Seat of the pants Perry.
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liampenn said:
Nothing that I can think of really. In an ideal world I would have pressed the pears, and in an ideal ideal world it would have been perry pears
If you press the pears you will be miles in front of what I did :)
For the 2nd time this cider has REALLY surprised me. I'm now definitely going to give this another bash.
The aroma and flavour are a little bit thin. This is simply down to the amount of pulp produced during fermentation and the fact that I topped up with water, I won't make that mistake again.
The flavour is actually really pleasant and surprising. It has a very rounded flavour, with an almost caramel taste to it. The flavour is almost sweet but there is definitely a bitterness to it. I'm thinking this is due to the skins being in the mix, which, again, won't happen next time.
All in all I'm definitely calling this a success. The 8 pints that I have are VERY drinkable and the next 8 pints will hopefully be fantastic.
Changes for round 2 are simply:
Peel the pears and remove any cores
Top up with grape juice rather than water
After that I have a feeling I'll have something worth bragging about
The aroma and flavour are a little bit thin. This is simply down to the amount of pulp produced during fermentation and the fact that I topped up with water, I won't make that mistake again.
The flavour is actually really pleasant and surprising. It has a very rounded flavour, with an almost caramel taste to it. The flavour is almost sweet but there is definitely a bitterness to it. I'm thinking this is due to the skins being in the mix, which, again, won't happen next time.
All in all I'm definitely calling this a success. The 8 pints that I have are VERY drinkable and the next 8 pints will hopefully be fantastic.
Changes for round 2 are simply:
Peel the pears and remove any cores
Top up with grape juice rather than water
After that I have a feeling I'll have something worth bragging about
jobby
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very interesting brew think ill have a bash at this too, thanks for your review
Crastney
Landlord.
in my very humble opinion, I wouldn't bother peeling the pears - it takes ages, and actually wont affect the flavour as much as you think.
at a cider pressing once, a young girl was helping out with the washing of the apples, and asked if we were peeling, coreing and cutting up - she genuinely thought we'd spend time doing that. I told her it just wasn't worth the time/effort. Remove the bad/bruised/mouldy bits, wash off any dirt, chop into pieces to fit in the scratter. only the juice ends up in the FV, and the amount of bad stuff from 'pip juice' is negligible.
at a cider pressing once, a young girl was helping out with the washing of the apples, and asked if we were peeling, coreing and cutting up - she genuinely thought we'd spend time doing that. I told her it just wasn't worth the time/effort. Remove the bad/bruised/mouldy bits, wash off any dirt, chop into pieces to fit in the scratter. only the juice ends up in the FV, and the amount of bad stuff from 'pip juice' is negligible.
