Brewnight: Strawberry and Lime Turbo cider

[Roddy]

Tidy 😀

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[pvt_ak]

Quick question as never batch primed - when I siphon off into new bucket first do you put the syrup in and siphon on top of it or add afterward and stir ... or is it all relative lol ! ?


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[Roddy]

I start to siphon it in, then put the syrup in shortly after with a small funnel, then swirl it around while it's filling up 😀

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[pvt_ak]

Nice one ! Watch this space for the grand opening in a week or so !


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[Roddy]

Nice one ! Watch this space for the grand opening in a week or so !


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Retro background tunes compulsory 😉

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[pvt_ak]

Nothing less lol !!


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[pvt_ak]

Got round to bottling this one.
Batch primed with syrup.
Used cider yeast with sweetener this time.
What a difference !
Tastes awesome ! Can't wait for the fizz to kick in.


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[Roddy]

Yeh I was blown away by the yeast with sweetener too mate !

I found some of the same one I made in July, if you can keep a few back you'll notice the difference a few months makes (although they are pretty damp good as soon as they're carbed haha 😀

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[pvt_ak]

I'm working on that one matey - I've parked two of the Elderflower ones I made with a view to trying Xmas.

Willpower.....


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[dublin12]

Roddy - tempted to do this as my first TC. Is this still your favourite ?
I have 11L better bottles so will be halving your recipe.
I see some people don't recommend any water and some use a lot. Any recommendations there?

Cheers :-)

 

[Roddy]

Roddy - tempted to do this as my first TC. Is this still your favourite ?
I have 11L better bottles so will be halving your recipe.
I see some people don't recommend any water and some use a lot. Any recommendations there?

Cheers :-)

Yes mate, easily my favourite this one still...

I've made a mixture of TC's with all apple and half apple/water etc... but the proportions of this one are spot on for me. Plenty Appley but not blow your head off strong 😀

The cider yeast with sweetener is key though, have you got some of that ?

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[dublin12]

Yep - on your advice I took delivery of some yesterday.
It was actually proportionately quite expensive for me to get, so I want to get it right first time :thumb::thumb::thumb:

 

[dublin12]

This https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01CA9C8T4/ref=cfb_at_prodpg

 

[Roddy]

yes it is a bit pricier, well worth it though :thumb:

 

[dublin12]

Just had a taste of that Lowicz Strawberry WoW it's great :-) Only did 5 L so just in time for the +Lime TC !

 

[dublin12]

Popped my 11 L of this into the fridge. Of course as I always make a mistake this time i put in 80% of the 10g yeast-with-sweetener-for-22L sachet as wanted to make sure I had enough yeast. However this means I possibly overdid the sweetener. Anyway - looking forward to seeing how this goes. Though not listed in the recipe I added in a TSP of nutrient also.

 

[dublin12]

5 days in - Sg is now about 1200 and it tastes really pleasant.

Might consider this sort of ratio for a WoW as the one I did recently (1 strawberry lowicz for 1 gallon wine) was way too sweet.

Can you put lime into Wine ?

 

[dublin12]

to 25L with cold tap water, temp about 22 degrees (perfect).

SG of 1.038, so estimating an abv of about 5.8% (when taking into account priming sugar - 340g/400ml of Strawberry syrup with an 85g per 100ml sugar content)

Roddy - how many grams of sugar per litre do you prime with. looks like 13g ?

Also if using actual sugar and batching do you dissolve it in water or perhaps use a degasser to dissolve it ?

Cheers

 

[Roddy]

Yeh 13g per litre is about right

If I'm not priming with syrup I tend to dissolve the sugar in as little hot water as I can manage, wait for it to cool, then batch prime 😀

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[dublin12]

Cheers - overdosed on the lowicz recently so will go the sugar method.