Anyone ever made Turbo Cider

[Anny Road]

I've been reading up on this lately as I go home brew gear for Crimbo.

 

Just put on a apple brew and and apple and blueberry, help or tips on timings would be appreciated. Plus any good recipes.

[Anny Road]

Think you tee total homos need to get into this sharpish

 

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[The Midnight Rambler]

Seems like a lot of hard graft when most supermarche's sell Henry Westons now these days.. Although I'm interested what your brew turns out like?

[Fowlers God]

I brew ona 3 month cycle, I brew Cider and Wine (red)

 

Good Luck, The idea is to leave it as long as possible, Even if you want it, just think another week it will be better than it was this week!

[Anny Road]

Just tried the first lt bottle of this laid it down for 3 weeks and it is truly fantastic. I would go as far as to say it is one of the nicest ciders I have ever tasted. It is smooth creamy dry and at 9% is like posh tramp juice. Its fizzy as Champagne and leaves no bitterness in the mouth. @ 25p a pint its a winner.

[Guest Slim(fast)Shady]

Have heard that Stella are bring out a cider (cidre)...

 

should make for an interesting afternoon in "Snakebite Sunday" in your local Walkabouts!

[Paulie Dangerously]

How much did the equipment cost you mate? The bottle, heat mat, air lock etc?

 

How much apple juice did you use and how much did it produce?

[Anny Road]

All it cost me mate was 5 lts of shitty lifestyle apple juice at 50p a pop. You need a demi john or one of those 5lt plastic water bottles (90p in Tesco) an airlock apple juice and a bit of yeast.

Chuck 4 lts in the bottle drop in the yeast leave it in a warm room (airing cupboard) with the airlock on. A week to 10 days later syphon into plastic fizz bottles bit of sugar, keep the bottles warm for a week then store them cold for at least a week.

 

If you do not add any sugar it will come out at around 5 or 6% add 1/2 a bag of sugar and its around 9 / 10%. Loopy juice as my posting last night will testify.

[Paulie Dangerously]

I've just ordered a demijohn, bung and airlock etc from a brewing website for £5.50 inc P&P so will be certainly trying this shortly and obviously I will post results

[Heinze]

How warm is "warm".

[Paulie Dangerously]

From what I recall of my parents home brewing days you can just wrap it in blankets (or a sleeping bad etc) and put it in the corner of a moderately temperatured room.

[Dougie Do'ins]

Did there not used to be a home brew shop in Liverpool city centre at one time ? I remember many years ago Boots used to sell home brew stuff. Might get a little thing going myself. Would a loft be OK ? Can the place of storage be to warm ?

 

When I read the thread title, I thought this was going to be another Simon classic until I seen AR's name on it.

[Sut]

There was a small shed on London Rd opposite from the Odeon that sold all the kit although I'm not sure if it's still there.

[Dougie Do'ins]

There was a small shed on London Rd opposite from the Odeon that sold all the kit although I'm not sure if it's still there.

Cant say I've noticed it but that not the one I had in mind. Looked on the web and there's a place on West Derby Road by the police station. Will have a wonder up there at the weekend and see what's what.

 

BTW, the Odeon. Demolished into the annals of Liverpool history now.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Sorted mine out following the original video. Here's a picture of the stuff I used which cost me just over £8 for everything. The apple juice is Aldi own which was 56p a litre

 

 

I didn't have a heat mat so put it wrapped in a coat in front of a fire on low and seemed to produce the same effects. After 24 hours I put it in the cupboard under the stairs and now I play the waiting game...

[Paulie Dangerously]

Ok, the fermentation slowed early so I decided to bottle 1 week early.

 

I used old coke bottles sterilized. There should've been enough for 8 bottles but the last one was so sedimentry it had a colour which looked a bit iffy...so I left that one.

 

Put 2 tsp of sugar (plus a half to account for spillages) per bottle and have now put them in a cupboard where they will remain for exactly 1 week.

 

 

The highlite for me was during the siphoning process some of it touched my lips and it tasted like barrell cider you get from Ye Cracke. Fucking a!

 

Will naturally report back. Remmie, how's yours doing?

[Carradona]

Quality that, Paul. If I hadn't repped your earlier, I would do so again.

[redsoxs]

Been doing the Rose wine for the wife over the last a couple of months.... she loves it, in the middle of building a still. just started to make Srewberry panty droppers. Truely lovely.

 

hopefully (still & SPD) will be finished next week; we'll see if it lives up to it name!

Edited May 18, 2011 by redsoxs

[Dougie Do'ins]

I've got a larger on the go. It's due to be bottled on Saturday. Took the temp when I got home tonight and it doesn't smell to good. It smells a bit stale but I'm not entirely sure what it's supposed to smell like.

 

Need to find a few Guinea Pigs now.

[redsoxs]

I've got a larger on the go. It's due to be bottled on Saturday. Took the temp when I got home tonight and it doesn't smell to good. It smells a bit stale but I'm not entirely sure what it's supposed to smell like.

 

Need to find a few Guinea Pigs now.

 

Take a taste test, if bad (you'll know), your ale is containated..... your sterilisation needs to improved.

[Dougie Do'ins]

Take taste test, if bad (you'll know), your ale is containated..... your sterilisation needs to improved.

Everything was new and I even sterilised that before use. Will just wait and see what happens when I bottle it.

[redsoxs]

Everything was new and I even sterilised that before use. Will just wait and see what happens when I bottle it.

 

you'll find out over the weekend; it don't matter if new or not, Bactria thieves with yeast & sugar, just takes something to touch anything on the fermenting lid or spoon, even placing it on the table which you think clean can hold Bactria. What you could be smelling is the yeast so it could still be OK.

[Anny Road]

Don't worry if it smell like shit especially beer. The difference a couple of weeks makes is astounding.

I'm now making my Turbo cider in 18 lt batches and giving most of it away.

Get one of these

18lts in 4 weeks. Now the weather is warming up it's a lot easier.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Don't worry if it smell like shit especially beer. The difference a couple of weeks makes is astounding.

I'm now making my Turbo cider in 18 lt batches and giving most of it away.

Get one of these

18lts in 4 weeks. Now the weather is warming up it's a lot easier.

 

Without resorting to petty theft where can I get one of them locally? (assuming your username reflects your locality to me) and do you just get a rubber bung to fix the airlock in place?

[Anny Road]

Sorry PD I live in the back of beyond. I do have two and could send you one. Be a bit of a pain in the arse to ship. I gave one of those vans delivering them an tenner for the pair of them. I then phoned a home brew shop and got them to send me some corks with a hole in that were slightly bigger then sanded them down and they fit perfect. One big batch is so much easier than 4 or 5 little ones. I have to say I prefer it a week or two after it is ready, 5 or 6 weeks later it gets a bit heavy for me.