Hi just want to say that im new to the whole home brew experience, I have brewed 2 batches of cider a couple of months ago they turned ok O.K. drinkable but a bit on the dry side I used EC-1118 and my OG was 1.066 so I knew that it was going to be a strong batch.
I going to try another batch but using 71B-1122 yeast but my question is can I sweeten the cider with Xylitol first, knowing what my OG is prior to adding the sweetner and what my OG will be after adding the sweetner, the yeast would only convert the reg sugar and leave the sweetner alone or would it give it a funny taste, pluse im only going to make a 1 gal batch so how much yeaste would i use?
I going to try another batch but using 71B-1122 yeast but my question is can I sweeten the cider with Xylitol first, knowing what my OG is prior to adding the sweetner and what my OG will be after adding the sweetner, the yeast would only convert the reg sugar and leave the sweetner alone or would it give it a funny taste, pluse im only going to make a 1 gal batch so how much yeaste would i use?