easy carbonated cider for a noobie?

[Hudson1984]

Hi there, new to homebrew, well, made a few brew in the bag kits but would really like to try my hand at cider, ideally a fruit cider and ideally carbonated.

anyone able to point me in the right direction?

can I do this with brew in the bag but get myself a corny keg and some C02?

[Dave1970]

I'd forget brew in a bag and get a fermenting bucket, once you have this there's loads of fruit cider kits.
You could get a corny and force carbonate but this is investing quite a lot when you have no other kit. I'd just get a crown capper, a siphon tube, a bttling wand, start collecting bottles and bottle with a bit of priming sugar in each bottle and carbonate naturally.

[Hudson1984]

yeah think you're right.

seen some decent kits that I could have a bash at and the idea of bottling does seem alot easier given I already have a spare fridge.

[Chug]

I posted up my recipe for fruity Turbo Cider here.
viewtopic.php?f=48&t=82327&p=848784#p848784

[Hudson1984]

so what's the deal with TC? Is it still alcoholic?

how turbo are we talking? days/weeks/months?

does it need to mature?

should I be looking to buy DJ instead of fermenting barrels etc?

questions questions questions.

[Dave1970]

DJ is only a gallon, handy for a quick experiment, but not as much use as a standard 40 pint bucket

[Hudson1984]

that works for me, reading some of the TC threads I could probably make a bit of a rolling stock to test flavours etc. Then use 40 pinters for something a bit more long term