[Ansteorra] Brewing Question: Carbonating Cider

James Crouchet james at crouchet.com
Tue Oct 4 23:22:39 PDT 2011


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Some people have serious problems with sucralose.

Doré


On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Scott Fridenberg <fitzmorgan at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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