Pomegranate Beer Recipe Help

[NinjaMedic]

Hey folks, my buddy's fiance wants a pomegranate beer, I've never done a fruity beer before so I'm looking for a little help with this recipe. I was thinking a lighter ale or lager and adding pomegranate juice into the fermenter with the wort. Thoughts and suggestions? I am still extract/partial mash only, haven't gone all grain yet.

 

[Zekk]

When I made my pomegranate ale I did a cream ale and added pomegranate extract after primary fermentation finished. Came out great, and the beer turned pink. Second time I made it I used juice and too much of it, gave it a wine taste. Just remember a little will go a long way with the extract.

 

[NinjaMedic]

When I made my pomegranate ale I did a cream ale and added pomegranate extract after primary fermentation finished. Came out great, and the beer turned pink. Second time I made it I used juice and too much of it, gave it a wine taste. Just remember a little will go a long way with the extract.

I'm going to juice the pomegranates and add that and the seeds (the sweetest part I'm told) to the secondary I think. Thanks for the advice, may I ask how much juice you used that was too much?

 

[myerstyson]

Any thought on if I just soaked some pomegranate seeds in vodka for a few weeks, then add at bottling? Does anyone think that'll work?

 

[zmanzorro]

I'm not sure if this is true for pomegranates, but most other fruits, the seeds can leave weird flavors behind, especially with stone fruit.

 

[JimRausch]

I primed an Irish Red last year with a 4oz. bottle of POM. Nicely carbonated, beautiful color, but there was a weird bitter off-flavor. I wound up tossing most of the bottles after 6-8 months. Remember that fruit sugars are 100% fermentable and what you're left with is whatever the fruit tastes like without sugar. Hopefully it would be better added earlier in the process.

 

[NinjaMedic]

I ended up going with pom extract since we couldn't find any pomegranates, used 1 dram of extract into the secondary. I'll let you know how it turns out.