Wilfy
Striker
That's your recipe sorted.
Homebrewing - Part 3
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Walter Ego
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Not need anything extra? What about sugar and that to make it radged?
Wilfy
Striker
You could add 1kg of sugar to get it up to about 10% or so. There's already loads of sugar in the juice.
Walter Ego
Striker
It'll be about 5% without extra sugar, but wouldn't mind 7% or so...
So what's the crack; just pour 4l into the bottle, add enough yeast, leave it for a week? It's been ages since I read through this thread and my memory isn't the best.
Wilfy
Striker
It'll take more than a week, more like a month. Notorious for the fermentation dragging on.
Walter Ego
Striker
That's not very turbo though? I thought they were called that because it's super quick? I need to some more reading I think.
PTR
Striker
Oh, you can drink it - it'll be fermented. But it'll be horrible. Cider takes time to improve ime.
Wilfy
Striker
Thought the turbo related to how quick it gets you pissed.
Walter Ego
Striker
A common misconception apparently.
Wilfy
Striker
Just been looking and 1kg of sugar in a 23 litre brew gives an extra 1%. So in a 4 litre brew, you should get an extra 5%. So you’re looking at a 10% brew.
Walter Ego
Striker
Turbo cider - is an airlock optional? Or most definitely needed?
Wilfy
Striker
I always use an airlock. You'll probably have to clean it out a couple of times as they go a bit mad the first few days.
Walter Ego
Striker
Did you just drill out and fit one to a 5l water bottle?
Wilfy
Striker
I think I drilled 11mm holes and fitted a rubber grommet to get a tight seal.
I got these grommets
Rubber Grommet Pack
Walter Ego
Striker
I just bought a 2 pack bung/airlock from Wilko like, but I’ll bear that I’m mind now I have airlocks.
Another question - Tannins. If you’re doing the 4 teabag tea thing, does the type of tea make any difference? Not Earl Grey or owt, but Tetley v Yorkshire.
Wilfy
Striker
I've never put tea in a turbo like, just wine.
Walter Ego
Striker
Turbo ciders away. 3.5l* of apple juice, 0.5l cranberry, cup of tea (4 bags), yeast, nutrient.
Hope I've cleaned everything right.
*2l now, 1.5l in a few days.
Hope I've cleaned everything right.
*2l now, 1.5l in a few days.
Tees Exile
Striker
I’ve managed to get myself slightly hooked on this brewing thing since seeing it on the SMB a year or so back. This is obviously very late to the party bearing in mind these threads have been going quite a while.
Anyway, I started off doing a Woodfords Wherry which went ok. Then I got slightly more advanced doing a partial mash kit. That went better. This year I’ve decided to do some all grain brews. This is small batch stuff due to the limited space I have, ie a kitchen and a big pan. I’ve got a 5 litre one on the go at the minute. It’s a stove top kit from BrewUk. When I bought the kit, I also got a few bags of grains and some hops, the idea being that I use the experience from the kit to scale down an all grain recipe from a book I’ve got.
Does anyone have any decent way for working out strike water, sparge water etc and mass of grains/hops? Is it as simple as working out a ratio of the recipe (23l) vs the batch size (5l)? Also, if I wanted to do a partial mash version of the recipe (10-15l), is that simple to work out?
Any pearls of wisdom from the SMB brewers welcome
Anyway, I started off doing a Woodfords Wherry which went ok. Then I got slightly more advanced doing a partial mash kit. That went better. This year I’ve decided to do some all grain brews. This is small batch stuff due to the limited space I have, ie a kitchen and a big pan. I’ve got a 5 litre one on the go at the minute. It’s a stove top kit from BrewUk. When I bought the kit, I also got a few bags of grains and some hops, the idea being that I use the experience from the kit to scale down an all grain recipe from a book I’ve got.
Does anyone have any decent way for working out strike water, sparge water etc and mass of grains/hops? Is it as simple as working out a ratio of the recipe (23l) vs the batch size (5l)? Also, if I wanted to do a partial mash version of the recipe (10-15l), is that simple to work out?
Any pearls of wisdom from the SMB brewers welcome
Wilfy
Striker
Try brewers friend or if you don’t mind buying software, Beersmith is very good. I think I may have the original files for brewers friend when it was called brewmate that installs to your computer.I’ve managed to get myself slightly hooked on this brewing thing since seeing it on the SMB a year or so back. This is obviously very late to the party bearing in mind these threads have been going quite a while.
Anyway, I started off doing a Woodfords Wherry which went ok. Then I got slightly more advanced doing a partial mash kit. That went better. This year I’ve decided to do some all grain brews. This is small batch stuff due to the limited space I have, ie a kitchen and a big pan. I’ve got a 5 litre one on the go at the minute. It’s a stove top kit from BrewUk. When I bought the kit, I also got a few bags of grains and some hops, the idea being that I use the experience from the kit to scale down an all grain recipe from a book I’ve got.
Does anyone have any decent way for working out strike water, sparge water etc and mass of grains/hops? Is it as simple as working out a ratio of the recipe (23l) vs the batch size (5l)? Also, if I wanted to do a partial mash version of the recipe (10-15l), is that simple to work out?
Any pearls of wisdom from the SMB brewers welcome
Tees Exile
Striker
Beersmith looks good. Might give that a try. Cheers!
