Brew Day for Turbo Cider

Hi There

Well yesterday the nice tescos man bought me the ingredients i needed to brewe turbo cider.

I made 5l dry and 5lsweet cider using the following recipes....

Dry
5 Litres of AJ
1kg of sugar
Yeast

Sweet
5 litres of AJ
1kg og Sugar
1 Jar of Honey
Yeast

They are bubbling away nicely/However as i think i may have taken the reading on the hydro wrong as they both are 1.684 OG

Ill let you know how it goes

Preperation is Key

Ok so i have ordered everything i need to make 10litres of turbo cider tommorrow. I picked up the yeast and the airlocks today so will get them sterilising over night so that I can get started as soon as the nice man from Tesco brings the rest of my ingredients.

I am going to fill two Demijohns one with a slightly sweeter cider than the other.

Demi 1

5 Litres of AJ
1 jar of honey
1 Kg og sugar
1 tsp of yeast

Demi 2

5 Litres of AJ
1 Kg of Sugar
1 tsp yeast

I will let you know how i go tommorrow

Bye for now

Happy Day!

Well today has turned out to be a fine day.

Firstly the nice DHL delivery man bought me my Black Country Mild. Not only that but after another hydrometer test i can confirm that my first brew the Traditional London Bitter has finished fermenting. Now just need it to condition for a week or so then bottle.

It smells delicious and I had a cheeky taste and was suprised how nice it was.

I have well and truly caught the brewing bug!

An Introduction From Me!

I am a 26 year old man from the midlands who is a father of three beautiful kids. I am a massive sport fan and play darts for two teams in my area. I am married (sorry ladies) and am happily enjoying life.

Anyway I have always enjoyed real ale and joined CAMRA at the age of 18. I frequented many beer festivals and found that my pallete liked dark, light, blonde, red and any other colour ale you can think off.

Due to financial hardship i decided i needed to find a way to reduce the cost of my ale and maybe BREW MY OWN. So i did the only sensible thing and consulted the world wide web.

I needed an extremely cheap way to dip my toe in the world of brewing so opted for a brubox which is essentially afermenting vessel/ barrell that is held in a box and the kit came with everything I needed (except water) to get brewing.

In a few days the parcell arrived and as soon as the kids were in bed I got started and within an hour my Brew was happily fermenting in the cupboard up stairs. That was a week ago and its still fermenting although this has slowed.

However I have well and truly caught the brewing bug and have ordered a refil kit (black country mild) for when this brew is bottled. And after some research on forums etc have decided to start stockpilling home made brews as i feel i can get a cheaper and nicer pint.

My plan is to start simple and work myh way in to All Grain Brewing (AG) so I have planned to brew the following...

• Turbo Cider (TC)
• Mead
• Prohibition Coconut Rum Kit (for my OH need to keep her sweet)
• Black Country Mild

Now i realise to experienced brewers these are basic resipes but once i have the hang of the basics i will progress to making changes and adding to create my own unique brews and eventually start AG brewing.

Thats it for now I will keep you updated.