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Thanks for the replies, sorry I hadn't said i will be making 4.5L final so thats where my 35.6 came from!!

OK, now I have a demijohn spare, I have gone for attempt 2 of Turbo Cider. I am using ALDI's apple juice again but this time with 160gm of sugar and I have added a teaspoon each of pectolase, yeast nutrient and citric acid. I have started with 4L of juice to allow for vigorous...

Well both demijohns are now in use, one has my second youngs 7 day kit which is sauvignon blanc which is clearing and will be bottled in the next couple of days and I have just started off a youngs 21 day Chardonnay kit in the other. I think I will wait for the bottling and then try again, the...

Thanks I will give it a chance and let it mature for a while, is a couple of weeks too soon? What is the longest I should leave it before it goes off? I think next time as well I will use the hydrometer rather than guessing, cant believe that it finished so quickly, that's some strong yeast!!

Wow just checked the gravity and it was near enough 1.000!! I have tasted it and it tastes a little on the vinegar side but not terrible, I have bottled it into 2L bottles with a little sugar but my question now is, will it get any better or have I lost a batch and will the vinegar flavour go...

All started well and now the fermentation has slowed to nothing, it has been like that for 2 days since I topped up after the inital frothing. I have a cider making book my fiancee has just bought me and it suggested to add a teaspoon of nutrient, how long should I give this? And if this doesnt...

Hi there Just want to say hello and a big thanks for all the help I have received already for you kind people. Brand new to this and have one 7 day kit under my belt and now trying another kit and turbo cider at the same time. Only using single demijohns at the moment for each batch...

Looking at the packet I believe are right, as I have posted on my cider thread I will try and be a little more patient, I suppose its all about the longer gain that the ready to drink in minutes!! Thanks again

Thanks for the advice, I will use the hydrometer as suggested and be a little more patient TC is turbo cider, I thought it was a commonly used abbreviation!! Sorry for assuming

Hi there I started a TC batch last night using Aldi concentrate apple juice, youngs wine yeast and nutrient and 120gm of sugar. I started with dissolving the sugar into 1L of heated apple juice and then place that into a sanitised DJ, topped up with 2L more and then waited until temp went...

Ah thanks for this, about the slight taste of chemicals, do you know what this might be caused by? And would it tend to go if left for longer even though it said it was a 7 day kit?

Hi there New to the whole process and just started my second youngs 7 day kit for white wine. the first kit was a full starter kit and came with 2 buckets and made some reasonable (if not a little chemical tasting) white wine in 7 days and we drank 5 of the bottles within 4 weeks of...