Turbo Cider

[BrewStew]

swmbo used to be a devout strongbow drinker.... she's got a distaste for it now :lol:

 

[NickW]

I used to love the stuff! Now it just tastes like someones used fermented apple cordial!

I dont want to have the TC, I need to save it for new years

 

[BrewStew]

there's no way you'll drink it all by new years mate :lol:

 

[NickW]

Wanna bet? :rofl:

 

[BrewStew]

you've got 48 hours to sink 40 pints of 6% ish TC.... pffft... nah... not on your own, no way

 

[NickW]

Hmmm lemme think. The corny holds 19l, I've had 3 or 4 pints from it since. So that leaves say 17l.

17l = 30 pints.

10 pints tonight, 5 pints in the day tomorrow, 5 pints in the evening... and somehow manage not to be too hung over to gradually finish off the last 10 pints before the guests arrive on Wednesday :lol:

 

[NickW]

On second thoughts....







The Bets off!!

 

[BrewStew]

dammit :twisted: :lol: :rofl:

 

[NickW]

Haha, I'm going to need to drive at some point between then :lol:

Although if I was unemployed, living alone with no friends.. I'm sure I would have taken that challenge up :lol:

You ever drunk 30 pints in 48hours?

 

[BrewStew]

yes well... ish... i've drunk 40 pints over three days once.... it was a beer fest though :?

 

[NickW]

Fair play!

I'm sure I've come close at a music festival or something similar - but was never counting!

 

[BrewStew]

heh nor was i! i only knew by the ticks next to each beer on the pamphlet and i remembered i was drinking pints :lol:

 

[NickW]

Aii nothing wrong with that!

I just poured myself a pint of TC. Very refreshing! Much better than the strongbow. Perfectly carbonated too! Tastes kinda like koppaberg with the sweetness, I'm quite glad I stopped it at around 1.020.

 

[BrewStew]

great stuff :thumb:

oh ****... i just persuaded you to drink it didn't i

dont you dare blame me if you run out at new year.... it was your fault for being weak!... i swear! .... honest! :lol:

 

[NickW]

Haha, no just this one! :wha:

I'm not drinknig too much tonight... honest :lol:

Does this forum have an alcoholics anonymous section :hmm: *nudge to Wez*

 

[Smod]

Just tasted my first TC yesterday. :drink: Just like scrumpy. :thumb:

Family pulled faces though as they're used to the cheap, gassy, sweetener added stuff from the supermarkets.

Well 2 litres left for my poker game tomorrow. (I'm not drinking it, the others can and I'll steal their chips :party: )

Just looking at my posts and forgot about this one :hmm:

Well, the game went great, only four of us and only one mate drank my TC. The other one was on Stella and the last on Brown and Bitter :sick:

Ended up winning all three games and pocketed 36 quid!! :lol:

Luck of the cards that night :thumb:

 

[NickW]

Just checked the excess TC I chucked into a demijohn, its dropped to 0.995 and still bubbling slowly! It's at 9.1% now... tastes more like a white wine now :lol:

I'm just gonna leave it to see how far it goes.

When do you reckon I should syhpon it off its sediment? - because ive read that leaving a brew on dead yeast can cause off flavours..

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[BrewStew]

if you dont mind risking a butterscotch flavour i wouldn't worry about it mate

i personally find it's a bit too weird from my tastebuds so only leave the beer/cider on the trub for aslong as it needs to be (until it's down to target FG)

 

[NickW]

I'm awaking this thread again, apologies!

Just thinking, when me and brewstew drop a camden tablet in to "stop fermentation", surely it's just halting the fermentation for a couple of days.. after 1 month, surely its possible for the cider to have fermented even further - to an almost dry horrible taste (10%)?

Ever had anything like this? :

 

[BrewStew]

mmm yeah i've often thought about that. potassium sorbate will definitely kill them dead.

campden aparently "stuns" them... i wonder if it stuns them enough for finings to drop them out of suspension.

my latest TC crystal clear... as in commercially clear! i didn't use campden or finings and i'm 100% sure it's not still fermenting. all i did was leave it outside for 2 days in the freezing cold :lol: