Cider Digest #0488

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 · 9 Apr 2024

Subject: pear cider 
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 10:54:48 -0500 (EST) 
From: BURNELLT <BURNELLT@ropt1.am.wyeth.com> 

Scott Majdecki asks for help with his pear cider recipe in cider digest #487. 

The following should help: 

   1. 1 1/2 lb of corn sugar for priming 5 gallons will make hand grenades!! 3/4 
 cup will  
be sufficient for sparkling cider. The reason your previous attempt did not carb 
onate was  
probably due to stuck fermentation (due to high alcohol). The yeast you used may 
 not have  
been alcohol tolerant. Any honey or other sugar used in them ferment will not he 
lp  
carbonation as it will already be converted to alcohol. 

 
   2. I would add honey and juice concentrate to the cider before adding the cam 
pden  
tablets. This way you will pasteurize everything before fermenting.  

   3. If the cider you use is pear cider, I'd recommend the addition of some gra 
pe  
tannin. If it's apple cider, it would depend on the type of apple used and the t 
annin  
levels found in it. 

Good Luck, 

Ted Burnell 

 
PS - I've never tried Wyders Pear Cider so I may be way off base on #3 :) 
  

 

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