Hi Guys,
I'm new to cider brewing (have done beer and wine before though) and have been trying to work out how to get a sweet fizzy cider, as a kit a friend made before was awful - dry and sharp.
I like a cider like bulmers or magners which is sweet and fizzy (and yes....commercial I know! ) which is what I want to make.
I've read that maybe you could stop the fermentation at gravity of 1.010 by using a campden tablet? If I then prime the PET bottles with carbonation drops or sugar, will it still carbonate after using the campden tablet?
I don't really like the idea of making a dry cider, then sweetening with artifical sweetners!
Has anyone got any preferred kits to make (like magnum, finlandia etc) which would make a sweet bulmers like cider?
Any information will be gratefully received!
Regards, Mike.
I'm new to cider brewing (have done beer and wine before though) and have been trying to work out how to get a sweet fizzy cider, as a kit a friend made before was awful - dry and sharp.
I like a cider like bulmers or magners which is sweet and fizzy (and yes....commercial I know! ) which is what I want to make.
I've read that maybe you could stop the fermentation at gravity of 1.010 by using a campden tablet? If I then prime the PET bottles with carbonation drops or sugar, will it still carbonate after using the campden tablet?
I don't really like the idea of making a dry cider, then sweetening with artifical sweetners!
Has anyone got any preferred kits to make (like magnum, finlandia etc) which would make a sweet bulmers like cider?
Any information will be gratefully received!
Regards, Mike.