going to do a little turbo cider brew today

[jans1971]

going to do a little turbo cider brew today , iv got a 4.8ltr dj which i use for my wine, so what do i need , what yeast and do i put all of the packet in , do i add sugar to it and a yeast nutraint ???? :hmm:

 

[ni9e]

When I make TC in a demijohn I add 500g of silverspoon and use wilkies champagne yeast which gives a nice dry 7% ish cider.

But if your stuck getting yeast then I have used bread yeast as well but it dosent turn out quite as dry iirc I used hovis bread yeast because it was all I had at the time :thumb:

edit: I never used yeast nutrient but if you have some chuck it in I know some people use it.

 

[prolix]

I made one last week

4 l apple juice
1 cup of strong tea
2 bramley cooking apples blitzed
safale 04 (all i had)


just put the two tea bags form breakfast into another cup and left to stew for 5 minutes
put all ingredients bar 1 litre apple in the demijon shake like mad for 30 seconds take a breath repeat
put the air lock in wait two days then add the remaining apple juice ( still blews out the air lock)
it's been brewing for a week now will leave it another then strain and bottle, no priming.
It will never get clear because of the apples but tastes appley and has a scrumpy look and won't be fizzy.
You can make it fizzy by priming with more apple juice

 

[jans1971]

going to do a little turbo cider brew today , iv got a 4.8ltr dj which i use for my wine, so what do i need , what yeast and do i put all of the packet in , do i add sugar to it and a yeast nutraint ???? :hmm:

i nipped to the local brew shop and got some gervin wine yeast and some yeast nutient and the juice and sugar from tescos. so 500g of sugar should do it and do you dissolve it in hot water first

 

[ni9e]

and do you dissolve it in hot water first

I add the sugar and 1 litre of apple juice to a sanitised pan and just warm till the sugar has melted and add it to the DJ last as I have had a DJ crack by adding warm liquid to it :shock: