8-way TurboCider taste test: yeast comparison

[oldbloke]

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[TonyT40]

Nice one OB. I read the report and its got me in the mood for some TC again. Where do you get the Suma from? Can't say its something I've seen. If I have understood it is a concentrate that dilutes with water.

Which morrisons sweetner did you use?

Cheers

Tony

[oldbloke]

You get Suma concentrate from hippyfood places. I've come to the conclusion that most supermarket AJ is too acid for really good cider, but the Suma stuff at 1:6 dilution is spot on, and it just tastes great anyway. So it may cost just a little bit more but it's worth it.
It comes in organic or standard: organic is wasted here so no point paying the extra. They do it in 400ml or 500ml bottles - depends how much you're making which it makes sense to buy.
For this run I got the 5l polycontainer... Normally that's too much for me as I usually do 2 gallon runs and once opened it only keeps a couple of months even in the fridge, but if you're making a big batch it's cheaper to buy in bulk.
If you order the 5l or a slab of 6 bottles you can usually get at least 5%, maybe 10%, off the list price if you smile nicely - they know it's in and out in one day so can let the margin slip a bit.
Suma recommend diluting between 1:6 and 1:8 for normal drinking, but I just run the sugar content through an Excel spreadsheet I have and make it up from there.

It says "Morrison's Granulated Sweetener". It's sucralose and a bit of maltodextrin, I figured that could only help.

[jmc]

Good post. I need to check if I can get some Suma AJ concentrate locally.

[WalesAles]

Good One OB!
Got to find some Suma now to brew along the 4 kits Santa brought me! Look Out!
WA