turbo yeast prob.

[spudbasher]

As my few attempts at making tc have ended in a drinkable but yeasty brew,(I bottle in 2ltr pets and chill in the fridge but on opening the fizz always pulls yeast up), I was wondering if stopping the yeast with campdens and stabilizer , racking a couple of times then putting in a keg and gassing up with a sodastream or ham bard gasser would put enough fizz in (if left to force carbonate first)? Or is the gas present not sufficient unlike a corny?

cheers ,Spud.

[Spud395]

Never used turbo yeast for cider making, there's no need.
Ale/cider/wine yeast any of these are fine as you wont be hitting crazy ABV's, unless it's a mad brew you have on alltogther.
I believe turbo yeast's are designed to be filtered out and prolly wont form a compact layer in the bottom of a bottle.
2L bottles, with their bumpy ends are also bad for getting a solid yeast.

Use regular yeast, if you need rack to 2nd fv after a week or 2 and bottle from there.
To be honest I never even went to the troble of racking off!

[spudbasher]

I,m sorry it was a badly written question, I didn't use "turbo " yeast , just Youngs , I meant I had problems with yeast in turbo cider.

[Wolfy]

It would seem that you're getting a too much yeast into your bottles, so try to leave it in your FV for a bit longer so as not to transfer in as much yeast.
In addition, you could cold-condition it in the FV for a few days before you bottle to help settle out more yeast, and adding some fininings (such as gelatin) may also help the yeast settle.