A little help please

[bamamckay]

I just finished off my first batch of cider. It was awesome! I mainly made it for my wife but, I was totally surprised how much I liked it! Upon advice from my LHBS I added 2 lbs of corn sugar (dextrose). For my next batch I want to try to experiment and make a cider lower in alcohol for drinking allot of in the summer months. My question is this; if I leave out the sugar will the resulting cider taste any different from the first attempt in which I added sugar?

 

[MarkKF]

It might have even more Apple flavor and mouth feel. The high alcohol Apple wines I've made have less Apple flavor and a more watery feel.

Did u back sweeten? Carbonate?

 

[bamamckay]

I back sweetened with frozen concentrate Apple juice and keged and carbed. It was so good I don't want the taste to change much leaving out the corn sugar.

 

[Maylar]

It'll taste even better than before. Lower alcohol ciders have more apple flavor. I never add sugar to mine.

 

[UpstateMike]

Adding sugar at the start of fermentation will not add sweetness, it will only raise the % ABV. Try without sugar (starting gravity will be about 1.050), and then backsweeten as you did on this batch.

 

[bamamckay]

Great I'll do that. thanks guys


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