I have in front of me a wineglass half-full with the racked Turbo Cider from batch one, made as described in the thread. The taste is interesting, edging towards the dry side, perhaps slightly drier than Strongbow, but not as dry as Dry Blackthorn.
The cider has now fallen almost completely clear and will no doubt finally clear in the bottle with a little help from the cold weather and a life in my shed. There is a pleasant amount of apple in the flavour and a little sparkle in it already from the racking bottle, but I must say that the nose is very disappointing. I can smell a can of cider being opened on the other side of the room, a handy habit if you are thristy
, however getting my nose right into the glass I get very little of the pleasing acid, apples and greenery you might smell from a good cider.The colour is a little pale to my eye, but this may be owing to the small quanitity I am testing. I have bottled the cider with a good teaspoon of sugar to each litre on the priciple that a goodly fizz will help liven up the drink and may bring more of the aroma to the nose when drinking.
I would say that the main problem with the brew is probably the gelatine cleared reconstituted apple juice concentrate used as the original main ingredient. I have a feeling that sweeter more zingy apples like gala or pink lady might add a little more flavour and bouquet to the drink, they might also add a little more strength and sweetness.
Don't get me wrong, the costs of producing 4.5 litres of a fair cider are excellent, but if I continue with my last recovered yeast culture, I feel I may juice some fresh apples in my juicer, clear the juice with gelatine and add 1-2 litres of this juice to the cheap apple concentrate in order to build a more mature look, flavour and particularly bouquet, which does let this brew down somewhat.
Anyway, that's my 2p on the brew, which will no doubt be consumed in any case...
, have some friends who love beer and cider.
Kinda wish you hadn't now... 2 litres has given me a mighty bad head 
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