Tannin/Sweetening help with TC

[barnsleyandy]

Hello all, Ive just put a five gallon batch of Turbo cider on (Tuesday 18th) and its bubbling like mad, I want it for a guy fawkes night bash, hopefully it should come out around 7% which would suit me fine. Id like to serve it as a still,cloudy brew from a keg.

A couple of questions .

1, If I put some strong tea to the brew how is this likely to affect it. ?

2, If I wish to back sweeten , how do I do it and how much ?.

thanks

andy

 

[graysalchemy]

Adding Tannin will give more bite, but I fear with only 3 weeks to bonfire night its taste will not have developed much past being fizzy tramp juice. IMHO TC can be insipid when just brewed and needs months to develop into a decent drink. It needs time. As I said tannin will give it bite. I use 1 tsp of grape tannin per gallon. I would suggest that you brew a pot of tea using 3-4 tea bags per gallon of cider and really stew the tea then add this to the apple juice.

Are you planning on killing the yeast with wine stabilizer when it is finished? If so then you can add sugar to back sweeten, if not you will need to use something like splenda which won't ferment leaving you cider flat and sweeter.

Hope that helps.

 

[barnsleyandy]

HI , thanks for you kind reply, I fear its a bit late but im trying to put on a drinkable 'homemade brew' I dont want it too strong or too dry. the FG should be around 7.7%

Im hoping to stop the fermentation around 1.000 and then sample to see if it needs sweetening.

andy

 

[graysalchemy]

Let us know how it turns out. :thumb:

Next time try and give yourself some time it will taste better. :thumb: :thumb: