pear mead?
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pear mead?
I know there are pear ciders, but has anyone out there ever made a pear mead?
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Re: pear mead?
Fruit mead is also known as melomel. I googled "pear melomel", and this page came up. There are a couple of recipes there.
Good luck, and please let us know how it goes.
Good luck, and please let us know how it goes.
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Bulk aging: Soodo: Grocery store grape juice wine experiment.
Drinking: Mostly Canadian whisky until I start brewing again.
Re: pear mead?
pears can be as problematic to deal with as apples. You certainly don't want to use any heat when processing them, as you'd end up with a "cooked" taste.
I'd suggest either just crushing them whole and then fermenting on the pulp, or make a straight, traditional brew, and add either fruit pulp (not blitzed as you don't want to break/crush the seeds) or crush and press the fruit too juice and add one or the other too secondary.
I'd suggest either just crushing them whole and then fermenting on the pulp, or make a straight, traditional brew, and add either fruit pulp (not blitzed as you don't want to break/crush the seeds) or crush and press the fruit too juice and add one or the other too secondary.
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Re: pear mead?
Thanks for the link. I may brew this or not, I posted this because the thought popped into my head "Hey, how about pear mead?" And if I don't use the few thoughts I get they go by-by. I regularly post questions about brews I may not do just to see what experiences other brewers have had and sometimes inspiration comes on me.Laripu wrote:Fruit mead is also known as melomel. I googled "pear melomel", and this page came up. There are a couple of recipes there.
Good luck, and please let us know how it goes.
I'm just here for the beer.