[Ansteorra] Brewing Question: Carbonating Cider

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I have to watch my sugar as well and what I find works instead of splenda (because splenda can leave a bitter after taste) is Agave Nectar or Brown Rice Syrup. These will both ferment but you can treat it like Root Beer and add the sweetener, bottle, and then refrigerate. The cold will keep the yeast dormant. I agree that you should rack in a new clean vessel to keep off flavors out. Another alternative (albeit meaning that you will have to wait longer for a finished product) is to blend this batch that is dry and with a new batch that you've sweetened too much. Just my two cents.
YIS,
Ld. Thalhurst MacSivnah
Smiling Bull Tavern
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Subject: [Ansteorra] Brewing Question: Carbonating Cider

I'm just getting started back into brewing.  I have made a gallon of Cider
using 2 cans of frozen apple concentrate.  It has stopped fermenting and has
cleared to the point that I can read through it.   I believe that it has
stopped fermenting because the yeast have eaten all the sugar rather than
because the Alcohol has killed the yeast.    I would like to be able to
drink this without worrying too much about my blood sugar, so I had thought
to sweeten this with a simple syrup made from splenda.  I had also thought
to add enough real sugar to to let it ferment just enough to carbonate it.
 I'm planning to bottle it using the 'grolsh type' bottles with the snap
close lids.

My question is, how much splenda should I add to get a good flavor, and how
much sugar should I add to carbonate it?    Should I rack it to a clean
gallon jug and sweeten that or sweeten in the existing jug and bottle?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Robert Fitzmorgan

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