The Poire Project

Though I can’t claim to be a home-brewing moonshiner, I’ve secretly always wanted to be. I’m starting an experiment in homemade liquor. Before I start dumping cornmeal and sugar in my bathtub, I thought I would start slowly and just stick a pear in a jar with some vodka. Wimpy? Maybe. But I think it will be good, and a lot less messy than bona fide moonshining.

I’m starting The Poire Project and making my own Poire William- the French classic eau de vie after-dinner drink distilled from Bartlett (or William, as they say in Frenchie parts) pears.

Sounds easy enough. It’s a pretty simple distilling process. Let’s see how this shakes out.

What You Need:

1. 10 oz. high quality vodka
2. 1 Bartlett Pear
3. 1 Mason Jar

What You Do:

1. Wash your pear.
2. Put it in the jar.
3. Fill the rest of the jar with your vodka.
4. Seal and store in a cool and dark place for a month.
5. Voilá! William Poire.

By Thanksgiving, I should have a great little after dinner drink with a home-brewed story to boot. We’ll either be drinking it after pumpkin pie or I’ll be donning it as a hostess gift. How cute would that mason jar be with a seasonal bow wrapped around it!

I’ll keep you posted to see if this is as easy as it looks.

Have you ever taken a crack at moonshining? Do tell.

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