Fresh Red VS. Bottle White Grapefruit - Tiki Drinks and Food

M mikehooker Grand Member (3 years) Austin Joined: Jul 17, 2014 Posts: 1211	M mikehooker Posted posted on Fri, Jan 16, 2015 12:16 PM On 2015-01-13 08:06, Chip and Andy wrote: Buy quality bottled product. Read the ingredients, the labels says 100% juice but that doesn't always mean it is 100% of that particular juice. Some lesser brands add apple or grape to the mix to keep sweetness up and costs down. C&A: Here's the label from the bottle I was using that I went ahead and tossed. It's all grapefruit juice but something went wrong when it went to concentrate. It's just really really bitter and, frankly, tastes disgusting to me. This week I've made a Navy Grog and a Steve Crane Jet Pilot using fresh grapefruit and they were both so much more balanced and better tasting than my previous attempts with that bottled juice. I found in the cold section of Trader Joe's a 100% Florida Grapefruit Juice that is pasteurized and not from concentrate with a very short shelf life. I shall continue the experiments to see how it compares to fresh squeezed. Pat: Thanks for the recipe. For my next two Navy Grogs I think I'm going to try just adding 1/4 oz St Elizabeth to the Don recipe and then doing the TV recipe and then start exploring with different rums and variations from there. I see many Navy Grogs in my future.

On 2015-01-13 08:06, Chip and Andy wrote:

Buy quality bottled product. Read the ingredients, the labels says 100% juice but that doesn't always mean it is 100% of that particular juice. Some lesser brands add apple or grape to the mix to keep sweetness up and costs down.

C&A: Here's the label from the bottle I was using that I went ahead and tossed.

It's all grapefruit juice but something went wrong when it went to concentrate. It's just really really bitter and, frankly, tastes disgusting to me. This week I've made a Navy Grog and a Steve Crane Jet Pilot using fresh grapefruit and they were both so much more balanced and better tasting than my previous attempts with that bottled juice.

I found in the cold section of Trader Joe's a 100% Florida Grapefruit Juice that is pasteurized and not from concentrate with a very short shelf life. I shall continue the experiments to see how it compares to fresh squeezed.

Pat: Thanks for the recipe. For my next two Navy Grogs I think I'm going to try just adding 1/4 oz St Elizabeth to the Don recipe and then doing the TV recipe and then start exploring with different rums and variations from there. I see many Navy Grogs in my future.

Post #735363 by mikehooker on Fri, Jan 16, 2015 12:16 PM