Racked my Turbo Cider yesterday.

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frutbunn

Racked my Turbo Cider yesterday.

Post by frutbunn » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:58 pm

Racked my TC yesterday and it's already almost clear. Thinking I can bottle it tomorrow.

A few questions:

How long should I leave it? Can I drink it immediately?

Do you think if I bottle it without priming then I can mix 250ml of the stuff with 250ml of lemonade and get a weaker fizzy cider?


Anyway, picked up 4x 55p cranberry juice drinks from ASDA, and a 99p 425g jar of clear honey. :roll: Turbo Cider version 2 here I come...
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Post by oxford brewer » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:20 pm

Its better to try cranberry juice mixed with apple juice rather than pure cranberry juice on its own.IMO its worth trying 3l AJ and 1L cranberry juice.
Adding the honey to a TC will affect the clarity(normal TC's turn clear when fermentation has finished)but does clear eventually.
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Post by frutbunn » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:23 pm

oxford brewer wrote:Its better to try cranberry juice mixed with apple juice rather than pure cranberry juice on its own.IMO its worth trying 3l AJ and 1L cranberry juice.
Adding the honey to a TC will affect the clarity(normal TC's turn clear when fermentation has finished)but does clear eventually.

Thanks oxford brewer, have yet to start it, so I'll get some more apple juice. I'll probably only use about half (200g) of the honey and add about 300g of corn sugar.
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J_P

Re: Racked my Turbo Cider yesterday.

Post by J_P » Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:16 am

frutbunn wrote:How long should I leave it? Can I drink it immediately?
You can drink it right out of the primary but it can taste a little yeasty it's better left for a while. I recently discovered some I bottled back in April and boy has it improved.
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frutbunn

Re: Racked my Turbo Cider yesterday.

Post by frutbunn » Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:55 pm

J_P wrote:You can drink it right out of the primary but it can taste a little yeasty it's better left for a while. I recently discovered some I bottled back in April and boy has it improved.
Had some last night and it's quite good stuff really isn't it!

Will definitely make a few more gallons and stick some away to mature for Christmas! 8)
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J_P

Post by J_P » Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:05 pm

I've got another gallon bubbling away behind me as I type!
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frutbunn

Post by frutbunn » Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:15 pm

J_P wrote:I've got another gallon bubbling away behind me as I type!
Was thinking of putting a few gallons on tonight, but the temperature's going up. :(

BBC's five day forecast says 22 on Wednesday so in this flat/greenhouse that'll easily be 26... No brewing for me then! :(
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