First TC, real summer fruit mix

[Richard_H]

Hello fellow home brewer's

Thought i best start a new thread as after about a week researching turbo ciders i decided to crack on with my first attempt and although its still fermenting the sample i tasted at 1.010 was superb! so i will share my recipe and see what you think:

15L Lidl 100% apple juice concentrate
2L 100% pineapple juice concentrate
2L 100% grapefruit juice concentrate
2L pressed apple juice
1KG frozen summer fruits (strawberries/rasberries/blackcurrent/blackberry)
450g frozen strawberries

All i did with the fruit was to simmer it away in a pot and make a very coarse jam/pulp before topping up with 3L apple juice and throw everything in the fermenter using re hydrated Gervin cider yeast and some yeast trub from the brew i just bottled before starting this.

SG was 1.046 and 4 days later 1.010 when i had a quick sample, the apple and strawberry flavour comes through strongly with a hint of everything else in the background. I am expecting some of that to be taken away as the FG gets to typical cider levels. I will update this for those interested as it was hard to find feedback on other recipes using real fruit and a blend of different juices

 

[james1988]

I'd be interested to hear how that comes out. The wife likes really sweet fruit ciders (think Old Mout and Rekordalig).

I'd like to brew here a low alcohol fruit cider so knowing where to start would be a great help.

James

 

[Richard_H]

I will update this as to how it turns out, i actually bottled this 2 weeks ago and unfortunately lost a few litres due to the loose fruit clogging the tap on my FV and breaking up really easy making a murky mess! oh well live and learn.
It looks rather good but hasn't completely cleared yet, as this is my first TC i shall give it 4 weeks in the bottle

 

[Bigeck]

Interesting. How much sugar did you use to prime the bottles?

 

[Richard_H]

about 100 grams from memory, went at the lower end to play it safe but i have a few plastic bottles and they are solid now so fingers crossed it primed up nicely

 

[Richard_H]

so i am drinking 1 of these now, had a bottle about 2 weeks ago and it was pretty awful. Very sharp and bitter with a funny after taste. Thankfully tonight's has improved massively with the sharpness easing up and the mixed berry flavour coming through nicely

This is going to need a long time in the bottle but so long as it keeps improving im happy with my first TC

 

[Richard_H]

Well i had a few last night and overall im happy with this, it is now crystal clear, very fruity and zero signs of it being home brew...except it still has that sharp edge to it like a dry white wine, to me its refreshing to have a couple in this heatwave but not something i could drink all night. I suspect most would back sweeten this to a degree

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I keep meaning to have a go at a TC i may just give one DJ a try.

 

[Kenboy]

Hi,

I did my first turbo last week. I used a beer yeast i had left over (American ale) followed a recipe someone posted on here, but mixed to 10l of apple juice, 1 bottle of loricz raspberry and a kg of fresh cherries.

Gravity is down. To 1.010 now and I'm thinking, will that be all I get as I have not used a cider yeast?

Will leave for 4 more days, but I wanna bottle before I go on holiday for a week.

So, if this will be my final gravity, and I decide to bottle, will this be a sound move?

I've tasted and it's a little sharp, but I intend to back sweeten with a bottle of sugar free strawberry ribina. Then batch prime with 50g of priming sugar. Does this sound about right?

Cheers

 

[Kenboy]

Gravity check today and it's still falling, now at 106. So looks like I still have more to go and 1.10 isn't the lower limit of ale yeast.

Im enjoying the experimental part of home-brewing.

 

[Richard_H]

Kenboy from memory mine finished around 1.002 using cider yeast so yours may well be done but even with ale yeast i think i read TC can drop pretty low so make sure it has finished

Unsure on the backsweeten/priming sugar ratio im afraid

 

[Kenboy]

Cheers Richard,

Managed to get it down to just below 1.002. this definitely proves ale yeast is just as good.

I added more loricz and some strawberry ribena. Checked the taste and it felt sweet enough.

Bottled and now carbonating.

K