My first attempt at Turbo Cider

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My first attempt at Turbo Cider

Post by Nosferatu » Mon Aug 31, 2015 2:55 pm

Exactly what it says above, this is what I went with .

Turbo "Snap-shot" Cider Mk 1
4.7l Tesco everyday pure Apple juice
1 400ml ish mug 3 teabag tea stewed for 10 min (Tetley extra strong)
10g cascade hops in with the tea
1 level tsp cider/champagne yeast
OG 1,050
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Re: My first attempt at Turbo Cider

Post by WalesAles » Tue Sep 01, 2015 9:13 pm

Nosferatu wrote:Exactly what it says above, this is what I went with .

Turbo "Snap-shot" Cider Mk 1
4.7l Tesco everyday pure Apple juice
1 400ml ish mug 3 teabag tea stewed for 10 min (Tetley extra strong)
10g cascade hops in with the tea
1 level tsp cider/champagne yeast
OG 1,050
Nos,
Look in `Other Brews`. `Cheap and Tasty Raspberryade` is a good place! :D
Your TC might be bland. Mix it up with another Juice!
Look at `Oldblokes` post on here......
viewtopic.php?f=48&t=65433&start=15

Oh! My Mango TC took 2nd place in the National Homebrew Festival! :D :D Just saying! :D #-o

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Re: My first attempt at Turbo Cider

Post by Nosferatu » Tue Sep 01, 2015 10:32 pm

WalesAles wrote: Nos,
Look in `Other Brews`. `Cheap and Tasty Raspberryade` is a good place! :D
Your TC might be bland. Mix it up with another Juice!
Look at `Oldblokes` post on here......
viewtopic.php?f=48&t=65433&start=15

Oh! My Mango TC took 2nd place in the National Homebrew Festival! :D :D Just saying! :D #-o

WA
Cheers WA just playing it safe to start with . Wanted to try a quick and easy effort just to get an idea of what the end product turns out like . Once I'm happy enough with a base recipe then I'll start experimenting . Mango does sound very tasty and refreshing :)
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Re: My first attempt at Turbo Cider

Post by oldbloke » Thu Sep 03, 2015 1:06 pm

Hopped ciders are usually done as a late addition, for flavour rather than bittering. But it might be wonderful, straight shop AJ needs some help

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Re: My first attempt at Turbo Cider

Post by Nosferatu » Thu Sep 03, 2015 4:09 pm

oldbloke wrote:Hopped ciders are usually done as a late addition, for flavour rather than bittering. But it might be wonderful, straight shop AJ needs some help
Cheers old bloke , a 10 min hop tea shouldn't do much in the way of bittering hopefully I'll just get a little citrussy hint from the cascade hops .
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Re: My first attempt at Turbo Cider

Post by Nosferatu » Mon Sep 14, 2015 4:39 pm

Really happy with the result. It finished out at 1,002 so approx 6.4 % and at the drier end of medium dry .As WA predicted tastewise it's nowt exciting but it's definitely cider it's got a nice sharpness , has cleared nicely and the carbonated version is very refreshing . It'll make an ideal platform to work up from for future efforts . I reckon the first variation will be a few more hops and some ginger .
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Re: My first attempt at Turbo Cider

Post by Nosferatu » Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:42 pm

#2 as above 7l batch this time but with a mix of Tesco & Iceland juice , a big lump of fresh ginger and an unknown amount of hops that were left over approx 15g .
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Re: My first attempt at Turbo Cider

Post by scotsloon » Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:09 pm

I can recommend Lowitcz Rasberry Syrup from the International Isle of Tescos as a flavour for Cider, it improves the cider no end!

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Re: My first attempt at Turbo Cider

Post by Nosferatu » Tue Sep 29, 2015 9:42 pm

Cheers Scotsloon will have a look at that for the next batch .
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Re: My first attempt at Turbo Cider

Post by WalesAles » Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:30 pm

Nos,
Glad you are enjoying your TC!
That Raspberry Syrup is awesome!
As I said before, there are good things on the `Other Brews` thread. Lots of stuff about the Polish Syrup.
Always my `Go back to` brew. Very Tasty.
It`s Bloody Lovely Mun! :D
Read the thread because you can get from 5% to 9% just by adding the Syrup! :D #-o

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