25.5 Flavor recipes

For the flavoring / second fermentation, these are some recipes that I’ve tried and liked. As I mentioned, I usually use 1.5 oz of “pure” fruit juice. But I have used real fruit at times. A word of caution: Every time I have used real fruit, the bottles have gotten far more carbonated. So if you do that, it might be wise to burp the bottles to keep tabs on the carbonation.

That said, here are some recipes I’ve tried:

• Plain: 1/2 teaspoon of sugar
• Cranberry: 1.5 oz cranberry juice
• Cherry: 1.5 oz tart cherry juice
• Pomegranate: 1.5 oz pomegranate juice
• Pineapple Lime: 0.75 oz pineapple juice, 0.75 oz lime juice
• Pineapple Ginger: 0.75 oz pineapple juice (I think, may have been 1 oz), and enough fresh ginger (chop or slice it) to cover the bottom of the bottle.
• Pineapple cherry: 0.75 oz pineapple juice, 0.75 oz tart cherry juice
• Mango: 1.5 oz mango juice
• Mango Cherry: 0.75 oz mango juice, 0.75 oz tart cherry juice
• Cherry Grapefruit: 0.75 oz grapefruit juice, 0.75 oz tart cherry juice
• Grapefruit Lime: 1/3 oz lime juice, and enough grapefruit juice to take the total up to 1.5 oz.