Hi all, i've not be on in a while, as a matter of fact I haven't brewed anything since my dad passed 3 years ago, but i'm back in with the turbo cider.
Got a cheeky Vimto bottled and carbonating. put a strawberry cider on, on Monday and today a dark fruit cider. All these are in 1 gallon demijohns as I managed to buy 13 glass demi johns for £20 on gumtree.
all made with aldi and asda AJ. Used Vimto cordial and 50% fruit strawberry (asda) and 50% fruit blackcurrant from aldi. I used Wilko yeast. Added yeast nutrient and tannin.
The 2 still in the demi johns will be there for a while to condition before bottling, the vimto was a bit of a rush job.
Just a thought here. With the strawberry cider I added 3.5 litres of AJ so as to stop a blow out. I kept the remaining AJ in the same room at room temp for 2 days before adding it in, this created a bit of a blow out and 'm still getting a bubble a second. As the AJ was not refrigerated, it might have went a bit sour. Surely this would help the cider as they add rotten and sour apples when making pressed apple cider.
Gary.
Got a cheeky Vimto bottled and carbonating. put a strawberry cider on, on Monday and today a dark fruit cider. All these are in 1 gallon demijohns as I managed to buy 13 glass demi johns for £20 on gumtree.
all made with aldi and asda AJ. Used Vimto cordial and 50% fruit strawberry (asda) and 50% fruit blackcurrant from aldi. I used Wilko yeast. Added yeast nutrient and tannin.
The 2 still in the demi johns will be there for a while to condition before bottling, the vimto was a bit of a rush job.
Just a thought here. With the strawberry cider I added 3.5 litres of AJ so as to stop a blow out. I kept the remaining AJ in the same room at room temp for 2 days before adding it in, this created a bit of a blow out and 'm still getting a bubble a second. As the AJ was not refrigerated, it might have went a bit sour. Surely this would help the cider as they add rotten and sour apples when making pressed apple cider.
Gary.
