Poor William
Friday, July 31st, 2009In case my previous post didn’t make it amazingly obvious, I was in Adelaide last weekend for AVCon.
As with all my interstate trips, I try to find something interesting while I’m away. Failing that, a cheaper version of something I could get locally… hooray! Savings of an economic variety!
The good kind that I can't seem to find
I got Tequila, and I got Poire William, which is a pear flavoured liqueur that is meant to be a neutral grain base, but is usually evaporated brandy. You may have seen the extra fancy bottles that actually have a real pear inside! They make those by tying the bottles to tree branches where the pears are budding, and pop the bud of the pear inside the bottle neck. Eventually, you’ve got a pear growing inside a bottle, and then it’s just a matter of pouring booze in there and letting it sit after harvest season. Weird site seeing all those trees with bottles tied to them, I’m told… Not that I can find Poire william of that calibre 
Anyway, the particular brand I got screams to go with a bit of vanilla, but still works quite well with tequila, and a few other juices.
