Acid Adjusted Pineapple Juice

What is Acid Adjusted Pineapple Juice? Acid adjusted pineapple juice is fresh pineapple juice with citric and malic acid added to boost its acidity, giving it more backbone and structure than pineapple juice has on its own. Fresh pineapple varies a lot in sweetness and acidity depending on ripeness and variety, so this technique makes the juice consistent batch to batch, and lets it stand in for a proper sour component in a cocktail rather than just adding sweetness and tropical flavour. Why should I make Acid Adjusted Pineapple Juice? This isn't really a buy-it-or-make-it choice, you can't pick up a bottle of this at the shop, it's a bartending technique rather than a product. The case for doing it is consistency and balance: plain pineapple juice on its own is mostly sweet with a little tartness, and how much varies pineapple to pineapple. Adding a measured amount of citric and malic acid gives you a juice with real acidic structure every time, so a drink built around it tastes the same whether your pineapple was perfectly ripe or a bit under. It's what lets pineapple juice do a sour's job in a cocktail, not just a sweetener's. Ingredients 100ml fresh pineapple juice 3.2g citric acid 2g malic acid How to make it Prep Time: 2 minutes Total Time: 2 minutes (no cooking required) Juice fresh pineapple and measure out 100ml Weigh the citric acid and malic acid precisely, a small kitchen scale that reads to 0.1g makes a real difference here Combine the pineapple juice and both acids in a bottle or shaker Shake or stir until the powders are fully dissolved, there shouldn't be any grit left Storing your Acid Adjusted Pineapple Juice Store in the fridge in a sterilised, airtight bottle, same as fresh pineapple juice, it'll keep for about a week. It won't last as long as a cooked syrup since there's no sugar or heat involved to help preserve it, so make it in small batches you'll actually get through.