Ive got 2 free DJ's and im off to asda tonight!

[avtovaz]

RIght i have 2 Djs with nothing in them, im off shopping later, thinking about doing some turbo cider, and something else...


Please anyone want to sugest what i should get?

thanks!

[jason123]

Just buy some AJ and a random carton of another fruit juice and see what happens.

[avtovaz]

yes, i like that idea!

What i was also thinking was experimenting with powdered spices. I have some apple juice brewing now and i added 1 spoon of ground cinnamon. I dont know how strong that will be, but i think itll be nice.

Might try this again but put some honey in it and see what difference it makes...

[oneilldave]

You could also try a carton of Peach Nectar. I made some TC a few weeks back using cartons of AJ and one of PN. What a nice result it was. It came out at about 8.7%, but I did bulk it up with honey instead of sugar.

[avtovaz]

how much honey?


Im off for a shower, and then to either morrisons or asda, and ill check the forum when i get there!

[avtovaz]

well i went to asda, bought some cheep honey, some apple juice, and some ribena carton.



its starting to brew now

[jason123]

Great Stuff.

I think experimentation is the key to a happy brew.

[avtovaz]

well, i had brewing chamber no.4 spare so i went and bought some more stuff today and basically here is whats brewing now


400g of treacle!
500g syrup
150g of maple syrup
100g of honey
1 spoons of ground cinamon
2 spoon of ground ginger
4 ltrs of water
some pectalose [ dont know if i need that]

and thats about it.

Any idea how long this will take and if it will taste nice? )))

sg is not 1.030

[kay-jay]

doesn't sound like a winner to me i'm afraid. i reckon it will be thin, sweet watery and not at all pleasant. i hope for your sake i'm wrong!

imo you should have used something either fruity or malty as a base. just throwing fermentables at some water isn't a particularly good idea. it will be alcoholic tho and by finding something to mix it with may make it just about drinkable

KJ

[avtovaz]

i was reading the thread on the treacle beers, and that was about the first one that was listed, so i was hoping that would work. Is there anything i can add to it to make it better then?

[avtovaz]

right, just read a bit deeper into the thtread..

so what should i do with it, is there anything i can add to it?

[Gricey]

Any idiots guides to TC?

I will make some for some friends as I have 2 DJ's spare, they like apple cider but im tempted to feck with them, I like blueberry and pomegranite so might throw some of that in.

Do you need yeast, or is it just fruit juice and bung and airlock and hope for wild yeast?!

[avtovaz]

LOL! I have 4 Dj's on the go, one has elderflower wine, one has TC ))))))))

I cant wait to try it...


WIld yeasts i dont know I do know ileft a bottle of apple juice on my window ledge and it brewed!!!



I cant get over how t his works, leaving stuff or adding yeast, or doing this or that gets you p1ssed



Just knowing what is nice is another thing...

I have started brewing wine bottles of apple juice, different stuff in each, and kep chewckign them daily.

Hopefully ill find the Lada VFTS of Cider soon

Keep drinking ';)

[Gricey]

Ok so what do you do? Juice and what?

[avtovaz]

I have not had many finished ciders yet, and defonatly not ones that have been left for a while either.

But what i have done is apple juice, yeast, pectalose powder, and left to brew.

Then when it stopps bubbling adding a campsten tablet.

I dont knwo for sure if its the right way to do it but it tastes ok, needs leaving i think for a while rather than drinking straight away...

People add tea, i dont know exactly why, but i need to read more.

Poeple do teh turbo ciders with honey to add more sugar and a different taste i think, and these are done in a short period of time. Having said that, i have one going in a DJ and its still bubbling after 5 days.

Dont really know what im doing but im just experimenting.