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druid1966

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Not sure if this can be easily answered but here goes. If making a TC, and it comes to bottling/priming, could pure apple juice be used to kick off carbonation? Is there a way of figuring out how much sugar is in the juice?, and therefore how much juice to add to the kit? My hope would be that some of the "appleness" would be left behind and make the TC a little less dry. Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated.
 
It would give you some fizz but unsure how much...it would ferment out and probably not provide any extra sweetness. For sweetness I think you may need to stop fermentation at the required time,killing the yeast or add a non fermentable sweetener.
 
I did this and it worked fine - I calculated the amount based on the equivalent sugar in grams from the label on the carton, it's quoted per 100ml so I just multiplied up from there (IIRC it was about 300ml for a 4.5l batch)

It carbed up well but it's still pretty dry.
 
Like Steve said if its shop bought the labels says how much sugars in it otherwise a hydrometer reading can tell you.
 
When i measure carton apple juice the hygrometer seems to indicate about 8% abv worth of sugar in the juice.
I'm sure thats higher than when I last did it (I think it was about 6.5%) but it will vary with different apples and different harvests. But anyway eoughly 19g of fermentable sugar per litre makes 1% abv so yours should have 8x19 g per l = 152 g per litre sugar.
 
Yup, 8 to 11% of sugar.

I read somewhere that some brewers mash some cara/crystal @80º or so, so it won't produce fermentable sugars and can be used as sweetener.
 
Re:>Simon12.Makes me wonder if juice has sugar added to bring it up to std recipe
Although most of the cartons i buy state pure juice Hmm??
 
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