Lidl / Aldi Cloudy Cider

[Blueshed]

credit for this must go to Khannie from Boards

made this cider from the Pure cloudy apple juice, not the concentrate juice. the best value is from aldi/lidl at €1.29 a lt.

very simple to make and very happy with the result.

22 lts of apple juice
400ml of boiled water
4 tea bags
3 boxes of Sunmaid raisins, 42.5g a box
cider yeast

I boiled 400ml of water and put into a jug with 4 teabags, I used Lyons goldblend. then chopped up the raisins and added to the teabags and water and leave for 15mins before adding to the apple juice.

A after a few minutes I add the yeast and put the lid on my FV, about 16hrs later plenty of action inside the FV and for the next week the airlock is going crazy.

everything seems to finish around day 12/13 then I bottle on day 16.

OG was 1052

FG  was 0995

ABV @ 8%

I primed the 500ml bottles with around 50ml of the same cloudy apple juice then add 4 sweetener tabs to each bottle.i used the cheap lidl tabs.

tasted the first btl after 2 weeks and it was ok, after 5 weeks it's a lot better.

plan on making another batch very soon and going to divide the batch then add cloves, frozen berries etc.

put the 22lts of apple juice into my FV then add the mix of water, teabags, raisins

[LordEoin]

How does it compare against cider kits?
It's more expensive. Is it better tasting?

[imark]

Cheers for posting this one Blueshed. Was really impressed with it last night. Plan on doing a small batch myself over the next couple of weeks

[brenmurph]

Im makin a gallon of it when tube sends over one of his many spare demijons

[brenmurph]

and when in Aldi gettin the apple juice grab 4 cartons of aldi grape juice...tried and tested by Kellie and her friends.simple, clears on its own with a basic wine yeast.
When I can eventually afford to buy a few demijons    Ill be doin a few 1 gallon fruit wines (Inc Bluesheds cider) with Kellie.....

[Bubbles]

Lads, I'd recommend the following thread if you want to do some further reading on Turbo Cider.

http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=16049

It's fairly extensive, lots of good info hidden in there though. It was my primary source of info before I attempted my own batch of TC last year.

My 2c on getting a good product: long, long, long ageing. It smoothens out the rough edges. I also used the raisins and tea bags and I'd recommend you do the same if it's your first attempt.

I primed the bottles with some plain sugar and used half tsp of Splenda in each bottle. Don't be afraid of the Splenda - it doesn't make the TC seem artificial or over-sweet in any way. Having said that, I think I'll omit the Splenda next time for a drier result. Must get another batch on; I bought 10 litres of cloudy AJ some months ago.

c.

[Will_D]

3 boxes of Sunmaid raisins

What does a box weigh!

[LordEoin]

3 boxes of Sunmaid raisins

What does a box weigh!

More importantly, what do the raisins weigh? 

[Blueshed]

3 boxes of Sunmaid raisins

What does a box weigh! there from the mini 6 packs, each box is 42.5g.

the reason for these raisins is no oils or glazing agents added. http://www.sunmaid.com/products-details/raisins.html

[LordEoin]

I think it was these ones I got last time (might wanna check the ingredients on the pack)
They have no vegetable oil either.

[Will_D]

So you added 127.5 gms of raisins in total!

I assumed (Dohh!)nthat they were the normal cooking sized boxes at about 425 gms!

It'll be interesting then to see what my raisin cider turns out like as I used a kilo!

[Will_D]

So you added 127.5 gms of raisins in total!

I assumed (Dohh!) that they were the normal cooking sized boxes at about 425 gms!

It'll be interesting then to see what my raisin cider turns out like as I used a kilo!

[LordEoin]

Why did you do that? Just give me one raisen why you did that!   

[Will_D]

Goes all French:

My Raisen d'Etre was following good old country wine practice of if in doubt of the vinosity of your fruit or vegetable wine add a pound of raisens per gallon!

Will probably have upped the OG a bit from 1052 as well.

Also added 20 gms of Malic acid and 10 gms of yeast nutrient

It is a nice dark colour and smells great

Has a lovely raiseny krausen already!

[LordEoin]

Damn, typos totally ruin a good pun 
But don't mind me, I'm just being a little braisin I don't mean to rub sultana wound.
I'm sure it'll be tasty out, and it's raisinable to assume that after a few glasses you'll be raisin a glass to your fortunate blunder.