Uses for perry

[tonyhibbett]

I bought a 3 litre box of medium dry perry for £5 at Aldi. I was more interested in the box than the contents, as a more efficient way of chilling and storing white wine in the fridge. Actually the perry is quite nice, with 7.5% abv. Any higher, it was be classed as wine and taxed at a higher rate, so quite a cheap way of buying an alcoholic drink.
I could carbonate it with the Sodastream and turn it into Babycham. I could introduce it to a wine which included pears in the recipe, half way through fermentation, or use it as an improver for overly dry, harsh wine.

 

[tonyhibbett]

The Babycham option worked well. Sodastream is designed to work with water and not with wine. It worked pretty well with cider at 5.5% abv and seems to cope with this perry, and makes it a more interesting drink. However, Babycham itself is somewhat sweeter, as I recall.
1 litre down. 2 to go.

 

[Brewtrog]

Is drinking it an option that is too obvious? :grin:

 

[OnlyFerment]

I bought a 3 litre box of medium dry perry for £5 at Aldi.

Was this a special as I haven't seen it in Aldi before. If this is a flat true perry I would be happy to give it a try at that price.

Dave

 

[tonyhibbett]

They still stock it. It is still medium dry perry, but at 7.5% abv it has clearly been fermented with extra sugar and at that price, extra water too. It tastes good, served only slightly chilled, if at all.

 

[OnlyFerment]

They still stock it. It is still medium dry perry, but at 7.5% abv it has clearly been fermented with extra sugar and at that price, extra water too. It tastes good, served only slightly chilled, if at all.

Thanks for that - I'll give it a try.

Dave