FAO Janey

""Turbo Cider

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Well this is as easy as it gets!
(called turbo as its so quick and easy)

Ingredients:
4.5L of pure apple juice
1tsp yeast

Method:
1. Place 3L of apple juice into a demijon (assumeing everything is sterile)
2. PLace 1tsp of yeast into the demijon
3. shake
4. leave for 36-48hrs to ferment then top with with the remaining of the juice (cant fill it right up at the start as it will foam quite a bit)
5. leave to ferment out
6. Rack off and drink (or if you like cider fizzy then prime as usual)

I have tried this and it was quite acceptable - similar to scrumpy rather than strongbow if you get my drift""

Gonna have a try at making this soon, seems easy, let you know what happens

Is it alcoholic, or just fizzy?

ha ha recipe for bootleg cider LOL

Oooo, please do let me know how you go I think I'll give it a go too, although it will have to be done over the bath as I can imagine it can ferment a lot, what the hell is a 'demijon' though? Xx

a demijohn is a plastic or glass bottle like the ones you get with water in from tesco or where ever, i suppose you could use a plastic milk carton

its alcoholic

Gonna give that a go! 2 days off coming up, project, thanks Lynne

let me know how it goes, if you do it before me

i have also a really easy ginger beer receipe that i think i might have a go at 6% vol

How long does it take to ferment?

1-2 weeks, you gonna have a go caryll

apparently the tesco value or one from aldi is good to make it with

Do you ferment it in the fridge or just leave it out?

Leave it out - the yeast will only work above a certain temperature.

(I used to make wine & barley wine)

oh caryll, i want to start trying to make my own wine but i thought i would start with this cause it seemed easy, do you have a foolproof recepie that i could try

It would get knocked over by the cats, I'd come home to find a soaking wet floor and two tipsy cats!!

Lynne the mad scientist cooking up some delicious concoctions.

Could start a weekly recipe posting

Lets see what its like first

AA here we come

hmmm sounds rather funky, might also have to get it a go, can't beat a good cider nom nom!

lynne wrote:oh caryll, i want to start trying to make my own wine but i thought i would start with this cause it seemed easy, do you have a foolproof recepie that i could try

I have to admit that I used to cheat! I bought the tins of home making fruit wine. They give you the 'must' in a can, with the yeast & a stabiliser. You have to get 2 x glass demijohns, a stopper with a hole in it & an air-bubble-thingy that goes in the top! Oh, and a length of rubber tubing to transer the wine from one demijohn to the other.

The wines were good, the cherry brandy fantastic, and the barley wine *hic* very potent!

thank you - off to google now. I buy so much wine at £6+ a bottle thought i might have a go, Hopefully try the cider this weekend
Barley wine - OMG that is is so strong anyway

I tried making peach wine from scratch once.

I pulped the fruit, mixed it with sugar & left it to start fermenting in a huge bowl to make a 'must'.

A few days later I went to have a look at it & found that the cover had slipped off & it had evaporated a bit. So I replaced the cover.

Went back a couple of days later & the same thing had happened. Then I realised it was my GSD, Major, who'd knocked the cover off & was helping himself!

drunks

dkay72 wrote:drunks

Your a fine one to talk!

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Caryll wrote:I tried making peach wine from scratch once.

I pulped the fruit, mixed it with sugar & left it to start fermenting in a huge bowl to make a 'must'.

A few days later I went to have a look at it & found that the cover had slipped off & it had evaporated a bit. So I replaced the cover.

Went back a couple of days later & the same thing had happened. Then I realised it was my GSD, Major, who'd knocked the cover off & was helping himself!

gem wrote:AA here we come

Can't believe I missed this I did enjoy a good moonshine when I was in college just don't have a taste for wine though. Perhaps when I finally "grow up"

CatStina wrote:

Caryll wrote:I tried making peach wine from scratch once.

I pulped the fruit, mixed it with sugar & left it to start fermenting in a huge bowl to make a 'must'.

A few days later I went to have a look at it & found that the cover had slipped off & it had evaporated a bit. So I replaced the cover.

Went back a couple of days later & the same thing had happened. Then I realised it was my GSD, Major, who'd knocked the cover off & was helping himself!

what does this mean

6. Rack off and drink (or if you like cider fizzy then prime as usual)

prime as usual if you want fizzy cider

lynne wrote:what does this mean

6. Rack off and drink (or if you like cider fizzy then prime as usual)

prime as usual if you want fizzy cider

You can syphone off the still cider & drink it (it has to be syphones cause there'll be a sediment at the bottom), or you can add Priming Sugar (dextrose, basically) to the drink & re-stopper it for a while - it'll start to ferment again & will rpoduce gas, making it sparkling.

thank you, will ordinary sugar work or glucose

Well made the cider yesterday it is cloudy maybe that might go later, I think it is ready in 48 hours, so I will have a taste and let you know and post some pics

send me some down please Lynne

Just had a taste it's slightly sparkling and tastes ok

Sending some over to you, I made 4 litres

Ace hun, when you have the time can you give me a step by step on how you do it (I really am a cooking/making things dunce). Thank you

Ok Janey how I made the cider

Got 4 litres of apple juice, teaspoon of yeast, 120gm sugar


Heated up 1 litre on juice and added the sugar and simmered for about 5 mins
Added the rest of the juice, turned off the heat and added the yeast.

Left it in a big pan with the lid on cause I haven't got anything else, stirred occasionally.

Made this on sat tasted it on Sunday was lovely, then I forgot about it until tonight, tasted it again, ugh. Put it ins ome bottles put in the fridge and will taste again in a few days and hope it tastes better.

I don't know if it has gone off a bit cause the pan was not airtight, let you know



Think it might be easier to buy some

Pmsl Lynne, many thanks there, I think cans are easier (although I will try, I'm one of those people that just has too, you put the idea in my mind and now I''m excited )

yeah i am gonna have another taste when i get in, otherwise it goes in the bin

good luck hopefully it will taste lovely, i think i should have bottled it earlier

gonna try some home made cider later, i have added more sugar and it yum
let you know tomorrow what my head is like, did you manage to have a go

Not as yet, been having mares, broke the pc, new one. But I will I will

You started on it yet ??????

just finishing off my bottle sory glass of wine then i will

See your backwards to me, I have a few pints and then start on the vino

Goes down the same way I guess

once i have my wine then anything goes down, so i will probally report back and say my cider is the best thing since sliced bread, then have a taste tomorrow and think wt*

I so need to try it! I think one day I'll come up to you, I don't think its far and we can have a homemade cider session Xx

sounds fab cant wait

I'll hold you to that Xx

dont worry i wont forget, we will have to fix a date when you are off at the weekend - do you ever get any off



my hubby just tasted the cider and he has not ha d anything to drink and he said it was a ok

Great stuff! I don't weekends off but the girls are flexiable if I wanted to swap! Or they will be now lol x

confirmed (unless you have plans)

see other thread, god i am so excited