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The classic French pear brandy is the Williams Pear Brandy, which contains -- you guessed it! -- a Williams Pear. The pear isn't put into the bottle; it grows inside it. When the fruit is small, the bottle is affixed to the tree branch, and the pear grows to maturity inside the bottle. Brandy made from Williams Pears is added, and voila! The magic is complete.
Having once purchased a bottle out of curiosity (and having enjoyed the brandy immensely), I sought out the answer to this very question. And yes, if you live in a climate that is conducive to growing pears -- and a former neighbor of mine in Lake Arrowhead, CA, is a candidate for doing this, since she grows terricif pears! -- please do try it!
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How does a whole pear get in brandy?
A bottle is attached to the end of a pear tree branch and the pear grows inside the bottle.
How do the get a real ripe pear in a bottle of pear brandy?
The bottle is attached to a branch and the pear grows inside the bottle.
How did a full sized pear get in pear brandy?
While the pear is small it is placed in the bottle, and the bottle is supported in the tree. Pear reaches full size in the bottle.
How do you grow pear brandy?
If you mean the "pear in the bottle" brandy, the bottles are placed on the trees before the pears start to grow and they just grow right into the bottle.
How did a pear get inside the brandy bottle?
When the pear is growing they hang a bottle over the small growing pear. At this time the pear is small enough to put a bottle over it. As the pear ripens, its grows inside the bottle. When the pear is ready to be harvested they take the bottle with the pear "trapped" inside. Then it is off to the distillery where they fill the bottle.
Where to get wonderful labels for your bottles of brandy with pear inside?
Many makers of pear brandy bottle it with a pear in the bottle. Ironworks Distillery in Nova Scotia is one. Most large liquor stores in the US that I have been in have had at least one variety of pear brandy that included a pear in the bottle.
Does pear-in-the-bottle brandy spoil?
Yes, but not for 5 years plus.
In many liquor stores you can buy pear brandy with a real pear inside The pear is whole and ripe and the bottle is genuine it hasn't been cut in any way How did the pear get inside?
They place empty bottles directly on the fruit trees where the fruit bud is made to grow inside each bottle.
The pear is whole and ripe and the bottle is genuineit hasn't been cut in any wayhow did the pear get inside the bottle?
The pear grew in the bottle.
How can you get a real pear inside a pear brandy bottle?
Here you go. This link may help. http://www.essortment.com/food/bottlepear_tvpn.htm soniczev
How does a whole pear get inside of a brandy bottle?
Bottles are suspended over the pear buds (upside down) before they get too big (the buds not the bottle), and the pear grows in the bottle. I have been very successful in doing that for the last ten years or so.
6 In many liquor stores you can buy pear brandy with a real pear inside the bottle The pear is whole and ripe and the bottle is genuine it hasn't been cut in any way How did the pear get inside?
To make pear-in-the-bottle they actually grow the pear inside of the bottle in their orchards, and then fill it with their pear eau de vie. This practice of growing pears in the bottle is traditional in Alsace where pear brandy has been made for hundreds of years. Pear-in-the-bottle is highly labor intensive, requiring weeks of work putting the bottles on the trees in late May when the small pear will still fit in the neck of the bottle, tending them all summer, and picking them in late August. Since they use no preservatives or artificial cleaning solutions, each pear and each bottle must be painstakingly scrubbed by hand before they fill it with their pear eau de vie for which they are known worldwide. Due to the unpredictable nature of pear growth from year to year the pear in the bottle is only available certain years.
