LACTOSE and CIDER
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FantasticMisterFox
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You can, I have and have enjoyed the results.
I assume you mean back sweetening after your fermentation is done since lactose will not ferment. I added priming sugar to my batch also so it would carb up.
I used a pound for 5 gallons and it was not overtly sweet but it was nice. Lactose (for lack of a better description) isn't very sweet so I wound up using more than I expected to.
Good luck! Hope this helps.
I assume you mean back sweetening after your fermentation is done since lactose will not ferment. I added priming sugar to my batch also so it would carb up.
I used a pound for 5 gallons and it was not overtly sweet but it was nice. Lactose (for lack of a better description) isn't very sweet so I wound up using more than I expected to.
Good luck! Hope this helps.
I recently added lactose to a 5 galleon batch of cider before bottling. I added to taste and ended up adding about 3lbs for the batch (I like a sweet cider!).
Anyway, I opened a bottle a few weeks after bottling and it tasted awesome - exactly as I wanted it. However two weeks later I opened 2 bottles and it was quite tart. Two more weeks and both were also quite tart.
What happened to the lactose? I thought it was non-fermentable, but the cider tastes as tart as previous batches we made without any added lactose.
Anyway, I opened a bottle a few weeks after bottling and it tasted awesome - exactly as I wanted it. However two weeks later I opened 2 bottles and it was quite tart. Two more weeks and both were also quite tart.
What happened to the lactose? I thought it was non-fermentable, but the cider tastes as tart as previous batches we made without any added lactose.
WilliamSlayer
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Did it mix properly throughout the whole batch?
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