First Turbo cider

[Thumper]

So, taking a short hiatus from beer, as apparently having 92 bottles is unreasonable. So I decided to brew a turbo cider, partly to appease the Mrs as it's something she'll drink, and mostly because if I do it now it should be done in time for summer.

Went with:
6l Tescos apple juice
1 mug strong black tea
Juice of 1 lemon
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1 tsp pectolase
1/2 cup Tescos sweetener (exactly the same ingredients as splenda but 1/3 the price).
Mangrove Jack's M02 cider yeast

Heated up 1l of the juice on the stove and it all equalled out at 25c, which seems about right to me. Pitched, stirred, shoved it by the radiator.

Now it's fingers crossed! I'm interested to see how it turns out.

 

[Hullblazer]

Nice! Let us know how it ends up?

 

[Thumper]

Will do mate!

Oh, I should have said: SG of the juice was 1046.

 

[Nicks90]

Shoved it next to radiator...


Some would say bad things about this, but I did a cranberry TC before Christmas and did exactly the same and it's turned out amazing. It was next to the radiator in my office and we have a smart heating system. So overnight it can hit 12c and during the day the rad can be on all day. No idea what temp swings a 5l DJ would experience with that, but it didn't seem to mind!

 

[BeerCat]

Last few times i made it i forgot to add the extras and just used juice and yeast. I could not tell the difference to be honest but i am no cider expert. To sweeten mine i just mix it with juice. Have you thought of making a cyser? They are quick and cheap, quite like it myself.

 

[Thumper]

I had to Google cyser. It sounds nice!

 

[Thumper]

Bottled! Looks lovely and came out a very nice medium-dry. The mrs says its still too sour (there's no pleasing some people) but its bang on for me. Aiming for 3 volumes co2.

 

[Thumper]

Tried some of this over the weekend, since we had a heatwave, and I've essentially made Strongbow. Weirdly, it was nicer before carbing and conditioning, which leads me to suspect that carbonic bite may be an issue here.

So not perfect, but not bad for a first attempt by any means.

 

[Hullblazer]

My second batch is streets ahead of my first; you've got the bug now, Go to it!