Vimto Wine/Cider

[awalton007]

Hi all.

Does anyone have a recipe using vimto. a cider and a wine recipe would be awsome

pretty please

 

[Mark1964]

Fermenting Time = 2 Weeks
Minimum Conditioning Time = 4 Weeks
Ingredients
Demijohn (5 Litres)
1L Vimto Cordial
3L Apple Juice (+ 1L Top Up)
Cup Strong Tea
Tea Spoon Pectolase
Tea Spoon Yeast
Tea Spoon Yeast Nutriant
Note - Any type of Vimto Cordial will
work for this recipe but the no added
sugar will finish with a low alcohol
percentage.
VIMTO CIDER (5.8% ABV)

Fermenting Instructions
Sanatize all equipment to be used.
Bring the Vimto to the boil and let simmer for between 15 and 20 minutes, if you are
wanting a higher target Alcohol % dissolve Sugar into the hot Vimto.
Make a cup of strong black tea.
Allow the Vimto and Tea to cool to room temperature.
Add your Vimto Juice and Tea to the fermenting Containter then top it up to the
shoulders of the Fermenting Containter.
Add your Yeast, Yeast Nutriant, Pectolase and Citric Acid to theFermenting Container.
Optional - Take a Hydrometer reading of your brew and note it down.
Shake or stir well and apply airlock.
Once the yeast layer on surface of brew dicipates top up with remaining Apple Juice until
the surface of the brew is around 1 Inch from the Bung.
When bubbling slows take three Hydrometre readings over three days.
If all readings are the same then you are ready to rack your brew if not repeat process.
Rack your brew to a new container using a sterilised Racking Cain and Siphon Tube. If
you dont wish to carbinate the brew at a later stage it is advised that you add a crushed
Campden Tablet to the receiving container. If you are wanting to carbonate it then do not
add the Campden Tablet.
Optional - Take a second reading with your Hydrometre and note it down.
Optional - Workout your Alcohol percentage using (S.G-F.G)/7.36.
Put the racked brew in a dark place with a steady temperature for at least 4 weeks to age.
Bottle your brew and back sweetern if required. If you wish to carbonate the brew then
add around one teaspoon of Sugar per 500ml Bottle before capping.
Drink your brew and enjoy.

 

[awalton007]

cool thanx. dp u have a wine recipe too?

 

[Mark1964]

no sorry just the cider someone will have one though

 

[awalton007]

what if i dont have any citric acid can i use something else?

 

[awalton007]

can it be asda smartprice apple juice?

 

[awalton007]

I have started the vimto wine/cider but there seems to be an inch and a half of sediment is this normal. i didnt think there was so mush stuff in pur apple juice lol i used the rio stuff from aldi

 

[GREBO75]

Ooh, does this ferment ok? I was thinking of trying something with the sugary Vimto cordial, but it has a few preservatives in it that i thought would stop the yeasties from partying. Is the level of preservatives low enough that you get a good ferment going, or does boiling the vimto at the start destroy the preservatives?

Cheers

 

[awalton007]

If you boil the Vimto it gets rid of the preservatives

 

[Gayle]

Lots of sediment is normal. How is your cider going?

I was thinking of adding some boiled vimto to some already made TC, I wonder if that would be nice...?

 

[awalton007]

its going good starting to clear up and the sediment isnt a thick as i thought its just like a light fluffy dirt on top of the thick sediment

 

[BigDDunc]

What does this cider recipe actually taste like? I'm very intrigued.

 

[awalton007]

Well mine still tastes abut yeasty lol. Only started it last couple weeks I think lol

 

[Steve]

Lots of sediment is normal. How is your cider going?

I was thinking of adding some boiled vimto to some already made TC, I wonder if that would be nice...?

Boiling is only needed to remove preservatives for fermentation. Adding a bit of vimto straight from the bottle to mix into the glass when serving is fine.

 

[THE_Liam]

Just mixed a batch of this up myself

 

[BigDDunc]

Ibottled this up last night after three days with no airlock activity. Had a pint of it to try but I can say I really wasn't impressed... But there are a few reasons:
It was warm, it wasnt carbonated, hasn't really been aged yet (it's about 3-4 weeks since I started it), I really didn't like the flavour the tannin gave it.

I think I won't be putting tannin in any more of my future brews unless this one drastically improves with age. It tasted way too much like a wine. I used 1 tsp of tannin powder not tea btw.

Fingers crossed it improves drastically by bonfire night!

 

[THE_Liam]

Mine tastes awful, far too bitter with cordial :sick:

 

[tbert33]

can anyone give an update as to how this recipe tastes. I plan to knock up a batch this weekend but not too sure if i should bother with the previous comments about it not tasting the best.

Thanks

 

[tbert33]

can anyone give an update as to how this recipe tastes. I plan to knock up a batch this weekend but not too sure if i should bother with the previous comments about it not tasting the best.

Thanks

 

[BigDDunc]

I've not tested any more of mine, as I said in the above post, I think it would be quite nice except with the addition of tannin and malic acid (and not aged) it tastes too much like a wine, and I don't really like it.

Hopefully another 2-4 months in my shed and it will be worth drinking.