A little advice with adding cordial to Turbo Cider please

[Bootcutboy]

Hi all, I am just starting to get into making turbo cider and today I’ve picked up a few different flavours of cordials and also hi Juices (with 50% fruit).

What I want to know is is there any benefit in adding cordial to the AJ and letting it mix together either during or after fermentation for a few days or is the cordial simply a Way of adding flavour and sweetening the cider?
Do I need to add any water to the cordial before adding?
And is the process different with High juice different as it has fruit juice in it?

Any advice on this would be brilliant please as I have a few turbos on the go in DJs and they are almost done fermenting so I am almost ready to add cordials and high juices.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

If the cordial has preservative in it don't use it it'll kill the yeast or slow it to a crawl.

 

[Banbeer]

I used to make TC for my wife a few years back and used Summer fruits juice from cartons and she said it wasn't quite sweet enough so I bought Robinsons concentrated cordial with no additives or sugar (summer fruits) and added it just before bottling and it did the trick, no bottle bombs as no fermentables added with this cordial.

 

[Clint]

Good subject! What about adding to the cider when you pour it? This is what I've got planned with my recent batch.

 

[Banbeer]

What about adding to the cider when you pour it

That way it doesn't matter if it's fermentable.........simples, I think I seen that @Hazelwood Brewery did it that way.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

That way it doesn't matter if it's frementable.........simples, I think I seen that @Hazelwood Brewery did it that way.

That’s right! Brew the cider and add the fruit flavour when you serve - more flavours from one batch.

 

[Clint]

Ah yes...thought I'd seen it somewhere! What's recommended?

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Ah yes...thought I'd seen it somewhere! What's recommended?

Cherry in first place, blackcurrent second. The rest were OK but some way behind (lime, strawberry, elderflower, ginger).

 

[Clint]

Thanks...what did you use?

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Thanks...what did you use?

This puppy for cherry, got it from Sainsbury’s but have also seen it in other places. Blackcurrent was just Ribena.

 

[Clint]

Thanks H. All we need now is Mr sunshine to come back...

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Thanks H. All we need now is Mr sunshine to come back...

Amen!