how to get a sweeter cider

[Stringman]

Hi guys,
well I have started tasting some of the TC's I've been making.
I have come to the conclusion that they are really too dry for my taste.
Although i can add a teaspoon of sugar to the glass I would prefer to be able to get the cider to be fully fermented and sparkling but slightly sweeter than it is ( bottled at 1000.
so I guess my options are:

A different yeast- i am using youngs super wine but am experimenting with bread yeast - any ideas on a what other yeast to try.

Adding some non fermentable suguar- what type should i use and when should i introduce it to the brew

many thanks

Andy

[TC2642]

You could try adding sodium met to kill of the fermentation but not sure of the sucess of this. Adding apple juice to taste would be a good alternative.

[crafty john]

I use youngs wine sweetener, just add it before you prime and bottle, it depends on your taste how much you add, I add it little by little to the whole lot and keep tasting until it tastes sweet enough.

[Stringman]

The wine sweetner sounds good as I presume that i can still pprime the bottles to get the fizz.

thanks

[billy]

i have used splenda ,it doesnt seem to have any after taste and you can still prime..

[likesbeer]

lactose sugar, available from LHBS or any none fermentable sugar as in artificial sweetner sgould be OK.
I have also added with some fermentible sugar to prime I cant see why it wouldnt

[Mitchamitri]

Add some lemonade to your finsihed pint. Or stop being such a girl!!!

[Mitchamitri]

….but seriously, you can use youngs wine sweetener or, even better, master the art of keeving (look it up).

[polymoog]

Why not make up a batch of stock syrup (500g sugar 1 pt water) boil to dissolve sugar, when cool store in a glass bottle in the fridge (keeps for months)
pour your cider then just add a slug to the glass as required to taste.
much better than canderel or any or those other artificial sweetners and each drinker can choose how sweet they want it

[Philipek]

Can you keeve five alive?

I was looking at adding lactose to my cider, but have since read that a lot of unfermentable sugars aren't very sweet and some have no sweetness whatever. I thought that I wouldn't like a dry cider but made up a batch of TC because my beer brewing is knackering and I couldn't be bothered. I haven't looked back since. I now love TC almost as much as I love beer.

Phil

[Mitchamitri]

five alive would keeve itself i think ?

[crafty john]

Take a look at this link http://www.cider.org.uk/keeving.html

[Philipek]

Has anybody on here done this? Sounds simple but unreliable. It is mentioned in the Breton Cider article on this site. Has anyone tasted cider sweetened through keeving?

[crafty john]

Has anybody on here done this? Sounds simple but unreliable. It is mentioned in the Breton Cider article on this site. Has anyone tasted cider sweetened through keeving?

I have not done it yet, however i intend to make quite a lot of cider this autumn, I have just bought myself a fruit press so when autumn comes I will be trying out lots of different cider making methods.

Cheers
John

[Mitchamitri]

keeved cider is the most natural way to have sweeter cider - its way better than any other method.