Perry is a drink so difficult to find that most people don’t even know of its existence.
- This drink is made exactly the same way as cider is from apples, perry is from perry pears.
- Like cider apples; perry pears are grown specifically for perry production.
Believe it or not more perry is made now than has been made in a century, but it is difficult to market because of its low production volumes. Perry is traditionally a specialty of the Three Counties and Welsh Borders, as perry pears were said to only thrive ‘in sight of May Hill’. Now however perry pears are also grown in other areas e.g. Somerset & Norfolk.
The demand is there for perry but producers cannot make enough of it, as there is not enough quality fruit available. It takes only three years for a perry pear planted in the right conditions to bear fruit, but up to thirty years before it is at full maturity.
Information from www.camra.org.uk/aboutcider
