Every year I buy a bottle of Laird’s and make Jack Roses around the winter break. And I’m…doing that. Applejack isn’t that easy to find, a lot of liquor stores don’t bother to carry it but I found some.
I made the grenadine a little too thick this year, it’s a proper pancake goo rather than a sugary liquid but it’s still tasty. I think next year I’m going to buy fresh pomegranates and milk them myself rather than buying juice.
There’s another possibility: it hit a boil I couldn’t stir down, which is similar to a step in jelly making. It’s not impossible I activated some pectin in the juice and thus it has partially jelled.
But, it’s more likely that I boiled the 2:1 syrup a bit too long/hard and diluting it would help. But, you know what? It shakes up into a decent cocktail so I’m just gonna deal with it being a little thick for a few days. If licking fruit syrup off a spoon is the worst I’ve done to myself I think I might get by.