I've Never Seen This Happen

[GerardVineyard]

I am in the process of making a blueberry pomegranate wine and I bought a bottle of 100% pomegranate juice, from concentrate, to top off the carboy when I do taste samples. The bottle gives a use by date of 6/4/12 and has refrigerate after opening printed on it. Well the last time I used it there was a half bottle and I just left it sitting on the rack in my wine making closet which is around 65 degrees in temp. I have not been in the closet since before the holidays and today took a look to see how things were.

The bottle of juice had expanded, a plastic bottle, juice had sprayed out from under the cap and spilled onto the floor and when I opened it, gas was expelled. I took a smell and it had fermented and did not taste too bad either. The juice was pasteurized and only contained water, the pom concentrate and Ascorbic acid ( vitamin C). As I am typing this, the bottle is still off gassing.

As I said, I have never seen this happen to bottled juice.

 

[grapeman]

Not surprising..... When they say refrigerate after opening, it is to keep things like this from happening. At refrigerated temps it would have been too cool to ferment.

 

[jswordy]

Rack to a bottle!

 

[Wade E]

I hope you can fit the Mix-stir degassing wand in there!!!

 

[clifton]

I had a gallon of apple juice explode in my closet one night. I thought someone had broken in and taken a shot at me. It was terrifying.....and very messy.

 

[wvbrewer]

Natural fermentation, I have had this happen to Apple Cider in the fridge too. It is why we treat things with K meta prior to pitch our strain of yeast to kill those natural beasties..

 

[GerardVineyard]

Rack to a bottle!

Already drank it. ::