Peach plum pear

I just picked up 5# each of the mentioned fruits.

Looking for advice. Mix and match any, all or just one gal of each separately? Also have bing cherries and rhubarb on hand.

 

Pear isn't a strong enough flavor lacks a solid taste profile IMHO

 

A variety of pear is great though. Any chance you can grab some Asian pears? They add immense flavor. Honestly sounds like a great 100% fruit cocktail wine...peach, pear, plum, rhubarb and cherry

 

I can't remember the variety of pear. They look the standard, picked up at Festival here in Green Bay. I'll get the name once I start googlin' around and remember it. It starts with an 'R' I think.

So Asian pears are better? Dang. There were three varieties total available. There was a red pear, then what I think was an Asian pear. The really pointed ones that are brownish. And the ones I picked up.

So for the pear: What if I grabbed 5# each of the red and the Asian and made three gallons of "Pear blend" wine, mixing with my current pears? Maybe a better question would be how many gallons would be a good choice for the 15# of pears? I'd hate to keep going to the store to buy more fruit if what I have is good enough though, SWMBO would start to get testy if I keep piling up the kitchen with unused fruit.

If pear is too subtle of a flavor what would it pair with nicely?

I was thinking if I mixed the pear, plum and peach I could name it Three'pe or Pecube. Trivial benefit.

I have about 8# of rhubarb and 7# of bing cherries. Oh yeah, a quart bag (maybe 2.5#, guessing) bursting at the sides with Michigan blueberries. I don't know if that helps any or not.

 

Bartlett! So it starts with a 'B' not an 'R'.


So my total fruit count is:

5# Bartlett Pears - Fresh
5# Peaches - They were just labeled yellow peaches - Fresh
5# Plums - I think that they are yellow fleshed guessing by the produce wounds on one that I seen. - Fresh
1qt Raspberries - Grown locally, no clue what kind - Fresh

7# Bing Cherries - Frozen
8# Rhubarb - Standard variety, not strawberry rhubarb - Frozen
1qt Blueberries - Fresh from Upper Michigan is all I know, they are big and plump like the typical, so not wild. - Frozen



I should do something with the plums asap. Since I grabbed the softest ones I could, knowing that they were the ripest hopefully the sweetest. The peaches are ok, could sit for a few more days. The pears are firm, a week or so wouldn't hurt them.

IMO The fruit cocktail wine almost seems like a waste. Unless we know that it will actually be tasty, then I have no problem. Though not entirely opposed, I just don't want to stuff all the fruit in one batch just for the sake of doing it is all. If there are natural pairs in the list I would certainly do that.


Some ideas that I am kicking around, with reasons:

Raspberry Pear - Now knowing that the pear is a subtle flavor, maybe the low volume of the raspberries will add to and not overpower?
Blueberry Cherry - They are both dark?
Cherry - Cherry wine sounds good. I do have 3 gallons of Rainier Cherry wine going now. But the Bing may be better.
Blueberry Plum - Just sounds like maybe a winning combo?


So I am looking for a touch of advice.If there is anything in here that you wish you would have tried and have good reason to believe that it will be good, I'll giver a whirl. And maybe we can trade a bottle for a bottle when it's done.

I have 1118 and 1116 on hand, maybe some D47, Nottingham and a few others. 1118 has been my "go to" yeast so far.

Let me know what you guys think, and the volume that you would do as well. I am, still a noob.

Thanks for the replies so far!

 

Stonearcher Are you a flint knapper or bow builder or maybe both. Had to ask because of the user name.

 

Ha! Aspiring to be! I am a software engineer by day, and by night all that is non-techie. Bow building, primitive camping, hiking, rock climbing, survival, etc. Wine and mead are right up there with science backed primitive-like hobbies.

 

Awesome if you are really into those kid of things check out the website Paleoplanet I am a bow builder hide tanner flintknapper drum and flute maker friction fire maker among other things.

 

At first I thought you seen my name on those types of forums. I haunt hammockforums.net, bushcraftusa.com among others. On some I am MonkeyKnight, rarely have posted at all. Mostly read. Just like here; read a lot, post little.

I do check out paleoplanet as well, though not a member.

 

Alright, my plum is sitting on Campden. Added water to 5l, so I have a full gallon after first rack. Added sugar to OG of 1.085.

I love the smell of plums.

I think I am going to do a straight plum wine with them. Any suggestions on the other fruits?

 

Don't know what it will taste like but have two five gallon batchs of plum a shade over a year old that could be bottled if I ever get the bottles washed. One batch had 22 lbs and the other close to 30 they sure are pretty and I have high hopes. No plums this year late freeze killed them.

 

How have the samples been? Is it a subtle taste? What yeast did you use?

 

Samples have been promising. Not sure with out getting into the log book but almost certain 1118 or 1122.

 

Gah, I miss having a yard. The ol' Longbow is sitting in the corner cursing me out for getting an apartment in the 'burbs.

Wish I could help you more, but I can say the old man recently bottled a batch of plum. I don't know what he did exactly, but it's a bit dryer than expected. Nothing wrong with that though, as the flavor was spot on

 

I'm in an apartment as well. I'm not built for urban life, but gotta repay the software engineer degree. I'm only a weekend bushcraft warrior now,

Glad to hear that the flavor is spot on. I have high hopes for these. Wish I would have picked up 15# instead. Hard to buy fruit when it was almost always given to me.


I have 1118 and 1116 on hand. I am thinking 1116 for the plum. Although I haven't used 1116 yet. Thoughts?

 

I first learned to shoot a bow INSIDE my apt. Shot all four corners of the mattress of the bed. I could shoot thru the hall and into the bedroom for about a twelve yard shot. I still wonder what the owners thought when I moved out.

I looked at the log and one is 1118 and the other is 1122. Both had 1090 og.