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Give the turbo cider a go in a 5L demijon. If you dont have one, just buy 2 5L bottle of spring water from the supermarket.
Order some VWPSteriliser and champagne yeast from ebay.
Buy 5L of cheap apple juice, a bag of sugar and a jar or honey.
Make a strong cup of black tea with about 3 tea bags, let it brew for a good ten minutes.
Warm (not boil!) 500ml of apple juice in a pan and dissolve about 200g of granulated sugar into it and half the jar of honey.
Sterilise one of the water bottles and then rinse well. Then rinse again, and again.
Add the warm juice and the tea to the bottle and top up to 4L with cold apple juice. Save the last litre for later.
Add the yeast and put the lid on and give it a shake to mix, then loosen the lid again to allow the CO2 to escape or it will explode.
It should start fermenting within 24 hours.
Once the initial fermentation calms down after 3 or 4 days, sterilise your 2nd bottle and carefully poor or syphon the juice into it, leaving behind as much of the gunk as possible, then top up with some more juice. Leave a good few inches headroom.
Give it another week and it should have finished fermenting, check if you can see any bubbles rising to the surface.
Now track down some fizzy drink bottles to put your brew into. I use 1L mixer or lemonade bottles, anything that's been designed to hold carbonated drinks.
Sterilise and rinse them!
If you like a bit of fizz, add a slosh of apple juice and a couple of teaspoons of Sugar, then bottle and screw the lid on tight.
Keep an eye on any pressure build up and if it starts to feel firmer that a fresh coke bottle let a little of the gass out.
Give it a couple of weeks, drink, fall over
If its too dry for you, mix some apple juice when you drink it.
Give the turbo cider a go in a 5L demijon. If you dont have one, just buy 2 5L bottle of spring water from the supermarket.
Order some VWPSteriliser and champagne yeast from ebay.
Buy 5L of cheap apple juice, a bag of sugar and a jar or honey.
Make a strong cup of black tea with about 3 tea bags, let it brew for a good ten minutes.
Warm (not boil!) 500ml of apple juice in a pan and dissolve about 200g of granulated sugar into it and half the jar of honey.
Sterilise one of the water bottles and then rinse well. Then rinse again, and again.
Add the warm juice and the tea to the bottle and top up to 4L with cold apple juice. Save the last litre for later.
Add the yeast and put the lid on and give it a shake to mix, then loosen the lid again to allow the CO2 to escape or it will explode.
It should start fermenting within 24 hours.
Once the initial fermentation calms down after 3 or 4 days, sterilise your 2nd bottle and carefully poor or syphon the juice into it, leaving behind as much of the gunk as possible, then top up with some more juice. Leave a good few inches headroom.
Give it another week and it should have finished fermenting, check if you can see any bubbles rising to the surface.
Now track down some fizzy drink bottles to put your brew into. I use 1L mixer or lemonade bottles, anything that's been designed to hold carbonated drinks.
Sterilise and rinse them!
If you like a bit of fizz, add a slosh of apple juice and a couple of teaspoons of Sugar, then bottle and screw the lid on tight.
Keep an eye on any pressure build up and if it starts to feel firmer that a fresh coke bottle let a little of the gass out.
Give it a couple of weeks, drink, fall over
If its too dry for you, mix some apple juice when you drink it.
Fabulous! Many thanks for your post; very much appreciated.
I already had 4 x 5 litre DJs, so I bought a couple of the bubble trap jobbies, some VWP steriliser, a 5g sachet of cider yeast (can't remember which make) and a DJ bottle cleaning brush. Will get the apple juice, sugar and some tannin tomorrow and make it at the weekend.
Does the honey impart any flavour to the end product?
How can that harsh acidic edge be reduced?
What happens if the cider is left in the DJ longer than you have recommended?
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