Unusual Additions.........
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:12 pmHi, All! Our local surplus/discount, dented, etc., food store had a bunch of quart-sized bottles of Langers 100% juice in pomegranate, cranberry, and pomegranate/blueberry. These contain no added ingredients, only the juice reconstituted from concentrate with water. At a buck each, how could I resist? (The cranberry was AWFUL, too bitter for us to drink!).
Knowing these fruits are loaded with stuff that is supposedly very good for us, those flavonoid anti-oxidants, has anyone attempted use of juice like this in home brew? I'm thinking on the order of 2 cups per 5-gallon batch, or maybe more.
Seems like, if nothing else, since oxygen in brew is a no-no, and these things are anti-oxidant, maybe they might help preserve the brew, if nothing else. I think, though, they might contribute some unique flavor (or wind up being used to water the garden!).
Knowing these fruits are loaded with stuff that is supposedly very good for us, those flavonoid anti-oxidants, has anyone attempted use of juice like this in home brew? I'm thinking on the order of 2 cups per 5-gallon batch, or maybe more.
Seems like, if nothing else, since oxygen in brew is a no-no, and these things are anti-oxidant, maybe they might help preserve the brew, if nothing else. I think, though, they might contribute some unique flavor (or wind up being used to water the garden!).