How much to Back sweeten

[Motorhomebrew]

Iv got 10 litres of plain old apple juice cider on the go and I was wondering how much sweetner I should add, and when to add it? Would batch sweetening be a good idea just before bottle and prime? If so how much sweetner would you add to 5 litres

 

[Chippy_Tea]

The first juice wines i made finished at .990 and were very dry, i added 3 teaspoons of sugar to each 2 litre bottle and that was fine for me, i would suggest adding it slowly and tasting it as you go.

 

[Roddy]

Iv got 10 litres of plain old apple juice cider on the go and I was wondering how much sweetner I should add, and when to add it? Would batch sweetening be a good idea just before bottle and prime? If so how much sweetner would you add to 5 litres

I've not sweetened like that before, the last couple of batches I've made with cider yeast with sweetener built in (from eBay haha), with great results

As chippy says, best to try some sweetener (but not sugar obviously) on a small sample and scale up from there

If I was adding some I'd do it when batch priming yeh

Let us know what you end up using and how much, be curious to find out ! 😃

 

[Motorhomebrew]

Cheers chaps. Will do roddy

 

[Chippy_Tea]

As chippy says, best to try some sweetener (but not sugar obviously) on a small sample and scale up from there

I forgot you don't stabilise when making cider.

 

[LarryF]

When I back sweeten my TC I use three canderel tablets per litre and got the thumbs up from SWMBO.

 

[Motorhomebrew]

Would 3 teaspoons of powdered sweetener do?

 

[LarryF]

I think the tablets are supposed to be the same sweetness as a spoon of sugar so you should be ok with three per litre but I do like my cider sweet and fizzy.

 

[Dutto]

What a Forum this is!!

I read this Thread after lunch today, nipped out to Tesco and bought some of this (along with 8 x 660ml bottles of San Miguel) ...

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=254603261

... then came back home and dropped three of them into a litre of the Apple Cider.

Result!! :thumb: :thumb:

SWMBO reckons it's good enough to offer to friends; even the ones we like apparently! :whistle: :whistle:

 

[Chippy_Tea]

SWMBO reckons it's good enough to offer to friends; even the ones we like apparently!

:lol: .........................

 

[Frogbrew]

I always use granulated/powdered sweetener, do these tablets dissolve ok in the cider??? they are cheaper...