MarkKF

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Before...



After. Big color change. It's bubbling my airlock every 2 seconds or so, not going crazy yet but I'm sure it will.

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Not much different today, nice clean cruasen head though.

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I've decided not to add fruit to this. I plan on transferring to a secondary and cold crashing as soon as it stops it activity. I'm then going to back sweeten with juice concentrate and then bottle. I want this to be a little on the sweeter side and sparkling.

fishsniffer

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Question from a noob that wants to try his first cider?

What does back sweeten mean?

I want to make a bubbly cider that is sweet, similar to strongbow. But sweetening too much after primary fermentation would result in bottle bombs when you packaged it in bottles would it not?

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I'm by means no expert but what you describe in a cider is exactly what I'm going for. Back sweeting is adding to your secondary or bottling bucket, a little sweetness to add to your taste preference. It also allows your bottles to carb up. I put a plastic bottle in with my glass bottles filled with the cider to gauge how the carb build up is doing. Once the plastic bottle is hard I will then place all my bottles in the fridge to stop or slow the process. I like you, like my ciders hard, sweet and sparkly.

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Oh and I use apple juice concentrate to back sweeten, how much depends on you and your taste.

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Anyone chime in if I'm mistaken, this is only my second cider.

fishsniffer

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Let me know how it goes because I may be doing this in the near future.

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