Turbo cider sweetener

[redhotitfc]

Hi,

My first batch of mixed berry turbo cider has matured and ready for bottling but it's a bit too dry. What's the best sweetener to use as I understand dumping a load of sugar in it will just reactivate the yeast and blow the bottles.

Thanks

 

[ScottM]

I got myself some sucralose, it's not quite sugar but it's definitely sweet. I would recommend using splenda, and see how that goes. I would try it with a glass to see what dosage to give, adding a 1/2tsp per go :)

 

[oldbloke]

Any sweetener that isn't actually sugar, basically. Splenda is perhaps the easiest to get.

 

[GeorgeSalt]

Apple juice in the glass you pour it into. Or a drop of lemonade.

 

[Chop_Suey_Stuey]

I recently tried half spoon, doubled up on the amount of priming sugar, the sugar half ferments out leaving the sweetener behind, tastes pretty nice to me.

 

[redhotitfc]

Are good thanks I'll try and get some Splenda today. £2.50 in Tesco at the minute I think.

Whats the best way to test the sweetness? If I just try it in a glass how do I know how much to put in the DJ from that?

Sorry I'm new to this.

Thanks

 

[Kinleycat]

I used sweetex tablets but I have yet to taste as its just finished secondary and gone into the shed for a few more weeks.

 

[ScottM]

Are good thanks I'll try and get some Splenda today. £2.50 in Tesco at the minute I think.

Whats the best way to test the sweetness? If I just try it in a glass how do I know how much to put in the DJ from that?

Sorry I'm new to this.

Thanks

If you pour out either exactly 250ml or 500ml, then add 1/2 tsp, mix, taste, then add another 1/2 tsp, mix, taste, simply repeat until you get the flavour you are after.

If you added 2 1/2 tsp to 500ml and got the flavour you were after, then that's 1 tsp per 500ml. 23L = 46x500ml so I would add 46tsp to the whole batch (well 45 as you already tried a glass).