turbo drinks

[Gibbons]

We were inspired to do a few more! I'm going to get a few more on the go next week too

Bubbling has stopped through the airlocks, but its still fizzing inside if you put your ear up against it.

[guypjfreak]

We were inspired to do a few more! I'm going to get a few more on the go next week too

Bubbling has stopped through the airlocks, but its still fizzing inside if you put your ear up against it.

[whisty]

Like the balloons

[guypjfreak]

Like the balloons

[whisty]

how you getting on whisty were adding water to ours tomo bubbling has slowed down the time is nigh

Edited May 24, 2011 by whisty

[guypjfreak]

i think ive [the wife] done it ..

http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/780805680

it shows my alchobangpops in different stages

1 is with one demi with one carton and the other with two

2 orange and peach fizzing up after pouring sugar

3 all of them happily bubbling with water and and 1/2 pound sugar hee hee

all to do know is a little more water maybe a bit more sugar then bottle for glasto

oh yes you can add water as it stops bubbling add more sugar as well if you want to old son mine will just bubble away until glasto now

Edited May 25, 2011 by guypjfreak

[whisty]

So I just couldn't wait and popped a straw in the AlcoBANGpop Apple/Blackurrant & Cranberry for a sneak preview. Wow, tasted kind of pokey & quite nice too. Well impressed.

What will more sugar do, bearing in mind what UKslim said about alcohol killing the bugs?

[ukslim]

What will more sugar do, bearing in mind what UKslim said about alcohol killing the bugs?

[whisty]

So temptation got me again, I poked a straw in the Orange based ones. Taste strong but need some work on to be palatable, no fizz or anything. Maybe Sugar is required?

[ukslim]

So temptation got me again, I poked a straw in the Orange based ones. Taste strong but need some work on to be palatable, no fizz or anything. Maybe Sugar is required?

[ukslim]

I just did a bit of research, and found this: http://www.home-winemaking.com/winemaking-6.html

All a bit of a fuss, but we can take the principles and do something simpler.

Basically you can get lactose in homebrew shops. This is a sugar, so it adds sweetness, but it's not something yeast can ferment.

So, for fizzy turbo drinks:

Allow it to ferment in the airlocked demijohn until it's not bubbling any more. Adding sugar at this stage will make it bubble for longer, and get more alcoholic. But if you add more sugar, you have to wait for the bubbling to stop again.

Once it's stopped, if you have a sweet tooth, add lactose until it tastes how you want it.

Sterilise and rinse some 2L pop bottles, and pour the turbo drinks into them. Add 30g of sugar to each 2L bottle. More than that, and you risk exploding bottles!

Screw on the bottle caps, and leave them to develop a fizz.

Alternatively, enjoy your still turbo drink!

[whisty]

Sterilise and rinse some 2L pop bottles, and pour the turbo drinks into them. Add 30g of sugar to each 2L bottle. More than that, and you risk exploding bottles!

Edited May 27, 2011 by whisty

[guypjfreak]

Can all alcoBANGpop manufacturers please put a sign on their tent warning neighbours of potential explosive bottles.

[whisty]

If I see that bloke selling wheeeeeeeeeeeee balloons in the crowd while i'm trying to watch a band this year, I'm going to throw one of those bottles at him.

[guypjfreak]

If I see that bloke selling wheeeeeeeeeeeee balloons in the crowd while i'm trying to watch a band this year, I'm going to throw one of those bottles at him.

[whisty]

Hahah, I tasted my Orange ones a few days ago and they were bitter & look to have stopped bubbling altogether. I filled with Water yesterday. The Blackurrant/Apple/Cranberry tasted good and are still fizzing away. I guess Ukslim made the point earlier about the taste once all the sugar has been converted. Anyway, if mine's not sour or vinegar, I'll sweeten it to taste and job done.

Is there any real point in keeping it in demijohn if it's stopped bubbling?

[Spindles]

I love this thread, must try this at some point. I tried home wine making about 15 years back and woke up to find 6 bottles of red exploding in my kitchen, the mess was bad, the smell was worse.

[guypjfreak]

Hahah, I tasted my Orange ones a few days ago and they were bitter & look to have stopped bubbling altogether. I filled with Water yesterday. The Blackurrant/Apple/Cranberry tasted good and are still fizzing away. I guess Ukslim made the point earlier about the taste once all the sugar has been converted. Anyway, if mine's not sour or vinegar, I'll sweeten it to taste and job done.

Is there any real point in keeping it in demijohn if it's stopped bubbling?

[ukslim]

Anyway, if mine's not sour or vinegar, I'll sweeten it to taste and job done.

[whisty]

you got my pm .....?

[ukslim]

One last question and I promise to shut up thereafter. Is it drinkable while still fizzing? What I mean is, can the active yeast cause problems for some people. Don't want to dish some of the fizzy stuff out and start having people explode around me

[StoneCircle]

you got my pm .....?

yea keep it in demi till ready to go to glasto old son .its got to go into plastic bottles but you dont really want it sitting in plastic till glasto.

here Spindles heres a quick one for you old son http://www.instructables.com/id/Turbo-Cider-part-1/ same principal just quicker so you still have time

[guypjfreak]

Think we may have a bash at this one! Thanks guypjfreak, or should I say old son!!

[whisty]

At least 4 of us so far i reckon

Not forgetting Ukslim as official tater of coures

Edited June 1, 2011 by whisty

[whisty]

Hey Old son and other Turbo manufacturers, did anybody taste test yet? From my experience either something went wrong or a flavour boost is required.

What ideas are there to bring some flavour/sweetness back. Very simply I was thinking Orange or Blackurrant Squash.

Any ideas, thoughts out there ?

Almost forgot to mention, it tasted better before the introduction of water. Had much more punch but then I guess that's obvious.

Edited June 4, 2011 by whisty