tc on the go i hope!!

[THE EMBALMER]

hallo peeps,just got some lidle apple juice and put about litre in demi-john with some out of date wine yeast put on heat pad (freecycle) left for about half an hour nothing so put safale s-04 in the bugger should take off now i hope.i am waiting for an eruption then i will top up 3 ltrs then top up in a few days. i dont think i will leave on the heat pad will see ,dont know history of it its an old boots thing.probably be ok got a new consumer unit so should trip if a problem.
was going to do lidle wine but local hb not open and wilco in halifax has very little stuff so will get some on line as i need some malt for my coopers stout.
i like a drop of cider now and again not so much likes of strong bow ect too chemically for me ,magners/bulmers nice drop.
what i really like is the stuff you get in france with champagne type corked bottles very tre bon
if it turns out like that will be chuffed.
how long does this yeast take to work got two lots in there now and nish...i am very impatient.
laters apple bobbers

ps; og was about 1050

[THE EMBALMER]

i can see some yeast forming on the bottom but no eruptions ,have wrapped blanket around to warm the thing up i bit...... come on i want to be cleaning apple spewtom off the ceiling

news flash: no eruptions but is fermenting it is bubbling have wrapped in blankey and put under stairs will check on the morrow and top as necessary .

[PMH0810]

Don't fret - my TC generall takes 12 to 24 hours to kick-off and ferments out in 7 to 12 days. Big plus is, with 5 DJs I can pretty much cover every month in TC!

[THE EMBALMER]

oh bugger i fretted after about half an hour and bunged some more yeast in i put some slightly out of date wine yeast then some ale yeast its fermenting nicely now and i have topped up tonight fingers crossed should be ok ,not too much money down the drain if it fails thanks glyn

ps: what do you all think is best yeast ale, wine or any thing thats at hand like bread yeast???

[PMH0810]

Some of my best TC has been made with bread yeast; maybe because it ferments less than cider yeasts?

[randomdave]

Im a heathen an just use bread yeast, lets see 8 packets from tesco for 95p or 1 packet from the brew shop for £1.80..... I might try one batch once with cider yeast to see if there is any noticable taste difference, but i very much doubt i will.

[Operator]

I've noticed a big difference between two batches made at the same time, same ingredients one with cider yeast and one with champagne yeast. The cider yeast one was not as dry, I preferred it although both were good.

[Laripu]

My best ciders (two of them) were made using Saflager, fermented at 10°C. My worst ciders (two of them) were made with wine yeast. It's a small sample... I've only made 4 total!

[THE EMBALMER]

racked the cider into another demi with some aj will leave to mature for a while then bottle it. had a good taste of it when checking the fg ,waste not want not ,it tastes good a bit dry for me but very drinkable.
will put some more aj straight into the demi with the same yeast and get some more on the go .

[THE EMBALMER]

i have been a busy boy