adding sweetness

[cbitting]

brewed a wheat beer and added fresh strawberrys during second fermentation, took fruit out and doing a final fermentation tasted tart any suggestions on sweeting beer at this point before I bottle

 

[Cyclman]

Artificial sweetener won't ferment out.

 

[runningweird]

lactose is milk sugar that will not ferment out, I would avoid artificial sweetener since I think it makes stuff have a bad aftertaste

 

[cbitting]

thanks for reply,does lactose have any down side and would beer supply store have it

 

[runningweird]

lactose is a sugar, so it will make you fat - other than that not really any down side. home brew shops carry it, but it's usually cheaper to buy online

 

[Schol-R-LEA]

Were this something new you were brewing, I'd have suggested adding maltodextrin, which adds body as well as sweetness... but given that this is a completed beer, and I would go with lactose. Dissolve it in hot water as you would the priming sugar, and add it to the beer just before bottling.

 

[johngaltsmotor]

I made a ginger ale recently that ended up really dry (~1.002). I used yeast stabilizer indicated for sweetening wine (kills off the yeast) and then added a simple syrup that I boiled on the stove for sanitation right before kegging. It would only work with force carbonating a keg as you have no residual yeast to naturally carbonate. It eliminates the "effects" of using lactose.

 

[runningweird]

as far as how much lactose to add, you should go a little at a time to get to the point you find the sweetness appropriate.