Right then this is the plan....
I have got a myself a nice demijohn and air lock.
So I am going to warm through 4 litres of Apple juice.
Add half a jar of honey and stir until disolved.
Then one teaspoon of champagne yeast.
Am I going down the right road?
Poor into demijohn and sit back for a week....
Then tomorrow will start the John Bull Best....
First Attempt at Turbo....
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Petrovitch
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wobbler!!
Right then this is what has been done as above, added half a jar of honey and 4 tablespoons of sugar. Disolved it all.
Due to the size of the pan I did it in 2 halfs. After the first I added 1 teaspoon of Champagne yeast (i read somewhere that this was the way forward?!).
Now bubbling away......
My wife has declined first try, My daughter thinks I am mad.
So recipe was:-
5 lires of apple juice
half a tub of honey approx 220 grams.
4 tablespoons of sugar, disolved.
1 teaspoon of champage yeast.
We shall see....
Due to the size of the pan I did it in 2 halfs. After the first I added 1 teaspoon of Champagne yeast (i read somewhere that this was the way forward?!).
Now bubbling away......
My wife has declined first try, My daughter thinks I am mad.
So recipe was:-
5 lires of apple juice
half a tub of honey approx 220 grams.
4 tablespoons of sugar, disolved.
1 teaspoon of champage yeast.
We shall see....
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wobbler!!
20 hrs in...
Today I manged to buy a Hydrometer.
Just done a reading it came in at 1050....
The information that come with the Hydrometer suggests that this would be for a Dry wine?
Can anybody shed any light. What am I creating here?!!
Really pleased to see it bubbling away when I went into the kitchen this morning.
Had a sneeky taste after using the Hydrometer, a nice fiz and quite tasty at this stage....could be dangerous!
Just done a reading it came in at 1050....
The information that come with the Hydrometer suggests that this would be for a Dry wine?
Can anybody shed any light. What am I creating here?!!
Really pleased to see it bubbling away when I went into the kitchen this morning.
Had a sneeky taste after using the Hydrometer, a nice fiz and quite tasty at this stage....could be dangerous!
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Vossy1
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wobbler!!
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tubby_shaw
You can add 1 crushed campden tablet per 5 litres to stop fermentation at your desired gravity.wobbler!! wrote:NOOOOOOO I don't want a cider that I feel I have the chew! Rocket fuel is good over dry is bad!
Is their any way that I can stop it fermenting to much and end up with a medium dry cider?
Or you can let it ferment out to dryness and then add unfermentable sweetener.
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jaytee1
Good god we have merrydown and woodpecker cider drinkers in the forum Banish them!! 
Medium sweet cider is surely only for those still at school or that sleep on parks benches. Personally ill be aiming for a full fermentation and hoping that it gets somewhere near a westons vintage dry, that is a drink to be wary of!!
I must admit though I am partial to a can of ice cold Special Brew
Medium sweet cider is surely only for those still at school or that sleep on parks benches. Personally ill be aiming for a full fermentation and hoping that it gets somewhere near a westons vintage dry, that is a drink to be wary of!!
I must admit though I am partial to a can of ice cold Special Brew
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wobbler!!
Certainly not a Merrydown drinker.....I live less than three miles from the good old Thatchers farm. I just normally buy it in 5 liters half medium half dry. Otherwise as per my name I become:
Very much a ‘Wobbler!!’ after 2 pints,
Incoherent after 2.5
I have a distinct inability to walk after 3.
Which is good until I asses the stairs.. the bed is more comfortable than the sofa!!!
Sadly no longer a teenager either! The spots went but then sadly so did the hair!!!!!
Just out of interest a medium-dry cider when should I kill off the fermenting? i.e strong but not to NASA standard?!!!
Very much a ‘Wobbler!!’ after 2 pints,
Incoherent after 2.5
I have a distinct inability to walk after 3.
Which is good until I asses the stairs.. the bed is more comfortable than the sofa!!!
Sadly no longer a teenager either! The spots went but then sadly so did the hair!!!!!
Just out of interest a medium-dry cider when should I kill off the fermenting? i.e strong but not to NASA standard?!!!
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jaytee1
Hi, I tried one of the first bottles last night and after 2 months in the bottle its still not ready. From what I can gather you really need 6 months for these to develop properlyFadanoid wrote:jaytee1
What is the Ambiorix like. I just bottled mine yesterday but have 3 months to wait. Any good?
However what I was tasting was great and given time it will be even better, thats half the problem though isnt it we never given them time to mature properly. Im going to have to hide them.
Good luck with yours
JT
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jaytee1
The thatchers farm, thats a fine pint of cider.wobbler!! wrote:Certainly not a Merrydown drinker.....I live less than three miles from the good old Thatchers farm. I just normally buy it in 5 liters half medium half dry. Otherwise as per my name I become:
Very much a ‘Wobbler!!’ after 2 pints,
Incoherent after 2.5
I have a distinct inability to walk after 3.
Which is good until I asses the stairs.. the bed is more comfortable than the sofa!!!
Sadly no longer a teenager either! The spots went but then sadly so did the hair!!!!!
Just out of interest a medium-dry cider when should I kill off the fermenting? i.e strong but not to NASA standard?!!!
To be honest SWMBO would probably like a sweeter version of the turbo cider that im planning so I would be interested in finding out when to stop fermentation. I would imagine that if you tested it daily by drawing off with a turkey baster, you could probably match the taste that you were looking for before adding the campden.
Good luck
JT
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Hoppkins
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gorymorph