Cider tastes to sweet

nath15 · Apr 19, 2015

Help my cider is tasting to sweet so far it is at 5.81% abv at the moment

It started out at 1.083 sg and now it is 1.041 sg so is this good so far

the yeast what im using Basic wine yeast in there would that make it through the fermentation

the product what i mean is

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...=sr_1_2&sr=8-2

Chippy_Tea · Apr 20, 2015

If you started at 1080 it's going to be apple wine you end up with not cider, at 1040 it's no where near finished fermenting.

matt666 · Apr 20, 2015

You don't really need any extra sugar when making cider, the apple juice contains enough sugar to make around a 6% brew.

nath15 · Apr 20, 2015

I heard r that sodastream syrup can be used to have different flavours so I am doing a test batch of 2 ltrs of lemonade cider using apple juice and sodastream lemonade syrup

jamesw · Apr 20, 2015

Sounds like a classic scrumpy strength to me.
If I were you, I'd taste it every few days and stop it when it's sweet/dry for your taste and just have it like a still scrumpy.

Unless you wanted to make apple wine..?.

nath15 · Apr 21, 2015

so would it get in to the 8% abv mark like most of my other ciders

Chippy_Tea · Apr 21, 2015

If you let it fermentat all the way it will be above 10%

jamesw · Apr 21, 2015

Now thats what I call a quite pokey cider!

Chippy_Tea · Apr 21, 2015

I think I would drink it by the glass not pint. :lol:

nath15 · Apr 25, 2015

It's already at 10.51% abv at the moment and still going I think

Chippy_Tea · Apr 25, 2015

What is it reading now?

My supermarket juice wines start at 1090 and finish below 995 and are usually around the 13% ABV mark, if you let it ferment below 995 its going to be close.

As i said earlier a wine glass not a pint glass for this one :lol:

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ManseMasher · Apr 25, 2015

Don't go near it with a naked flame!!

Chippy_Tea · Apr 25, 2015

If he keeps some he could use it as antifreeze in his car this winter. :lol:

nath15 · Apr 26, 2015

very funny guys

Chippy_Tea · Apr 26, 2015

Let us know how much of a kick it has when it has finished. :wink:

nath15 · Apr 28, 2015

ok I'm going to start filtering it next weekend it will be sweet as it's a lemonade cider

nath15 · May 9, 2015

hi guys it's turned out tasting like lemonade and it stuck with 10.38% abv

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