Slog - Comments on Pear in a Bottle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/pear_in_a_bottle Look at these pears in bottles. They amaze me. I have had Clear Creek's Douglas Fir concoction. It is like drinking sap, but kind of fun.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:57:54 -0800 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:35:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Bison An invited speaker in one of my business classes brought one of those bottles in as a 'thinking outside the box' sort of exercise. He seemed to think that whether or not you could solve the problem of how they got those pears in there would reveal profound insights into your worth as a future MBA. He had apparently posed the same question to one of the local billionaire CEOs the day before, and the CEO was at a complete loss. It really made my day when somebody asked the obvious question, "If a successful person like Bill Gates (or whoever it was) can't figure it out, then why do you think it has any bearing on whether or not we'll be successful in business?"

]]> Bison http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/pear_in_a_bottle#c784214 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/pear_in_a_bottle#c784214 Chow Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:12:39 -0800 Comment by Fnarf http://www.jupiterimages.com/popup2.aspx?navigationSubType=itemdetails&itemID=23312157

Where do I collect my MBA?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/pear_in_a_bottle#c784231 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/pear_in_a_bottle#c784231 Chow Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:31:12 -0800 Comment by COMTE Well, duh, the answer is right there in the article. After pollenation the bottles are slipped over the flowers, and the pear literally grows to maturity inside the glass enclosure. When it's ripe, it's clipped off, and - viola! - much head-scratching ensues.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/pear_in_a_bottle#c784251 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/pear_in_a_bottle#c784251 Chow Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:09:48 -0800 Comment by Liberty Bar
Here at Liberty, we have a number of those bottles. The fact is that - while clever, beautiful and very interesting to look at - the pear in the bottle has a habit of changing the brandy, and not always for good.

There are some great pictures online of trees wrapped with hundreds of these bottles. I'll see if I can find some of those links.

And, yes - Anne. The Doug Fir brandy is interesting, but that's the beginning and end of it. We have tried a number of times to make something drinkable with that brandy, but...we're not yet sure if we've succeeded.

Stop on by and let's experiment.

]]> Liberty Bar http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/pear_in_a_bottle#c784287 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/pear_in_a_bottle#c784287 Chow Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:29:53 -0800 Comment by kinaidos I guess vegans must feel left out with veal and foie gras and such so they resort to this sort of thing.

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/pear_in_a_bottle#c784329 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/pear_in_a_bottle#c784329 Chow Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:11:04 -0800 Comment by Darcy @3: What? No, it's magic. Magic pears.

]]> Darcy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/pear_in_a_bottle#c784366 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/pear_in_a_bottle#c784366 Chow Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:39:17 -0800 Comment by B.D. It's worth trying Clear Creek's pear and apple brandies. Both are delish. Also, their liqueurs are very good (well, at least the pear and loganberry ones are).

]]> B.D. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/pear_in_a_bottle#c784451 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/pear_in_a_bottle#c784451 Chow Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:35:18 -0800