pear wine

billybowden · Sep 22, 2015

Hi all I've just joined this forum and had a browse for a couple of hours yet can't find the answers to my questions so I thought I'd ask you guys.....I'm making 23 possible 46 litres of pair wine.....i have 120 medium sized pears which I intend to put through my juicer machine question 1 would it be a good idea to not only keep the juice but the pulp to ? Question 2 how many litres will the pears actually make ? Question 3 I cannot for the life of me find a recipe for pear wine that actually consists of my juice machine method.......thanks in advance guys Ã°Å¸Ëâ°

brumbrew · Sep 22, 2015

Answer 1, yes add the pulp to primary, strain later.

Answer 2, not sure, add water, juice sugar etc to bring up to desired volume.

Answer 3, dont bother with a juicer unless you have a press. It will take ages in a juicer! Just wash them chop them add to boiling water and mash away!

:-)

tonyhibbett · Sep 23, 2015

A 'whole' fruit juicer is best, since you don't have to cut the pears. I estimate you have about 15 kilos, which should yield 7-8 litres of juice. You can get a few more litres from the ejected pulp and froth either with a press or simply mixing it with the juice, adding pectic enzyme, yeast and yeast nutrient and leaving it for 3 days. The pulp will rise to the surface, so allow for expansion, and can be skimmed off with a sieve. Pears contain about 10% sugar so you will need to add more sugar to make wine, at least 500 g per gallon plus 5g tartaric acid. I have a recipe which includes 250 g of melon and 250 ml of rhubarb juice per gallon to enhance the flavour and only the juice of 2 kilos of pears per gallon.

billybowden · Sep 28, 2015

Brumbrew thanks for the advice.....i decided to use the electric juicer......took me an hour and a half lol.....wasn't bothered thou excited to make my first home brewed wine....thanks again ÃÂ Â½ÃÂ¸â°

billybowden · Sep 28, 2015

Brumbrew thanks for the advice.....i decided to use the electric juicer......took me an hour and a half lol.....wasn't bothered thou excited to make my first home brewed wine....thanks again Ã°Å¸Ëâ°

billybowden · Sep 28, 2015

Jeeze tony spot on with the amount of juice I've got ÃÂ Â½ÃÂ¸â°......just put em through juicer got pulp and and juice together in 25 litre bucket and put five campton tablets in and placed on heat tray for 24 hour obviously topped up with water......appreciate you guys looking in......i really am winging this.....thanks again ÃÂ Â½ÃÂ¸â°