Anyone done a pineapple T/C?

[frogbrew]

Hi all, as title, anyone done a pineapple T/C? I bought a litre of 100% pineapple (not from concentrate) from aldi yesterday to maybe use in a T/C, should I put the full litre in with 3.5ltr a/j??

[CestrIan]

Sounds nice! Why not give it a try and let us know how it turns out.

[frogbrew]

[quote="CestrIan"]Sounds nice! Why not give it a try and let us know how it turns out.[/quote]

Will do mate, gonna get it going tonight, I'll chuck the lot in

[frogbrew]

Racked this into a glass demi today and topped up a little with a/j, initial fermentation was crazy and escaped up through the airlock on a 5ltr plastic demi. Settled down nicely after 4days so racked it to get it clear before bottling, the pineapple was a cloudy juice and left quite a bit of residue behind, can't wait to try it as it looks lush in the glass demi.

[frogbrew]

This turned out really nice with lots of pineapple flavour, goes really nice with the apple.
Have to get a bigger batch on soon as nearly finished this off in the first session it tasted so good.
Would highly recommend.

[WalesAles]

Hello FB,
Good for you on the TC!
What was your SG and FG?
WA

[frogbrew]

Hello FB,
Good for you on the TC!
What was your SG and FG?
WA

hi mate, I never bother taking sg or fg on t/c as I don't add any extra sugars and like my tc around the 5-6% mark.
Allways take the readings on lager/ale kits I do though.

[WalesAles]

Hello FB,
Good for you on the TC!
What was your SG and FG?
WA

hi mate, I never bother taking sg or fg on t/c as I don't add any extra sugars and like my tc around the 5-6% mark.
Allways take the readings on lager/ale kits I do though.

FB,
Be careful if you are using Polish Syrups for your TC, I don`t add any sugar with these and they still come out at 7.5 - 9.0%
WA

[frogbrew]

I've not tried a tc with the syrup but used the lowitz rasberry for an alcoholic rasberryade that is conditioning in my garage. You're right about the sugar as this has come out near 8% with just 1ltr apple added and the rest water.
I'll have a go at using it in a tc next time.

[6470zzy]

Hi all, as title, anyone done a pineapple T/C? I bought a litre of 100% pineapple (not from concentrate) from aldi yesterday to maybe use in a T/C, should I put the full litre in with 3.5ltr a/j??

What did you use for your yeast? I am curious because they are so variable in what they leave for body and fruit flavour at the end.

Cheers

[WalesAles]

I've not tried a tc with the syrup but used the lowitz rasberry for an alcoholic rasberryade that is conditioning in my garage. You're right about the sugar as this has come out near 8% with just 1ltr apple added and the rest water.
I'll have a go at using it in a tc next time.

FB,
Thats the Syrup I`m on about! Just had a pint of my Raspberryade (made with water) to 15Lts, a nice, tidy 6.6%.
Look through the `Other Brews` Thread. Lots of good stuff in there!
Just having a pint of my Raspberry Cinnamon TC. Absolutely Fantastic!
The Cinnamon smell is Great and Taste is Awesome!
3 bottles Polish Raspberry Syrup
18Lts Tesco Apple Juice
2 HUGE Bramleys Grated
3 Heaped Tsp Cinnamon
3 mugs Tea, 4 bags each
No Sugar
3 Tsp Yeast and Nutrient
ABV 8.2%
Batch Prime 140Gr sugar
Tastes Bloody Lovely Mun!
WA

[frogbrew]

Hi all, as title, anyone done a pineapple T/C? I bought a litre of 100% pineapple (not from concentrate) from aldi yesterday to maybe use in a T/C, should I put the full litre in with 3.5ltr a/j??

What did you use for your yeast? I am curious because they are so variable in what they leave for body and fruit flavour at the end.

Cheers

sorry for the late reply, I used ballihoo yeast, bought off ebay 250g tub £5.99 iirc.

[frogbrew]

I've not tried a tc with the syrup but used the lowitz rasberry for an alcoholic rasberryade that is conditioning in my garage. You're right about the sugar as this has come out near 8% with just 1ltr apple added and the rest water.
I'll have a go at using it in a tc next time.

FB,
Thats the Syrup I`m on about! Just had a pint of my Raspberryade (made with water) to 15Lts, a nice, tidy 6.6%.
Look through the `Other Brews` Thread. Lots of good stuff in there!
Just having a pint of my Raspberry Cinnamon TC. Absolutely Fantastic!
The Cinnamon smell is Great and Taste is Awesome!
3 bottles Polish Raspberry Syrup
18Lts Tesco Apple Juice
2 HUGE Bramleys Grated
3 Heaped Tsp Cinnamon
3 mugs Tea, 4 bags each
No Sugar
3 Tsp Yeast and Nutrient
ABV 8.2%
Batch Prime 140Gr sugar
Tastes Bloody Lovely Mun!
WA

This recipe for t/c sounds good although I might use a little less lowitz to bring the abv down a tad. Probably do a smaller batch too.
My rasberryade turned out very strong and a bit rank if I'm honest, fortunately was only a 1 gal batch, I'll keep it if I ever run out and get desperate.