Aldi Perry Brew(sort of) :D

[Greg2013]

Got a brain fart the other day (i can hear CH saying "oh no not again), i have been searching high and low for some perry juice to brew my own perry or even plain old pear juice to do something similar but not to be found between here and UK it seems. Anyway Aldi the other day saw some pear halves in their own juice in tins.Picked up six tins and tonight i chucked them all in a pot and boiled and pureed them,added 2.5 lires cold tap water and put the lot into a demijhon with a tsp each of pectolase and yeast nutrient. I used a woodfords wherry yeast i had left over from a kit that was 12 months out but had been kept in the fridge all along,fingers crossed, no gravity taken, just want to see if i can brew something passable :

[Will_D]

Perry pears are noted for posessing two things that desert pears don't:

Tannins
Acids

You may consider adding acids (Malic/Citric) and also Tannins (either as dried grape tannin or big tea bag infusion)

Its not too late to do the above additions!

How much off each to add?

No clue! Try a bit of micro blending and tasting!

I like your approach.

Me being old and slow I have just planted 8 perry pears into the rugby club orchard.
In about 5 years perry here we come.

One of the Aldi/Lidls did sell a pure, cloudy pear juice some time ago but not seen since! 

[Greg2013]

Yes Will i saw that pear juice in aldi/lidl as well ages ago but it seems to be gone off the market now? I know this is not a true perry but it's as close as i can get for now after searching since last year for proper perry juice. That said would it be too late to add the tannins and citric when i get home tomorrow ? :

[Ciderhead]

Oh no not again

[Greg2013]

Oh no not again

It's fizzing away slowly right now 

[Eoin]

It's still not too late to do additions.

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[Greg2013]

Will have to wit until tomorrow evening, have no citric or lemon juice, will get some tomorrow in aldi 

[Ciderhead]

Oh no not again

It's fizzing away slowly right now 

                                                             

[Greg2013]

Oh no not again

It's fizzing away slowly right now 

                                                             

Oh ha ha 

[lampie]

I realy want to find out how this works out. A friend of mine is making pear wine and he says that the pear flavor is very weak so want to know how this will turn out..

Have a apple/pear cider on my list to do a small 5 liter batch..

[Greg2013]

From previous experience with bananasi calculate a miniimum loss of 25% to pulp and trub. The taste test next week will determine whether this stays cider or is made into wine.

[Greg2013]

Ok that last comment should have read Banana. Anyway going to be decanting this into a clean vessel today, i have to say though there seems to be at least 25-30% loss to flocculated pulp(crap on the bottom of the demijohn), with banana pulp i have seen this as high as 40% loss 

I will try to upload a couple of pics, looks promising so far though, more updates to follow