Right, just started a new brew up in a 4.5 dj. Its Don Simon pressed apple juice, i bought 6x1L from asda, with the multi buy saving etc, it worked out really cheep. It was £1.25 ea, or 3 for £2! I have 1.5L left.
I put a spoon of Allinsons dried active yeast into a cup, added tea spoons of sugar, some warm water, and 2 tea bags. I left that for 15 mins. Then i put a spoon of pectalose into the dj, added some of the apple, a spoon of asdas own 50p cinimon, added the yeast mix, then added the rest of the apple juice.
Its SG is 1.030.
This is now in the DJ, this should work ok wont it?
Thankyou!
Have i dont this right now then ;)
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Geezah
Re: Have i dont this right now then ;)
1030 is a bit low for a fair ABV% i'd dilute 300g of sugar in 1/4 pint of water and add it to the DJ
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Geezah
Re: Have i dont this right now then ;)
your sugar content will affect your final alcohol content.
Water has a gravity of 1.000, when you start adding substances that are fermentable (ie sugars) the density of the brew (wort) will increase, hence why you get a different gravity reading.
More sugar = more potential alcohol.
When you add yeast to a fermentable liquid, the yeast will feed off the sugars and create ethanol and co2, co2 add the bubbles to your brew, ethonal adds the alcohol.
so, if you start with a SG of 1030 and finish with a FG of 1000 your brew will be 4% ABV
Most turbo cider brewers will aim for a SG of 1040-1050 to finish at 1000 - 996 giving an ABV of 5.3% to 7.2%
Not a critisism, but you might be a little bit disapointed that your cider is a little bit weak when you come to drink it.
My recipe is:
20l of Lidl 'Vitafit' apple juice
2-3 jars of honey
1 tsp of tannin
1 tsp of yeast nutrient
3 tsp of youngs wine yeast.
SG of about 1055
abv of about 7% when stopped at FG of 1.000
A lush drink, crystal clear, plenty of body and bite and not too dry.
It's a new hobby, and 1 I hope you continue to do, so while your waiting for this brew to finish.... read....read....read...
A bit of education and understanding will pay you back loads and save you loads if you really start to understand how it all works.
That said, I only started brewing in June this year with a ghetto turbo cider and now i'v done my first ghetto all grain.
Water has a gravity of 1.000, when you start adding substances that are fermentable (ie sugars) the density of the brew (wort) will increase, hence why you get a different gravity reading.
More sugar = more potential alcohol.
When you add yeast to a fermentable liquid, the yeast will feed off the sugars and create ethanol and co2, co2 add the bubbles to your brew, ethonal adds the alcohol.
so, if you start with a SG of 1030 and finish with a FG of 1000 your brew will be 4% ABV
Most turbo cider brewers will aim for a SG of 1040-1050 to finish at 1000 - 996 giving an ABV of 5.3% to 7.2%
Not a critisism, but you might be a little bit disapointed that your cider is a little bit weak when you come to drink it.
My recipe is:
20l of Lidl 'Vitafit' apple juice
2-3 jars of honey
1 tsp of tannin
1 tsp of yeast nutrient
3 tsp of youngs wine yeast.
SG of about 1055
abv of about 7% when stopped at FG of 1.000
A lush drink, crystal clear, plenty of body and bite and not too dry.
It's a new hobby, and 1 I hope you continue to do, so while your waiting for this brew to finish.... read....read....read...
A bit of education and understanding will pay you back loads and save you loads if you really start to understand how it all works.
That said, I only started brewing in June this year with a ghetto turbo cider and now i'v done my first ghetto all grain.
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avtovaz
Re: Have i dont this right now then ;)
Mate, thankyou! I havnt a clue what is going on and it is the experiences of you and the likes im trying to get!
Ill add some sugar, i wont tonight ill do tomorrow and see how it turns out! I knew the sugar had alcahol properties from reading, but i didnt want to produce another wine like i did last time!
Do you know, if i add sugar, or if i add honey, what ill be the difference?
Thankyou mate for your reply, i have learnt something and that is why im posting
Ill add some sugar, i wont tonight ill do tomorrow and see how it turns out! I knew the sugar had alcahol properties from reading, but i didnt want to produce another wine like i did last time!
Do you know, if i add sugar, or if i add honey, what ill be the difference?
Thankyou mate for your reply, i have learnt something and that is why im posting
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Geezah
Re: Have i dont this right now then ;)
Sugar will do the job fine.
I only add honey in place of sugar because I think the honey adds some 'body' to the finished cider, it gives it a distinct taste which I enjoy (i'm sure there are others here who hate that flavour, but I have done enough trials of turbo ciders to find the taste and strength I like..... i'm sure you will experiment and find yours too once you have a few successfull brews under your belt.
300g of sugar will add about 300 points on your hydrometer, putting your SG to 1060 (which I aim for) and if you ferment it out to FG of 1000 (which I aim for) you will get a good 7-7.5% ABV brew which will retain a little sweetness.
If you bottle the cider with a FG of 1.000 just be a bit light handed with the priming sugar.
I only add honey in place of sugar because I think the honey adds some 'body' to the finished cider, it gives it a distinct taste which I enjoy (i'm sure there are others here who hate that flavour, but I have done enough trials of turbo ciders to find the taste and strength I like..... i'm sure you will experiment and find yours too once you have a few successfull brews under your belt.
300g of sugar will add about 300 points on your hydrometer, putting your SG to 1060 (which I aim for) and if you ferment it out to FG of 1000 (which I aim for) you will get a good 7-7.5% ABV brew which will retain a little sweetness.
If you bottle the cider with a FG of 1.000 just be a bit light handed with the priming sugar.
