Dend78
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Well I found out my grandfather has a pear tree, and it has a bunch of pears this year and hes not doing anything with them . So I went and did some picking this weekend, this is the tallest pear tree i have ever seen, 20ft extension ladder on one side and i was able to reach about 5 pears
anyway i was able to get my hands on a bunch after some shaking I ended up with 2 full 5 gallon buckets and 3/4 of another. needless to say last night i spent my time cleaning up the ones that were in need of quick use. i ended up coring about 25.5lbs and im shooing for about 4gallons here.
25.5lbs of pears cleaned cored and put in the food processor
6lbs of sugar
4 cups water
2 tablespoons pectic enzyme
1 teaspoon assorbic acid
2.75lbs golden rasins ran through the food processor
3 teaspoons acid blend
2 teaspoons tannin
1 3/4 teaspoons bentonite
4 teaspoons yeast nutrient
1/8 teaspoon k-meta
Red Star Pasteur Champagne Dry Yeast (this is a packet of yeast i have left over from making rootbeer, i used about 1/8tsp of it and i would hate to see it go to waste)
all pears were washed and cored and ran through a food processor, from the food processor I moved the pulp into a jumbo mesh straining bag along with the golden raisins. after chopping was all done I boiled about 4 cups of water and added in the 6lbs of sugar and stirred this until all sugar dissolved. Using my hands i pressed on the bag of pulp to get some juice pushing out of it, then I added in the assorbic acid, and then i dumped the hot simple syrup right on top. I let it sit to cool for a while then added in tannin, bentonite, k-meta, yeast nutrient and acid blend. I let this sit over night about 8-9 hours then I added in pectic enzyme. tonight i plan to get a yeast starter going then add it to the mix later tonight or possibly in the morning. I plan to go from 1.085 to 0.996 I will adjust sugar number once I reach that initial gravity.
Issues I have noticed using this much fruit makes my 5gal primary extremely full. would it be best if i get out my other nylon bag and remove about 1/2 of the pulp and dump about 1/2 of the juice into another bucket and have two primary's going at once so there is more room in each or should i leave it as it is?
anyway i was able to get my hands on a bunch after some shaking I ended up with 2 full 5 gallon buckets and 3/4 of another. needless to say last night i spent my time cleaning up the ones that were in need of quick use. i ended up coring about 25.5lbs and im shooing for about 4gallons here.
25.5lbs of pears cleaned cored and put in the food processor
6lbs of sugar
4 cups water
2 tablespoons pectic enzyme
1 teaspoon assorbic acid
2.75lbs golden rasins ran through the food processor
3 teaspoons acid blend
2 teaspoons tannin
1 3/4 teaspoons bentonite
4 teaspoons yeast nutrient
1/8 teaspoon k-meta
Red Star Pasteur Champagne Dry Yeast (this is a packet of yeast i have left over from making rootbeer, i used about 1/8tsp of it and i would hate to see it go to waste)
all pears were washed and cored and ran through a food processor, from the food processor I moved the pulp into a jumbo mesh straining bag along with the golden raisins. after chopping was all done I boiled about 4 cups of water and added in the 6lbs of sugar and stirred this until all sugar dissolved. Using my hands i pressed on the bag of pulp to get some juice pushing out of it, then I added in the assorbic acid, and then i dumped the hot simple syrup right on top. I let it sit to cool for a while then added in tannin, bentonite, k-meta, yeast nutrient and acid blend. I let this sit over night about 8-9 hours then I added in pectic enzyme. tonight i plan to get a yeast starter going then add it to the mix later tonight or possibly in the morning. I plan to go from 1.085 to 0.996 I will adjust sugar number once I reach that initial gravity.
Issues I have noticed using this much fruit makes my 5gal primary extremely full. would it be best if i get out my other nylon bag and remove about 1/2 of the pulp and dump about 1/2 of the juice into another bucket and have two primary's going at once so there is more room in each or should i leave it as it is?