Hi to you too!
Turbo Cider is an "Other Brew" topic rather than a kit one so your thread may get moved.
What a lot of questions!
Water and Turbo Cider? No, just apple juice, extra fermentables and yeast.
AJ sort? Juice or juice from concentrate - ensure it hasn't got additives, sweetners etc.
Have never made a batch larger than 5 ltrs but I do know the head can get quite violent - I'd leave yourself a good few inches of room.
Extra fermentables - work away! Sugar can thin the taste; honey can add flavour. Am thinking of maple syrup myself on my next batch. IMO to get an ABV in the 8% region you'll need an OG of approx 1.060ish.
Endsing fermentation is another variable. If you are bottling/kegging to get sparkling cider ensure the brew is still cloudy to a degree. This will mean there is still some yeast in suspension to work on the priming sugar.
If you want it still, leave it to clear before bottling.
HELP: First attempt at Turbo Cider
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bugle
The more juice you use the more apply it will be, you can use all juice as many plp do.
As for the strength for 8% go for a starting gravity of about 1.059 (assuming you ferment til 1.000, tc cider usually goes a little drier than this, so will prob be a little over 8%...), for this take the sg of the juice and see if you need to add any sugar (for tc i would use plain sugar and save anything else for beer). Add in small increments until you reach 1.059 (you can calculate how much to add - search the forums or google). Pitch your yeast and away you go...
Just looking at the size of your fermenter, it may be worth starting this a few litres short as it will foam quite a bit depending on the yeast, just calculate waht ratio of sugar to juice that made 1.059, then add this after a couple of days when the foam has subsided...
Good luck, just as a note, I find there is not much difference in price of tc and kit cider, with the kit being far superior (imo) - the john bull gets rave reviews
As for the strength for 8% go for a starting gravity of about 1.059 (assuming you ferment til 1.000, tc cider usually goes a little drier than this, so will prob be a little over 8%...), for this take the sg of the juice and see if you need to add any sugar (for tc i would use plain sugar and save anything else for beer). Add in small increments until you reach 1.059 (you can calculate how much to add - search the forums or google). Pitch your yeast and away you go...
Just looking at the size of your fermenter, it may be worth starting this a few litres short as it will foam quite a bit depending on the yeast, just calculate waht ratio of sugar to juice that made 1.059, then add this after a couple of days when the foam has subsided...
Good luck, just as a note, I find there is not much difference in price of tc and kit cider, with the kit being far superior (imo) - the john bull gets rave reviews
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bugle
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Totem
Ive just started some TC - 5 litre batch. Put 4lt into a 5lt water container with 500g of white granulated sugar. Starting OG was about 1.080 so hopefully will be about 10%. Cant wait been bubbling for a few days - i used half a pack of yeast so i guess it took a while for the yeast to get going. Just keep in nice and simple for your first go and you can add stuff to your next brew.
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