Carbonating 24hour cider kit
Carbonating 24hour cider kit
Hi all. Not logged in for a very long time unfortunately, I have a quick question, in Wilkos they sell a cider kit in a bag in a box that you just add water to and it's ready in 48 hours, it's a fruit cider, on the box it says the longer it's left the dryer it gets, I was wondering if there is a way to carbonate this as I know carbonation can take a while, could I add some carbonation drops when adding the water, or add afterwards, or transfer to a barrel once it's done and add drops to it then, my main concern is the cider getting too dry whilst the carbonation process takes place, thanks.
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Re: Carbonating 24hour cider kit
Carbonation has to happen in the final container. So you can't add drops with the initial water. Unless you're planning on never racking/kegging/bottling. Sugar is cheaper than drops, btw.
I suspect a fruit cider kit will have at least a little bit of non-fermentable sweetener in it, but you might add some yourself at the start. I used to use sucralose but have switched to xylitol.
Ready in 48 hours? scary. Hopefully the fruit will mask the effect of using a turbo yeast
I suspect a fruit cider kit will have at least a little bit of non-fermentable sweetener in it, but you might add some yourself at the start. I used to use sucralose but have switched to xylitol.
Ready in 48 hours? scary. Hopefully the fruit will mask the effect of using a turbo yeast
Re: Carbonating 24hour cider kit
Hi, thanks, I was going to bottle it, don't think can add drops or sugar at start as it's in a sealed bad in a box like them bags of wine and has a tap on it, here is a link, this is only 10 pints but Willis do a 20 pint one
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6515331? ... gLVQvD_BwE
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6515331? ... gLVQvD_BwE
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Re: Carbonating 24hour cider kit
I've seen them, wouldn't touch them myself. Happy with my turbocider recipes. OK they take 10-15 days to ferment, not 48hours, and I like to leave them in bottle to carb up for a month, but the results are very good