adding brown sugar to apple cider

[AaronBurrSociety]

I'm new to the forum and would like to start by saying that I am NOT Aaron Burr Cider, whose ciders I enjoy and admire.

I want to know approximately how much brown sugar I can add to 1 gallon of apple cider. I want to maximize the alcohol content without making it too sweet.

 

[MarkKF]

Adding sugar at the beginning will only drive up the alcohol. The max. I've done is one pound per gallon. I now make no added sugar cider. Tastes so much better IMO.

 

[60acresbrewclub]

Like Mark said it will only up your alcohol content, not add sweetness at least until the yeast hits max attenuation. When I first started making cider I only used brown sugar in all of my ciders and they never came out the way I wanted them to. Although it does give it a nice amber color.

The molasses is most likely the culprit. After switching from brown sugar, I now also dislike the use of succrose in general. I would highly recommend using fructose from your LHBS.

 

[slym2none]

I'm new to the forum and would like to start by saying that I am NOT Aaron Burr Cider, whose ciders I enjoy and admire.

I want to know approximately how much brown sugar I can add to 1 gallon of apple cider. I want to maximize the alcohol content without making it too sweet.

Add just about as much as you want. You won't get it sweet, as the sugars are almost 100% fermentable.