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daimianchico

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hi,
been trying to get a basic easy step by step recipe for turbo cider and or vimto wine??????any other similar would be great



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The easiest - and true Turbo Cider - is apple juice, and yeast. That's it. I use Young's champagne yeast, which gives a VERY DRY cider at around 6%. I am going to try their cider yeast this weekend as an experiment.

This basic recipe tastes a bit rough and ready though. To make it nicer, use just under 4.5L of apple juice in a demijohn, then add 1 cup of overstewed tea (use 5 tea bags and stew for 15 minutes) and 1/2tsp of glycerine. The Glycerine is available from all chemists. DON'T ADD TOO MUCH - 1/2tsp is PLENTY. Top up to the shoulder with more juice if you need to close the gap.

In order to see what difference it makes, make 1 demijohn with just juice and yeast and another with the tea and glycerine added. Ferment until ready and no more bubbles, then condition in bottles with 1/2tsp of sugar in each to prime and carbonate your cider - if you like it fizzy that is. Any more sugar than that and you could blow the bottles so measure carefully. Grolsch swing-top bottles are superb - they sell them in large ASDA stores.

Leave the bottles in a warm place for 4 days or so to get the secondary fermentation done and then bung them in the garage or some place cool for 10-14 days to let them condition and carbonate properly. The longer they are left, the nicer they get but 14 days is fine and means you can sample them quickly!

I hope this helps - do let us know how you get on.
 
PS: I forgot to say that it needs to be pure apple juice from concentrate - not watered down. If you have a LIDL nearby, they do 1.5L cartons for 84p. Occasionally they do them half-price over certain weekends. Last time that happened, I bought 58 cartons :D
 
great thanks
this will be on the go this weekend,sounds real tasty,may have to get a good batch on the go
 
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