Backsweetening cider with lactose

[CliffMongoloid]

Did a quick search and didnt find much info on this.

Short story is i have one gallon of very dry cider. how much lacotse should i add to backsweeten? i want to bottle carb with priming sugar also.

thanks

 

[MindenMan]

I would start at a quarter ounce and go up from there

 

[dmtaylor]

About 3 oz lactose per gallon will help take the edge off the dryness. Might even need a little more, depending. I wouldn't advise more than like 4 oz though -- eventually it would become something other than a real cider.