Turbo Perry

[pansub]

Just bought 10 litres of T***o pear juice, it seems to have various additives, would you recommend boiling before adding yeast or just go for it? :wha:

 

[BrewStew]

define "various additives"... if it's preservatives i reckon it's unlikely they'll get boiled off , and therefore mess with your fermentation

 

[pansub]

Ingredients: Water, Pear Puree (30%) Pear Juice form concentrate (20%) sugar,
glucose-fructose syrup, lemon juice from concentrate, antioxidant,ascorbic acid.

sounds awful

 

[BrewStew]

i had to look up antioxidants...

i know wikipedia isn't the most reliable source... but it's not far out most of the time and it says "In addition to these uses in medicine, antioxidants have many industrial uses, such as preservatives in food and cosmetics and preventing the degradation of rubber and gasoline. Ascorbic acid is easily oxidized and so is used as a reductant in photographic developer solutions (among others) and as a preservative"

that sounds nasty mate :shock: :?

 

[pansub]

I suppose there is no way of killing them off.

should i go for it or not waste my time? :hmm:

 

[NickW]

Drink the juice as it is :lol:

Its got preservatives, and I dont know how successful a perry would be even if that juice didnt contain preservatives - having only 50% juice TOTAL , and a little sugar. It would require more added sugar to get the desired effect, and it would taste diluted too I reckon.

Go for a turbo cider , or find some 100% pear juice with no preservatives

PS - With the 20% puree you'd also get excess sediment

 

[percival]

ascorbic acid is vitamin C, so it's nothing to be concerned about.

dunno what the antioxidant is, but many fruits/veg have them naturally, vitamin C is an example. did that ingredients list say antioxidant;(colon/semi-colon) ascorbic acid or was it antioxidant,(comma) ascorbic acid?

as for making perry from concentrates of this type .... why not give it a try if you are feeling experimental?

 

[pansub]

well it was antioxidant,(comma) ascorbic acid :pray:

 

[percival]

okies, you also have an extra added mystery antioxidant, which could be something you don't want to brew with - especially as they are not identifying it on the label. i wish they wouldn't do this, it's not just health food nuts and brewers that want to know what going is in their stomachs, its also folks with allergies, some very serious.

 

[pansub]

i got it wrong it said
antioxidant:ascorbic acid

so i have gone for it

10 litres of pear juice and a litre and a half of apple juice i had laying about, threw in 2 and half kilos of sugar which took the OG up to 1084.
Maybe that was a mistake don't want it sweet!!!!

 

[percival]

thats better news, mystery added ingredients in food should be a thing of the past.

 

[BrewStew]

Maybe that was a mistake don't want it sweet!!!!

to the contrary, that'll make it really thin tasting when the yeast gets to it.

 

[pansub]

can i prevent that?

 

[BrewStew]

you can stop the ferment before it eats up all the sugar... but then you'll get a sweet drink which is what you didn't want either.

 

[pansub]

oh well, we live and learn

 

[pansub]

This has been a disaster

After 2 and a half weeks of fermenting the og of 1084 had dropped to 1044 but still far too thick and sweet.

So as a rescue package i have added 9 liters of apple juice taking the total to 20 litres and an OG of 1054 and added a pkt of cider yeast, it tastes much better, and i will stop it when it tastes right.

my question is as i have messed about so much is there now any real way of monitoring/calculating the alcoholic content.

 

[tubby_shaw]

I have given up on trying to make turbo perry
The main problem is that any half way decent pear "Juice" contains pear puree which totally cocks up your hydrometer readings :evil:
After having my little rant tho please let us know how it turns out :

 

[NickW]

Don't worry too much about calculating the ABV, its too late for that now. Just pray for a tastey, or drinkable brew!

 

[pansub]

From the taste i have a feeling it will be a good one, however as you know the first thing anyone asks is how strong is it, i do need to warn people if it is falling down juice :twisted:

 

[pansub]

wonder if this will work, seems as good as any

OG 1084 - FG 1044 = 4%
OG 1054 - FG 1015 = 5.2%

Total ABV = 9.2%

Any views?