Turbo Cider in the Isle of Man

[Roldyman]

Hi guys! New to the forum and new to the hobby so I've started with 10L of Turbo Cider. Every recipe I have seen for TC is different and people seem to just tweak their own from someone elses or just make one up, so I've done a bit of both. No idea how this is going to turn out but a friend and myself went halves on the ingredients as the annual TT motorbike festival is a couple of weeks away and with low funds want to be able to have a drink and enjoy ourselves. We have both committed to drinking the result no matter how bad :rockin:

10L Iceland pure AJ from concentrate - £7.50
500g caster sugar - 75p
250ml fairtrade clipper tea (2 bags left to stew for a while)
a dash of cinnamon
a dash of ground ginger
14g Allinsons Easy Bake yeast - £1.19 for 6 7g sachets

Made a syrup using some AJ and the sugar, cinnamon and ginger.
Then put the contents of 2 strong teabags into a pot with 250ml boiling water and left until it was very, very dark.
Added what was left of the AJ from the first 1L bottle and strained in the tea.
When the mixture was almost boiling I poured it into a 10L bucket with the rest of the AJ, checked the temperature with my finger (no thermometer) and added 2 7g sachets of Allinsons Easy Bake yeast.

Currently fermenting away next to the radiator in my auld man's living room.
Will post again when I have something to report. Peace

 

[noggins]

Welcome!!

So roughly 2.5 gallons juice, and 1lb of sugar. Sounds like another variation of apfelwein to me, nothing wrong with that. You should end up with rougly 8% abv, depending on the yeast...is that a bread yeast? I've had nothing but bad experiences with bakers yeast, hopefully you'll have better luck.

I like the ginger idea, I gotta try that.

 

[HerotBrewer]

Did you sanitize that finger? Let us know how it turns out.

 

[commonsenseman]

Welcome to the forum!

I dunno how well that yeast works, but i'm guessing it'll have to age for at least a few months to be drinkable.

 

[dinnerstick]

it's gonna be cloudy! next time i would suggest not heating the juice, and as you probably know from reading around most ciders take well over a few weeks to finish fermenting let alone to clear. but that doesn't mean you can't drink it, and a few days in the fridge should help drop the yeast. and although i have never used a bread yeast i have heard only bad things about using it for drinks- you could get a cheap beer or wine yeast by post for next years tt. i assume you are not going to either a. stand too close to the outside of a turn or b. attempt to navigate a motorbike along a treacherous clifftop after drinking this stuff, but if you do either please report back with results
also if using juice from concentrate you could use more concentrate and less sugar, more expensive but will really boost the apple flavors in the final product. enjoy the races (slightly jealous)

 

[oldmate]

I think you're going to find that the turbo yeast will strip away most of the flavour and aroma that would otherwise normally stay using a wine or beer yeast. If all you want is cheap alcohol to drink, then this is obviously fine. If you want to start making some delicious ciders that taste better than any store bought brands, you should try some different yeasts. I suggest looking at the stickied thread at the top of this forum by CvilleKevin titled 'Results from juice, yeast and sugar experiments'. It's a GREAT source of info.

 

[Firelion70]

Just made something a bit like this my self! Bread yeast seemed to work fine although fermented alot quicker! It's drinkable now after only 5 days! Needs sweetening up though for sure or else it tastes like wine! Add some artificial stuff if you cant buy any proper stuff from the shops!

 

[renshaw]

Ive made something like this in the past and worked fine with bread yeast. Just had a wine taste tbh.

Got something simlar n way now with a cinnimon stick in it, and maple syrup