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Pears
On Sun, 23 Aug 2009, Phil Cook wrote:
K wrote: Pear cider? Cider is made from apples. Perry is what can be made from pears Perry has to be made from perry pears. The drink made from any old pears is called pear cider. Quotation from Wikipedia: "Pear cider is used as an alternative name to perry. This is often done for marketing reasons: A recent resurgence in the popularity of perry in the UK has seen various new products launched as 'pear cider', led by brands such as Brothers and Bulmers. These brewers see the term as being more understandable to the younger 18-34 demographic and a distinction to previous brands associated with the word perry, such as Babycham and Lambrini which are either associated with the female market or have fallen out of fashion." Commercially both cider and perry are made from special cultivars which are strong in tannin but there is no justification for the assertion that, to be called cider or perry, they *have* to be made from the specified cultivars. I make my own cider from specially selected French apple cultivars such as Clos Renaud, Bisquet, Domaine and Bon Père. These are unpleasant as eating apples but make fine cider which makes Strongbow taste like fizzy water! While cider which is made from dessert apples tastes somewhat disappointing (to my taste, at any rate) that does not prevent it from being called cider. Likewise with perry. David -- David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France |
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