Wayne (Captain Yobbo) Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Something different SWMBO and myself don't mind the occasional cider been doing research and have a fair idea on what to do just wondering has anyone here made a sweet apple cider before using apple juice sugar and lactose for back sweetening? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 It can be done! Normally yeast will ferment out almost all the sugars in a cider, so you will need to let it ferment out dry before back-sweetening with apple juice and/or sugar. You could back-sweeten it to around 1.015 in the bottling bucket then bottle into glass. Now here's the important bit. You will need to pasteurise the bottles to kill the yeast when they are carbonated enough, otherwise you will have a batch of bombs. [pouty] Luckily, the whole pasteurising process is very easy to do on the stove. [happy] Check out this link -> http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f32/easy-stove-top-pasteurizing-pics-193295/ There you have it. Sparkling sweet cider homebrew! I pasturised my first batch of dry boysenberry cider the other night without any issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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