How to Backsweeten Hard Apple Cider

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4 жыл бұрын

I talk about a technique you can use to sweeten up your homebrewed cider.
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@Focused-ni9qh 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pat! I just bottled mine today. I made a simple syrup mixture of 5 cups sugar into three cups water and poured about a cup and a half into my gallon batch, after adding the K Sorbate. It was way to sweet for me. Next time I will just add some AJ to it and see. Starting my cranberry batch today! Thank you for your videos man!

@PlattR 4 жыл бұрын

Not a bad idea. I might have to try that.

@donningarmour2873 4 жыл бұрын

Your videos are awesome. Keep up the great work! And your kitchen is remarkably similar to mine.

@PlattR 4 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks!

@wfqsfg 3 жыл бұрын

FYI I use undiluted apple juice concentrate to back sweeten. More apple flavor and natural apple sweetness. Less dilution of the hard cider. It might only take part of a can. Even a full can would dilute the cider much less.

@PlattR 3 жыл бұрын

That's not a bad idea.

@Jam1metallica 3 жыл бұрын

How do you add carbon after back sweetening?

@BullyBonanza 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant mate thank you. Yave you done a video like this but without killing the yeast so you can carbonate?

@PlattR 4 жыл бұрын

Haven't made a sparkling cider video yet. I do have a simple method of carbonation. Get you one of those Soda Stream machines. It injects CO2 right into any liquid.

@BullyBonanza 4 жыл бұрын

@@PlattR Never thought of that tbh think carb in the bottles would be my preferred way. Still new to all this so learning daily. Thanks 👍

@tysonverse8870 4 жыл бұрын

Thank u Plat, after two weeks I still have very tiny bubbles coming up. Do they ever stop? I want to cold crash it.

@PlattR 4 жыл бұрын

They will stop eventually but if you want to cold crash, go right ahead.

@daonlyrainsolo 3 жыл бұрын

So if I make from pressed whole apple juice does it have a chance to go bad since it's not refrigerated?

@PlattR 3 жыл бұрын

You'll want to make sure to wash off your apples first but you should be fine.

@daonlyrainsolo 3 жыл бұрын

@@PlattR thanks. I made the grape wine with wine yeast and it was strong and just as tasty as a good wine

@PlattR 3 жыл бұрын

@@daonlyrainsolo My pleasure

@Jam1metallica 3 жыл бұрын

Does the potassium sorbate prevent carbonation?

@PlattR 3 жыл бұрын

Its a preservative that prevents fermentation.

@ConspiracyPundit 2 жыл бұрын

If you want it to carbonate it has to ferment in the bottle surly or am I missing something? What do you think causes it to carbonate? I get it that you should not bottle until fermentation has completely finished, but once you add more sweetness that will kick of a second fermentation. Sorry almost five am here in China and If I do not make Cider I do not get to drink it. My first five gallon batch is just starting to bubble now. Also I heard that burping the bottles each day helps to stop bottle bombs. Seeing as I am using expensive swing tops I definitely do not want that. Hope all that made sense. Oh where I was born West Country UK there is no such thing Cider without alcohol. There is apple juice and there is cider.

@PlattR 2 жыл бұрын

If you want carbonated cider that is correct. If you want to keep it sweet though, you don't want a second fermentation.

@ConspiracyPundit 2 жыл бұрын

@@PlattR Thanks for the reply. I am going to back sweeten it with liquid Saccharin, but only once I serve. I make my own, again none in China lol. Two drops per pint should be fine before I pour. Wish me luck :) I want them for Christmas cheer, we all need some. Yeah your are spot on of course it will dry but I need the fix. I grew up drinking still scrumpy, well once a teenager. I would not like it still anymore. 4:10 another late night.

@PlattR 2 жыл бұрын

@@ConspiracyPundit Best of luck my friend and happy holidays