Why Turbo cider over a kit?

[Random Badger]

There seem to be quite a few posts on here about making Turbo cider from supermarket bought apple juice and other ingredients. Just wondered what the appeal is of making cider this way rather than using a kit? The overall costs seem to be similar, so is the resulting cider better?

Maybe it's the name that's throwing me, as Turbo cider sounds like something that you just knock back to get drunk. Plus the last time I fermented anything from shop bought fruit juice I was still at school.

 

[Manners]

There seem to be quite a few posts on here about making Turbo cider from supermarket bought apple juice and other ingredients. Just wondered what the appeal is of making cider this way rather than using a kit? The overall costs seem to be similar, so is the resulting cider better?

Maybe it's the name that's throwing me, as Turbo cider sounds like something that you just knock back to get drunk. Plus the last time I fermented anything from shop bought fruit juice I was still at school.

Sh1ts and giggles! For me it was more the experimental aspect, using some 5L bottles left over from beer brewing and only a few (cheap) extra bits. I was also able to pimp it to how I fancied- a kit would have been less interesting somehow.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

ASDA smart price apple juice is 55 pence litre so using 20 litres (guide below) will cost £11 and no postage, most cider kits i have found have been £13+ postage so a few pounds saved and you can get the juice locally.

https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/how-to-make-turbo-cider.69059/

 

[johncrobinson]

As Chippy says it IS cheaper using supermarket juice.

Rather than cider i make white wine from it,
Very nice it is too.

TBH i don't know how they can do it at these prices as when you think of the amount of apples needed for a liter of juice.

 

[Scrattajack]

TBH i don't know how they can do it at these prices as when you think of the amount of apples needed for a liter of juice.

Makes me suspicious too.

 

[fury_tea]

As Chippy says it IS cheaper using supermarket juice.

Rather than cider i make white wine from it,
Very nice it is too.

TBH i don't know how they can do it at these prices as when you think of the amount of apples needed for a liter of juice.

They underpay farmers and underpay staff in order to try to undercut competitors - driving down quality to achieve the 'lowest price' so they can appease consumers and skim off huge profits for their equally huge bonuses.

Personally I try to buy better quality juice for drinking, but for making cider the dirt cheap stuff just makes sense.
I might throw 2 or 3 bottles of the posh stuff into.a 12L batch, as it does seem to contribute to flavour. Been tempted to try a full batch of posh stuff to see how it turns out.

 

[fury_tea]

To answer the OP, I like making smaller batches as I keep my cider in a 10L keg so it seem best to use juice, to me then I can just get what I need.

 

[Manners]

They underpay farmers and underpay staff in order to try to undercut competitors - driving down quality to achieve the 'lowest price' so they can appease consumers and skim off huge profits for their equally huge bonuses.

Personally I try to buy better quality juice for drinking, but for making cider the dirt cheap stuff just makes sense.
I might throw 2 or 3 bottles of the posh stuff into.a 12L batch, as it does seem to contribute to flavour. Been tempted to try a full batch of posh stuff to see how it turns out.

Agree on the lowest possible cost, but also assume a part of it is that supermarket standards are so high. They want pretty/perfect/uniform produce, so everything that isnt is only fit for juicing. I would imagine the yield an industrial set up gets from an apple is in excess of what we’d get at home with a press too.

 

[danmac]

I made 2 small batches yesterday I used
2 litres Asda apple juice
2 litres Asda mixed fruit juice
I cup of strong tea
100g sugar
1tsp yeast
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1tsp pectolase

Bubbling away nicely took 10 mins

 

[feemackenzie]

As Chippy says it IS cheaper using supermarket juice.

Rather than cider i make white wine from it,
Very nice it is too.

TBH i don't know how they can do it at these prices as when you think of the amount of apples needed for a liter of juice.

Can you describe your recipe please?