MY FIRST in a number of years.. TC as per forum recipe No1

[Moonraker]

Add extra sugar but how can i then work out an increase in alcohol?

I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous reply. :^)

So you had started with 1033 which will give you 4.2% if it ferments out to 1000. You want at least 5%, so each 250g of added sugar should give you 2.5% extra strength.

 

[mitch]

I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous reply. :^)

So you had started with 1033 which will give you 4.2% if it ferments out to 1000. You want at least 5%, so each 250g of added sugar should give you 2.5% extra strength.

Ah yes.

I shall fall on my sword Sir.

I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous reply. :^)

So you had started with 1033 which will give you 4.2% if it ferments out to 1000. You want at least 5%, so each 250g of added sugar should give you 2.5% extra strength.

 

[mitch]

Fermentation day 7. Colour is changing. Now 5 bubbles per min @ 20 degrees.
Onwards!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Onwards!

 

[mitch]

Ah yes.

I shall fall on my sword Sir.

After careful thought consideration ignorance and total lack of experience and ability.... i will let this one run its course and the next one i will add 200 to 250g sugar to the juice.

 

[mitch]

Fermentation day 8.
4 bubbles per min @20 degrees.
Im beginning to pace up and down.

 

[Mr_S_Jerusalem]

Fermentation day 8.
4 bubbles per min @20 degrees.
Im beginning to pace up and down.

Lol you're better off forgetting about it for a week or 2 and just checking there isn't any mould occasionally.

 

[mitch]

Fermentation day 9. Still 4 bubbles a min @ 20. Heres a nice photo.

 

[Moonraker]

Im beginning to pace up and down.

Just don't chug it straight from the demijohn. :^)

 

[mitch]

Fermentation day 10. Bubbles now 2 per min at 18/20 degrees.

Heres a pic of my cat charlie watching a nature program on Smithsonian
(Probably more interesting than my post)

 

[Moonraker]

I've got one of those, here's Myla "helping" with cidermaking:

 

[Gerryjo]

Lidl. 1.5l.
Is there anything i can do to increase the potential strength? Add extra sugar but how can i then work out an increase in alcohol?

I was hoping to get something on my first attempt at 5%
TIA

Are you sure it wasn't a reduced sugar as lidl AJ is quite high either Natural or XXL.

 

[mitch]

Are you sure it wasn't a reduced sugar as lidl AJ is quite high either Natural or XXL.

No it was std 1.5lts. Its still fermenting anyways. Day 10 now.

 

[mitch]

Fermentation day 11. Still bubbling at around 1.5 bubbles a min at 18/20 degrees. Clearing nicely.

 

[Cwrw666]

After careful thought consideration ignorance and total lack of experience and ability.... i will let this one run its course and the next one i will add 200 to 250g sugar to the juice.

Don't do that - buy better quality apple juice next time. All these juices are in fact concentrated apple juice watered down back to `apple juice' levels. Cheaper ones are just watered down more so they give you less flavour in your finished TC as well. Just compare the carbohydrate levels of different brands but watch out because some sneekily do it per 150 ml instead of 100 just to look better.
I always use Tesco `pure' apple juice. That usually gives me 6.5% ABV.

 

[mitch]

Don't do that - buy better quality apple juice next time. All these juices are in fact concentrated apple juice watered down back to `apple juice' levels. Cheaper ones are just watered down more so they give you less flavour in your finished TC as well. Just compare the carbohydrate levels of different brands but watch out because some sneekily do it per 150 ml instead of 100 just to look better.
I always use Tesco `pure' apple juice. That usually gives me 6.5% ABV.

i already have plenty of excess sugar

 

[mitch]

Fermentation day 12. 1 bubble per min at 20 degrees. I feel the end is nigh.....

 

[mitch]

Fermentation day 13. Same as yesterday

 

[mitch]

Fermentation day 14. 1 bubble per min.

 

[mitch]

Ok. Back in the room. First tc is around 4%. Not the best. Learning really. Its been bottled now for 2 weeks.
Tbh it tasted rough initially. I added half t spoon sugar per bottle.
No explosions. Left inside now its in the garage waiting to be stolen.