Bodesbrew
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I have used Splenda to sweeten my cider after fermentation is completely done to avoid over carbonation in my bottles and had great success... Anybody else try this out?
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Highbeam
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Yep, the makingcider.com site uses xylitol which is just another non-fermentable sugar. I'll be bottling next week with the xylitol mix that they prescribe.
Bodesbrew
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How much do you generally use?
Hex
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I've only made dry cider. I've been tempted to make a simple syrup and add it at serving time. Maybe a simple syrup of water and splenda, xylitol, or sugar in the glass? There's always bottle pasteurization, and kill/keg/force carbonate techniques to preserve natural sweetness.
Highbeam
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Following the directions from that site, with regards to xylitol, it is 3tbs per gallon. I used one cup for my 5 gallon batch. The xylitol that I got was branded "ideal" and it passed the licked finger test tasting very much like sugar. Not artificiallike.
