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wilko pilsner set away last night
bottled my apple turbo cider. don't think it is as strong as i was expecting, about 6% Think ill bottled the cranberry ciders tonight and leave the ribena for the weekend.
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Still empty?![]()
wilko pilsner set away last night
bottled my apple turbo cider. don't think it is as strong as i was expecting, about 6% Think ill bottled the cranberry ciders tonight and leave the ribena for the weekend.
Effrafax, do you still need bottles. Took delivery of 6 bag fulls on Monday and had to store them in my garage so the recycling men didn't take them off the drive.
Yes please mate, sorry, haven't had chance to get down. Should be able to collect after work today if that's any good?
I'll pm you once at work.
Cheers
The strawberry Rose from wilko seems to have gone down well last night, my lass compared it to blossom hill! not bad.
No bother mate.
Oh yeah, £80 spent on dorsethomebrew.co.uk![]()
Nice one
It is easy to spend a load of money on there like, ive got about £70 waiting in my basket for when i get paid, and that doesn't include and ingredients
Could have spent double that easy!
Biggy this month is a 5 gallon barrel, quite excited for that, rest was a lager kit and then mostly stocking right up on ingredients such as spray malt, malic acid, etc etc etc![]()
gerrin. What ya use the malic acid for marra?
I find that to improve turbo cider you need to make your apple juice more like cider apple juice. The variaty of apples used in apple juice are dessert apples which lack the tannin and malic acid of cider apples. Traditional cider undergoes Malolactic fermentation in the months of storage after the primary fermentation. The malic acid is converted to the softer tasting lactic acid which contributes to the proper taste of cider. Tannin adds the bite.
Finally turbo cider is greatly improved if you use a cider yeast. I cultured one from I think a bottle of Westons scumpy cider.
So
a) add a teasoon of tannin per gallon
b) add a teaspoon of malic per gallon
c) use a cider yeast
And leave well alone for six months then you will have great tasting turbo cider. :thumb: :thumb:
Oh and oldbloke says add some pectolase if you want nice clear cider.
I've read somewhere that adding some to the turbo ciders is good, ah here is the post -:
Worth a bash I think, was only a few quid.