Fruit Juice/Concentrate how much

[hopbrad]

Does anyone have experience with this Guava Juice concentrate?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E4UKMKK/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

I have a Milkshake IPA going, Its on day 2 of fermentation. Planning to add the concentrate in the next few days.
The bottle says it can make up to 1/2 gallon of juice, so wondering if I should dump the whole bottle in or less.

 

[chickypad]

That concentrate appears to have preservatives so that may not be what you want. I'm not too sure how potent guava juice flavor is, but the equivalent of 1/2 gallon might be a lot. To flavor a medium gravity wheat beer I have found that about 5c of watemelon juice (very mild flavor) or the equivalent of 2.5 c of passion fruit juice (very strong, tart) in 5 gals is plenty for my tastes. That is in a mild, lowly hopped beer though.

 

[hopbrad]

That concentrate appears to have preservatives so that may not be what you want. I'm not too sure how potent guava juice flavor is, but the equivalent of 1/2 gallon might be a lot. To flavor a medium gravity wheat beer I have found that about 5c of watemelon juice (very mild flavor) or the equivalent of 2.5 c of passion fruit juice (very strong, tart) in 5 gals is plenty for my tastes. That is in a mild, lowly hopped beer though.

It does have preservatives, which I was nervous about but have read people using it with success as a fruit addition. Just didnt know how much. I still may go a bit lighter. Maybe use half and see what happens.

 

[sfrisby]

You can always add more. You can't take away.

 

[hopbrad]

Figure i'd update. I did about 2/3 of the bottle and got no noticeable guava taste. Next time id put the whole bottle in.