Two ciders on the go, Turbo V's Kit

[burgerdave]

Been brewing cider from kits for about a year now with some good results. I recently had a great stroke of luck at auction where I managed to get 2 pressure barrels, a fermenting bucket and a jam pan for the princely sum of 4 pounds. This means i now have 2 FV's so this time along side my usual kit cider I decided to try a turbo cider.

I did a quick bit of reaserch on here but not all that much and I came up with this recipie for the T/C.

23L Lidl apple juice (£1 ish for 1.5l)
1.4kg sugar
2 cups incredibly strong black tea (3 bags in each)
Youngs cider yeast.

It started with an SG of 1.065 and using the calculator if i can get it down to 1.00 (currently 1.030) then it will be 8.53% or rocket fuel! This is my first attempt at turbo so any advice/tips will be gratefully recieved.

In my second bucket I have the 'On the rocks' mixed berry kit. I have had very good results with the pear one of these but this is my first mixed berry. SG started 1.040, currently 1.010 so I think this will soon be ready to barrel up.

Did have some pictures but as I'm a new user it wont let me post them, will try and add some later.

I will update as I barrel up/sample to let you know if the recipie is any good. As I said any tips/hints will be greatly appreciated although I'm not keen on adding chemicals/additives if I can get away with it.

 

[oldbloke]

This is my first attempt at turbo so any advice/tips will be gratefully recieved.

I would've said, don't add any sugar, but it's a bit late now.
Is it too late to chuck in a couple of litres of SomethingElse to broaden the flavour a bit? Cranberry, or pomegranate, or blueberry, for example?

 

[burgerdave]

Yeah I didn't realise that it would come out that stong but I do like a strong cider so I may love it.

Will defo try adding something if its rough, in the past experementing with the amount of sugar I used in the kits I made one that was only drinkable with a splash of robinsons apple and blackcurrant squash.

Still cant get past the spam filtering to post picture links

 

[YoungJames]

You could always stick it in wine bottles and call it Apple Wine!