Pomegranate Wine... success?

[Effington]

I am inspired to make a pomegranate wine; I'd like to do a 3 gallon batch with juice or fresh fruit. People have posted some basic recipes and info on making pom wine, but I have yet to hear of any success stories with complete recipes.

So I was wondering if anyone has made a successful batch of pom wine and if they have a recipe I can reference to come up with something of my own.

I'd be happy to post info I find here. It seems pomegranate's are in season now, so it would be great to come up with a fresh fruit or fruit + juice batch.

 

[Effington]

Here are 3 recipes I found online (without steps for simplicity sake):

1. Wine Recipe

# 10-15 ripe pomegranates
# 1/2 lb. barley
# 3 lb. granulated sugar
# 1 lemon, juiced
# 1 gallon water
# wine yeast and nutrient

2. Wine Recipe

# 10 pomegranates
# 1/2 lb barley
# 2 1/4 lb sugar
# 2 tsp citric acid
# 1 gallon water
# yeast and nutrient

3. Wine Recipe

# 6 pomegranates
# 1 pound of raisins
# 4 cups of granulated sugar
# 2 teaspoons of acid blend
# 1 teaspoon of pectic enzyme
# 1 teaspoon of yeast nutrient
# 1 campden tablet
# 1 package of wine yeast
# 12 cups water

The recipes with barley call for boiling it in the water for 5 minutes before straining and adding to the carboy. Another recipe says to simmer flaked barley for 6 hours before adding to the carboy. What I haven't found is much justification for doing this, but I suppose it would give it some body and toasty undertones.

 

[david_42]

Well, if it's just barley, it's there for body. Boiled barley makes for nice slimy soup.

 

[Effington]

Mmm, slimy soup.

Seems like it couldn't hurt... some recipes also suggest adding grape juice.

 

[Brew-boy]

I made Joe's grape mead and then I did another batch with pomegranate juice. I am about to rack it to secondary so I am not sure how it will come out.

 

[Effington]

I made Joe's grape mead and then I did another batch with pomegranate juice. I am about to rack it to secondary so I am not sure how it will come out.

Let me know how it goes; do you have the recipe?

 

[jgln]

I did an all pom wine, just yeast and although it is drinkable far from a fine wine. It is too, well I guess sour on its own is the right description?

 

[Lcasanova]

I made Apfelwein substituting 1 gallon of Apple Juice with 1 gallon of Pomegranate/Blueberry Juice. It's drinkable but VERY tart. I probably should have sweetened it up a little to take off some of the bite but I didn't know how tart it was going to be beforehand.

Just my 2 cents, but good luck!

 

[Brew-boy]

Let me know how it goes; do you have the recipe?

Here is the link I just replace one juice for another and only used wildflower honey.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f80/joes-quick-grape-mead-57190/