i have used the youngs all purpose yeast (that is usually used for beer) and it worked fine
slightly sweeter than when you use a wine/cider yeast
Question about turbo cider
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quaffter
QUOTE (Daft as a Brush @ Apr 29 2006, 10:15 AM) Popped into Lidl nr Chichester the other day, they were stacked high with various juices.
That is right DaaB.
It is all deadlydes's fault
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See, the firms making the products think the good folks of the UK are going fit/good eating/ drinking mad.
Drink only fruit juices, it is good for yaa.
What they do not know is, with the help of deadlydes, we are brewing the mother of all brews...turbo cider :stun :stun.
Good on yaa deadlydes
Hey up DaaB,
you have been north and now east , cooor blimy, what next out to see me
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More than welcome friend, do not forget to get andy's gear as I am a little way off the track/planet :stun .
Love to see yaaa.
Q
That is right DaaB.
It is all deadlydes's fault
.See, the firms making the products think the good folks of the UK are going fit/good eating/ drinking mad.
Drink only fruit juices, it is good for yaa.
What they do not know is, with the help of deadlydes, we are brewing the mother of all brews...turbo cider :stun :stun.
Good on yaa deadlydes
Hey up DaaB,
you have been north and now east , cooor blimy, what next out to see me
.More than welcome friend, do not forget to get andy's gear as I am a little way off the track/planet :stun .
Love to see yaaa.
Q
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bod
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James
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bod
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quaffter
QUOTE (quaffter @ Apr 28 2006, 07:14 AM)
Went supermarketing again today
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Found a new juice pack to try, have not seen before.
100% pomegranate and grape juice.
no preservatives, colouring or sugar added.
40% pomegranate juice, 30% red grape juice and 30% white grape juice.
All from concentrates.
Will try 3L as a wine first and may try a Turbo batch next week if it looks suitable :stun .
started the pomegranate and grape juice this morning as a wine.
Tastes and smells like raspberry cordial 
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Clocked in at S.G 1.050(6.4% alc) so added 92 grams of sugar per litre to make it come out around 11.0% alc.
I have used a Gervin wine yeast, varietal D.
The pack said it was suitable for Beaujolais style wines.
This looked like that type of wine to me and I wanted to try it
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Maybe jean-yves is just about to be sick at the thought of a beaujolais being made from pomegranate and grape juice.
Its the funny english jean-yves and they do not come any more strange than me :stun .
Will let you know how it comes along, got a great head of steam up already.
Still unsure if to try a turdo style with this pack :blink:
Q
Went supermarketing again today
.Found a new juice pack to try, have not seen before.
100% pomegranate and grape juice.
no preservatives, colouring or sugar added.
40% pomegranate juice, 30% red grape juice and 30% white grape juice.
All from concentrates.
Will try 3L as a wine first and may try a Turbo batch next week if it looks suitable :stun .
started the pomegranate and grape juice this morning as a wine.
Tastes and smells like raspberry cordial
.Clocked in at S.G 1.050(6.4% alc) so added 92 grams of sugar per litre to make it come out around 11.0% alc.
I have used a Gervin wine yeast, varietal D.
The pack said it was suitable for Beaujolais style wines.
This looked like that type of wine to me and I wanted to try it
.Maybe jean-yves is just about to be sick at the thought of a beaujolais being made from pomegranate and grape juice.
Its the funny english jean-yves and they do not come any more strange than me :stun .
Will let you know how it comes along, got a great head of steam up already.
Still unsure if to try a turdo style with this pack :blink:
Q
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quaffter
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bod
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bod
sorry, should have mentioned that, i battered them with a potato masher in the pan before boiling them.
i used to use a lot of fruit in my beers so its standard procedure for me. i had a love afair with making cherry beer and raspberry beer for a long time! a kilo of fruit per gallon of beer, mashed up, steralised in 75C water and thrown into the secondary really booted up the abv!!
i only used a small amount of northern brewer hops as bitterness, and no aroma hops as it got lost in the fuit taste. 3.25 kilos of marris otter and 250 grams of wheat went into the mash.
sorry, slighty off topic now....
i used to use a lot of fruit in my beers so its standard procedure for me. i had a love afair with making cherry beer and raspberry beer for a long time! a kilo of fruit per gallon of beer, mashed up, steralised in 75C water and thrown into the secondary really booted up the abv!!
i only used a small amount of northern brewer hops as bitterness, and no aroma hops as it got lost in the fuit taste. 3.25 kilos of marris otter and 250 grams of wheat went into the mash.
sorry, slighty off topic now....
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bod
wow! this stuff is great! its not fully fermented out though, its sitting at 1.009 and its been 2 weeks, maybe it was the raisens adding unfermentables, but not that many surely?
i'm heading back down to asda to get another 20 litres of juice this weekend, and er, next weekend, and maybe the one after that as well......
its not fully fermented out though, its sitting at 1.009 and its been 2 weeks, maybe it was the raisens adding unfermentables, but not that many surely?i'm heading back down to asda to get another 20 litres of juice this weekend, and er, next weekend, and maybe the one after that as well......
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Calum
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PieOPah
I have only made TC once and I added 500g of sugar to bring up the ABV.
The beauty of homebrew is that yo do things the way you want to, not the way somebody tells you. Sure, you can ask advice and choose whether or not to follow that advise, but at the end of the day it is your choice....
Anyway, of course you can make TC without adding any extra sugar. I think in general the only reason people add it is to increase the ABV. It isn't as though any extra flavour will be imparted. Hell, it isn't even as though it will sweeten the cider since everything is fermented out!
What I would advise is to take a hydro reading of the apple juice and then work out roughly what ABV this will give you (and my TC fermented down to 1.000 and I know a lot of others have as well!) If you want it stronger, add sugar. If you are happy with the strength, then go for it
Either way, just enjoy!
The beauty of homebrew is that yo do things the way you want to, not the way somebody tells you. Sure, you can ask advice and choose whether or not to follow that advise, but at the end of the day it is your choice....
Anyway, of course you can make TC without adding any extra sugar. I think in general the only reason people add it is to increase the ABV. It isn't as though any extra flavour will be imparted. Hell, it isn't even as though it will sweeten the cider since everything is fermented out!
What I would advise is to take a hydro reading of the apple juice and then work out roughly what ABV this will give you (and my TC fermented down to 1.000 and I know a lot of others have as well!) If you want it stronger, add sugar. If you are happy with the strength, then go for it
Either way, just enjoy!
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Calum
