Magnums Pear Cider kit with 1.5kg brown sugar for a bit of extra colour. Apparently a pure pear juice cider kit, my answer to that "Bollox". I should have copped all was not right when i saw it came with a sachet of pear flavouring to be added in secondary or when kegging/bottling. If its proper pear juice there should be no need to add extra "flavouring" IMHO. Drinkable yes but very disappointing, that flavour sachet has given it a completely false chemical pear taste IMHO. And i may be dreaming but i could swear i can taste a heavy dose of apple from this kit :'(
Edit: Yes i do realise a pear cider is pear+apple juice and that a pure pear juice brew is a "perry", however this is advertised as pure pear juice which IMHO it is not :(
Mine is just ageing for two weeks now and will bottle mine this weekend if I can find some time..
But I smelled it when i opened the sachet of flavoring it was already having a cheap chemical pear softdrink smell.. I hope this will improve a bit when I leave this for an other few weeks/months..
Will have a go at creating my own pear cider when i have a empty fermenting bottle..
Quote from: lampie on February 21, 2014, 10:43:36 AM
Mine is just ageing for two weeks now and will bottle mine this weekend if I can find some time..
But I smelled it when i opened the sachet of flavoring it was already having a cheap chemical pear softdrink smell.. I hope this will improve a bit when I leave this for an other few weeks/months..
Will have a go at creating my own pear cider when i have a empty fermenting bottle..
Agreed lampie, this is one i will not be repeating,unless i get it free of course. I will be honest with no malts in it i don't see the flavour improving out of my keg anyway :(
I bottled mine yesterday and its has a apple with artificial pear flavor.. have to say its drinkable but probably wont do this kit again..
Quote from: lampie on March 02, 2014, 04:10:23 PM
I bottled mine yesterday and its has a apple with artificial pear flavor.. have to say its drinkable but probably wont do this kit again..
Spot on description of this kit, very disappointing and definitely not a pear cider. :(
Umm... Greg... I'm not sure how to tell you this... But I think there's a baby in your glass ???
Did you ferment a baby?
I'm all for hacking kits, but you gotta slow down a little.
Babies are for life. Not just for adjuncts.
And they're not very sanitary.
By the way? is the fakie sweety pear flavour like Kopperbergs pear? I like that.
Quote from: LordEoin on March 02, 2014, 08:30:37 PM
Umm... Greg... I'm not sure how to tell you this... But I think there's a baby in your glass ???
Did you ferment a baby?
I'm all for hacking kits, but you gotta slow down a little.
Babies are for life. Not just for adjuncts.
And they're not very sanitary.
By the way? is the fakie sweety pear flavour like Kopperbergs pear? I like that.
Why yes i did ferment a baby 12.5 years ago, still in primary but will be transferring to secondary next September ;D
No the i would say Koppaberg has a fake sweetner taste whereas this has chemical fake pear but very little sweetness taste, nothing like Koppaberg. ;D
When i have an empty 5l fermenting bottle again will try and make one with AJ and PJ.. They sell pasturized pear juice in bottles so will have a try and mixing those together and see where i will end up.
The only problem that i can see right now is that the apple taste will overpower the pear.. But I love to experiment so will have a try soon :)..
It has been in the bottle for 6 weeks now and had an other taste this weekend and it improved quite a bit. the artificial pear taste is less now and its a apple/pear flavor..
I dont think that i will do this kit again, the taste is ok now but the cider from juice is just as easy and has a better taste.. I wonder what will happen if you make a normal juice cider and add pear flavoring.. A friend of mine bought a bottle at the brewshop a few days ago he wil use it to flavor his pear wine. So realy would like to know if this flavoring also has a artifical smell to it.
Lampie you spoke of pasteurised pear juice above ? Where can this be purchased as i have not seen it anywhere ? Cheers.
Quote from: Greg2013 on March 17, 2014, 11:42:36 AM
Lampie you spoke of pasteurised pear juice above ? Where can this be purchased as i have not seen it anywhere ? Cheers.
I think Aldi sold it here (may have been Lidl tho)
I can buy it at albert hein its a big supermarket here in holland but seen some cartons at the aldi i think.. But there are some bio product webshops that sell pear juice..
Quote from: lampie on March 18, 2014, 06:16:08 AM
I can buy it at albert hein its a big supermarket here in holland but seen some cartons at the aldi i think.. But there are some bio product webshops that sell pear juice..
Not in Ireland i reckon and definitely not down south ;D
Found some at amazon.. but it contains 50% pear and the rest would be water i think.. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Granini-Fruit-Juice-Drink-Litre/dp/B0083TTAJW/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1395138894&sr=8-11&keywords=pear
I dont think sainsbury sends all the way down south only to the north.. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Granini-Fruit-Juice-Drink-Litre/dp/B0083TTAJW/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1395138894&sr=8-11&keywords=pear
I did not check how much fruit there is in the dutch juice
Thanks for those links Lampie, whaat i should have said was that yes pear juice can be got, just not in the republic and if you find it online it is just too expensive with shipping i have found. That 50% juice aabove just means you need to use twice as much ;D
Plus Parcel Motel do not accept foodstuffs for delivery and there is too much of a risk of those glass bottles breaking.
oh yes its quite expensive for the juice you get. I did not check the percentage of fruit that is in the juice.. I found this out when making wines out of juice.. I can just put a label heineken wine on there it tastes like water..
I have seen some people starting with canned pears but I dont think i ever saw any results and i love to experiment but I never tasted canned pears that i realy would use for a brew.. Its more of an easy desert to have in the cupboard.
But summerime is almost there with all the nice fresh fruit that you can use in different brews.. Get it at its best in summertime and freeze it and use it later :)
Well my tinned pear cider is going into secondary tomorrow for a couple of days, then into some coopers bottles with a teaspoon of sugar each for a week or more.I reckon in two weeks i should have some news, if you emind me i might be able to send you a bottle if its not complete crap :P
Oh planning on a short "cheap" holiday this year so probably will get a plane and spend a week in england/scotland/ireland so if I can finaly make up my mind will let you know.. I will have some room left to exchange some cider :)..
have 4 different ciders (from juice) that I will leave and age for an other two months and then bottle..
25l apple
25l apple, pomgranate
10l apple, pomgranate, raspberry
I am doing a pinapple cider now and if that works out will make a 25 liter batch and experiment with some other summer fruits..