I've been looking for a "better way" to fruit my meads, and after seeing some commercials/ads, I saw some Cherry Juice Concentrate online. It's expensive (like $15/qt) but in concentrated form - I'm wondering if it would work. 2 qts of concentrate is supposedly equivalent to 45 POUNDS of Cherries...
They say the concentrate is 68 brix (I don't have Beersmith around to do the conversion).
Considering a can of Oregon Puree cherries is something like ~10-15 per can, and I used 2 cans in my cherry mead and it only has a slightly pronounced cherry flavor, any ideas how much of concentrate would be needed to produce the same effect?
I'm thinking it's even better than the puree, because there's no sludge to worry about or pitting of the cherries to do, so it's 100% gain directly into the fermenter with no racking loss from sludge.
Has anyone used anything like this previously? What sort of amounts am I looking at for use in something like a cherry mead? Could I get away with a few ounces of this super concentrate per batch and be able to flavor maybe 2 batches per QT? If so, this is super economical in comparison to the puree...
They say the concentrate is 68 brix (I don't have Beersmith around to do the conversion).
Considering a can of Oregon Puree cherries is something like ~10-15 per can, and I used 2 cans in my cherry mead and it only has a slightly pronounced cherry flavor, any ideas how much of concentrate would be needed to produce the same effect?
I'm thinking it's even better than the puree, because there's no sludge to worry about or pitting of the cherries to do, so it's 100% gain directly into the fermenter with no racking loss from sludge.
Has anyone used anything like this previously? What sort of amounts am I looking at for use in something like a cherry mead? Could I get away with a few ounces of this super concentrate per batch and be able to flavor maybe 2 batches per QT? If so, this is super economical in comparison to the puree...