nutrients. day two aeration and 1/2 tsp of nutrient. day 3 more aeration and another 1/2 tsp of nutrients.

11/29 Racked

1/4 gravity 1.005, PH 3.99. The pom juice really has a bit to if which i think reflects the in the PH. slight alcohol taste which should age out fine i hope. Color is really unique a brownish/red color. like dried blood.

 

[McJeff]

pics dont really show the true color

 

[joemirando]

pics dont really show the true color

Thanks! It looks AWESOME!
I am looking at keeping the SG lower and still make it an actual melomel/mead (>50% fermentables from honey)

So far, I figure that if I go with 1.4-ish pounds of honey and 2.75 liters of Pom juice (having to add about 3 1/3 cups of water to bring it up to 4 liters), the SG will be around 1.090 and if it finishes dry will end up around 12% ABV. Then I can backsweeten with pom juice and/or honey.

I wouldn't mind 14% ABV or higher, but I'm making this for someone who appreciates a little lower alcohol content.

By the way, since pomegranates are big in the middle east, and since the juice is hellishly expensive, I have decided to call it "Tears of the... Profit". <ducking>

Judging by the taste of your batch, do you think it would suffer from diluting it with water as I mentioned? I'd appreciate even a hunch.

Thanks,
Joe

 

[McJeff]

It's funny you ask that, I was just thinking I would cut this with a bit I blueberry juice.

 

[ddclapp]

I thought I would hi jack this thread as independently I started my own batch with POM Pomegranate juice from Costco.

My recipe:

5 gallons

16 lb Light Wildflower Honey
2.8 Liters POM
5 grams D47 Yeast, re-hydrated as suggested on package.
3 tsp Nutrients
Water to 5 gallons.

S.G. of combined ingredients was pushing 1.130. GotMead Calculator said it should be 1.121.

I want to stop it at semi-sweet so that the sweet will balance with the juice (hopefully).

DC

 

[Kiba]

pics dont really show the true color

Are you kidding? That looks gorgeous already!

 

[Noob]

thats look amazing,
where i live lots of pomegranate plants i can get actual and make fresh juice.
if it taste as it looks i gonna make ton of it

 

[McJeff]

I thought I would hi jack this thread as independently I started my own batch with POM Pomegranate juice from Costco.

My recipe:

5 gallons

16 lb Light Wildflower Honey
2.8 Liters POM
5 grams D47 Yeast, re-hydrated as suggested on package.
3 tsp Nutrients
Water to 5 gallons.

S.G. of combined ingredients was pushing 1.130. GotMead Calculator said it should be 1.121.

I want to stop it at semi-sweet so that the sweet will balance with the juice (hopefully).

DC

If and when I was to do this again I won't do 100% Pom juice and I'll tone the alcohol back a bit from 14 to ~12. Between the bitter of the Pom and the alcohol it just wasn't for me. That being said the two people that like Pom juice and got a bottle loved it. So my plans would be 50/50 water and Pom juice then in the secondary a couple pounds of blue berries for a few weeks.