Shirley Bassett
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First time I made Raspberry Turbo Cider I used fresh whole fruit and just bunged them in the fv. Post fermentation they were still whole, but had turned close to white in colour, and the cider was pinkish and tasted of the fruit.
In my second attempt I froze, defrosted, froze and defrosted for a second time and then put the fruit in a muslin bag and squeezed out the juice. Ended up with a redder cider with more fruit flavour.
My third attempt and preferred method is to freeze the fruit and then defrost and then blitz them in a food processor and then ferment the liquid / pulp in the cider.
For speed of Raspberry additional flavour you could add the following Polish syrup:
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/263204408
Other flavours are available. Sometimes it’s on offer for £1 a bottle.
However, do note that it contains 84g of sugar in 100ml of syrup, so a bottle has 336g of sugar, an entire bottle in a demijohn will add over 3% abv to your end cider, making it around 9% when primed.
Alternatively you could syringe 6ml of the syrup into each 500ml bottle and fill with turbo cider, this will prime you cider at a rate of 10g/l. It gives you a light red / pinkish cider with a slight raspberry flavour
In my second attempt I froze, defrosted, froze and defrosted for a second time and then put the fruit in a muslin bag and squeezed out the juice. Ended up with a redder cider with more fruit flavour.
My third attempt and preferred method is to freeze the fruit and then defrost and then blitz them in a food processor and then ferment the liquid / pulp in the cider.
For speed of Raspberry additional flavour you could add the following Polish syrup:
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/263204408
Other flavours are available. Sometimes it’s on offer for £1 a bottle.
However, do note that it contains 84g of sugar in 100ml of syrup, so a bottle has 336g of sugar, an entire bottle in a demijohn will add over 3% abv to your end cider, making it around 9% when primed.
Alternatively you could syringe 6ml of the syrup into each 500ml bottle and fill with turbo cider, this will prime you cider at a rate of 10g/l. It gives you a light red / pinkish cider with a slight raspberry flavour