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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?"

Posted by Bison | August 15, 2007 5:12 PM
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Posted by Fnarf | August 15, 2007 5:31 PM
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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.

Posted by COMTE | August 15, 2007 6:09 PM
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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.

Posted by Liberty Bar | August 15, 2007 7:29 PM
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I guess vegans must feel left out with veal and foie gras and such so they resort to this sort of thing.

Posted by kinaidos | August 15, 2007 9:11 PM
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@3: What? No, it's magic. Magic pears.

Posted by Darcy | August 15, 2007 10:39 PM
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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).

Posted by B.D. | August 16, 2007 6:35 AM

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