Youngens TC

youngbrewer · Post by **youngbrewer** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:05 pm

hello all

New to this brewing lark but got 2 brew going today (lager and a Cider)

and i fancy giving this ago so i take it i need

Apple Juice
Demijohn and airlock (is this on ok? Content deleted in accordance with forum rules.

cider yeast
Sugar honey

and is that it???

Im going to use Coopers recipe.... 5L apple juice , 200g sugar, a large tablespoon of honey and some yeast

all help welcome

Prozac · Post by **Prozac** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:12 pm

Certainly works for me!! Or at least appears to!! Not drank any yet.

If you have a Wilko's or Wilkinsons local to you, they have everything you need.

youngbrewer · Post by **youngbrewer** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:16 pm

Prozac wrote:Certainly works for me!! Or at least appears to!! Not drank any yet.
If you have a Wilko's or Wilkinsons local to you, they have everything you need.

yeah there one by me but the abit crappy with the home brew stuff

Chumsky · Post by **Chumsky** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:43 pm

youngbrewer wrote:hello all

New to this brewing lark but got 2 brew going today (lager and a Cider)

and i fancy giving this ago so i take it i need

Apple Juice
Demijohn and airlock (is this on ok? Content deleted in accordance with forum rules.

cider yeast
Sugar honey

and is that it???

Im going to use Coopers recipe.... 5L apple juice , 200g sugar, a large tablespoon of honey and some yeast

all help welcome

I've just started mine of in the last hour!

I used all of the things you mentioned, except Champagne yeast instead.

I need to ask everyone else....

What temperature do I need to keep it at which stages..

Also I believe I need to keep it in the demijohn for a week and then bottle it... but I've also heard of people drinking it straight out of the Demi-john.

So.... after a week do I need to put a normal bong on top of the demi-john?

Thanks!

youngbrewer · Post by **youngbrewer** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:29 pm

does it matter the type of honey you use i.e could it be tesco vale type stuff

And do you have to have 5 liters of apple juice or could you use half juice half water etc

just ideas im throwing around

Chumsky · Post by **Chumsky** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:35 pm

youngbrewer wrote:does it matter the type of honey you use i.e could it be tesco vale type stuff

And do you have to have 5 liters of apple juice or could you use half juice half water etc

just ideas im throwing around

I think any honey will do tbh! As long as it melts in the pan.

Chumsky · Post by **Chumsky** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:37 pm

youngbrewer wrote:does it matter the type of honey you use i.e could it be tesco vale type stuff

And do you have to have 5 liters of apple juice or could you use half juice half water etc

just ideas im throwing around

Don't imagion it will be as tasty if it's not all apple juice, the colour of mine looks good, watered down it wouldn't look quite so nice.

youngbrewer · Post by **youngbrewer** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:41 pm

im looking forward to doing this.

take it that its strong stuff!!!

going to be bottling it in to glass bottles

just wondering could you use spray malt or would that not work with cider?

Russ · Post by **Russ** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:58 pm

Hi Youngbrewer

BTW hope you not too young to be drinking this stuff!

Use 100% apple juice, it's cheap enough!

As and experiment I recently made a batch with 3 litres of juice and one and a half litres of water - it's Crap! All my previous 100% juice brews have been great. This ones going to end up as drain cleaner

youngbrewer · Post by **youngbrewer** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:39 pm

nah the ripe ol age of 25

i was just throwing ideas around in my head with the half water thing

so many questions lol

coudl use use pear juice instead??

Prozac · Post by **Prozac** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:50 pm

Exciting times!!!

Mine's bubbling away merrily to itself!!

If this works ok I can just see me having a rolling DJ or 2 on the go, the wife like cider

Is pear juice expensive? Paula prefers Perry tbh so I'll be looking into this shortly..... I've seen someone's added a ltr or pear juice to the mix.... hope that works well.

Prozac · Post by **Prozac** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:51 pm

youngbrewer wrote:nah the ripe ol age of 25

i was just throwing ideas around in my head with the half water thing

so many questions lol

coudl use use pear juice instead??

Should have read your post YB!!!

youngbrewer · Post by **youngbrewer** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:36 pm

Update::

DJ Ordered should be here tomorrow
Airlocks here

just need apple juice and yeast now and im away

So how strong is this stuff???????

is there any way you can not make it as strong???

Chumsky · Post by **Chumsky** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:14 pm

youngbrewer wrote:Update::

DJ Ordered should be here tomorrow
Airlocks here

just need apple juice and yeast now and im away

So how strong is this stuff???????

is there any way you can not make it as strong???

The strength will depend on what yeast your using and the bottling conditions I suppose.

I'm using champagne yeast for mine, which is going to be interesting!

10-15% maybe?

youngbrewer · Post by **youngbrewer** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:18 pm

i will probably use cider yeast for mine

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