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Brew UK Forum » Forum: Cider Recipes - Recent Topics http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Brew UK Forum » Forum: Cider Recipes - Recent Topics en Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:15:30 +0000 dandan on "Turbo Cider" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/turbo-cider#post-558 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:12:05 +0000 dandan 558@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Some people don't add sugar, but I do boosts the Alch levels and gives more profile to the cider! I some times add a cinnamon stick or some elderflowers to the simmer for a twist! champagne or cider yeast works well with this recipe Method Simmer 150g sugar (brewers sugar works best) in around 0.5L of apple juice for 5 mins Add 4L of juice to the fermenter Add the juice with sugar When below 30 deg c, pitch the yeast, cover and shake well to aerate Fit airlock. Add the remaining juice once the yeast head settles a little. Wardie on "Simple but Interesting Cider recipe anyone?" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/simple-but-interesting-cider-recipe-anyone#post-27276 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:26:24 +0000 Wardie 27276@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hey Guys! I've been lurking for a few weeks without joining the forum; after doing my first Coopers Ginger kit a few weeks ago. (By the by it worked alright but hasn't got the alcohol content i was looking for.) Anyway, I'm looking at doing a nice cider from fresh apple juice and had no idea on recipe. Has anyone got a decent, INTERESTING recipe that wont be to tricky for my noob status? A mixed fruot cider of toffee cider is really what i'm looking for. Thanks in advance! syejohnwilliams on "toffee apple cider i found online" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/toffee-apple-cider-i-found-online#post-27304 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:29:13 +0000 syejohnwilliams 27304@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Yeast: Montrachet Batch Size (Gallons): 1 Original Gravity: 1.060 Final Gravity: 1.000 Color: Caramel Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 days @ room temp Tasting Notes: Slightly sweet and intense flavour, rich apple/pear taste with Caramel/Biscuit/Toffee aftertaste This is a cider based on the Brother's Toffee Apple that I've grown to love so much. It's especially suited to the autumn, particularly during halloween or round a bonfire, but goes well in the summer too. You can also heat it gently on the hob to warm the cockles after a hard day in the winter. Add a little lemon, orange and ginger, and you've got a great cold cure. It's easy and inexpensive to make, so give it a go! The reason this is brewed so strong is that you can add appleade/lemonade in the glass to make the yield go further, make it sweeter and a little fizzier - if you're scaling up and don't want to do this, cut the honey a little! 4L 100% Organic Apple Juice 500g Honey 1 pack yeast of your choice. Popular choices are Montrachet, Champagne, Safale S-04 and Nottingham. 1 14oz tin Pear Halves 1tsp Yeast Nutrient 1 Vanilla Pod or Vanilla Extract First, collect empty bottles, preferably green pints - enough for the entire batch. Heat the honey in a relatively large saucepan, just on the edge of boiling (but not boiling) until it's dark in colour, and the smell resembles candy floss/marshmallows - around 20 mins. Don't be afraid here - it won't burn the pan and stays very liquid, but it will froth up quite a lot. Blend the pears using a food processer. If the pears come in flavored water or syrup, just chuck it all in, providing there's no preservatives. If they come in plain water, drain them first. When Honey is successfully "burnt," take off the heat and allow to cool. Add 1 carton of Apple Juice and the pears, and stir thoroughly until all honey is dissolved and mixture is consistent. Blending in the Apple Juice and Pears while the honey is still hot will result in a cloudy "Scrumpy" type cider that will never settle. The choice is yours! Add this mixture to a sterilized demi-john, top up with water or apple juice if need be, check gravity, and when cool enough add yeast and nutrient, and seal with airlock. Add corn sugar/glucose or honey if you want it stronger. Allow to ferment completely. When fermentation is complete, check FG. The honey is likely to have created some non-fermentables so it might be slightly sweeter than your usual fully fermented cider. Rack into an identical secondary vessel passing through a muslin bag. The ingredients create a lot of gunk, so doing this increases your yield. Wrap Vanilla in a small muslin bag, and suspend in the cider using fishing line. Check taste every few days until you're happy - the cider should be close to settled by the time it has taken the taste. Alternatively, skip this stage and add vanilla extract when priming. When taste is to your liking and cider has settled, bottle into pint bottles, adding 1/2tsp priming sugar per bottle. Bottle condition for 3 weeks before drinking. Store in the fridge and drink cool without ice - prepare second trip to the supermarket to make more. Just don't drive, whatever you do. sam87 on "Diluting turbo cider" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/diluting-turbo-cider#post-17645 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:41:11 +0000 sam87 17645@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hi guys Kegging up my Ginger turbo cider but decided to dilute it with more apple juice to top up my corny and too take the harsh 10% alcohol twang away Would I be right in saying if I had 10 litres of 10% cider to 10litre of apple juice would make 5% cider ? On the condition that the yeast doesn't ferment anymore ? Cheers Sam Simzter on "Pear Cider Recipe" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/pear-cider-recipe#post-12515 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:37:54 +0000 Simzter 12515@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hey all, Does anyone have any recipes/tips for a refreshing pear Cider - would be nice to get a good haul ready for the Summer. Tempted to try making the Turbo Cider, but I've always preferred Pear in all fairness, and I'm less likely to purposely create Rocket Fuel! After fermentation can this be kept in Corny kegs and carbonated to 'mature'? Thanks in advance for any/all replies <img src="http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" /> Wayne Tony on "Mulled Cider" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/mulled-cider#post-9830 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:10:40 +0000 Tony 9830@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hey folks and folkesses! Just thought I'd tell you about a recent experience.. at the start of the summer I made 40 odd pints of turbo cider (that's 40+, not 40 strange ones), well... nice to drink through the summer and it's peculiar ability to pucker the mouth from it's uber dryness was even welcome in those warmer months. Now the winter has landed upon us I thought I'd try mulling a pint. Good grief ... what a great drink it makes, if you have a bottle or two lying around, give it a go! 1 pint turbo cider 1 orange cut into slices (skin n'all) 3 tablespoons of dark brown sugar 2 sticks of cinnamon 6 cloves Bung in saucepan and bring to a gentle simmer-like heat. Don't get anywhere near the boil. Leave on heat for a few mins (like next door's cat). Drink. Fall over. Nice. Oh .. drink responsibly. Can you tell I've just polished off a few? <img src="http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_redface.gif" title=":oops:" class="bb_smilies" />