Brown Sugar and Cider

[FuzzballBrew]

So i added brown sugar to 2 gallons of cider, heated it up with some berries, cooled the "wort". has anyone brewed with brown sugar, what was your outcome

 

[youreanimpulse]

Try the cider forum. Haven't done it with cider. In beer it's lightly "rummy," since a portion of brown sugar is molasses. I liked it in an IPA I also lightly oaked. It will thin it out a bit, but cider can be pretty thin anyway, depending on the juice/yeast.

 

[GrogNerd]

when adding a "substantial" amount of sugars to a cider, it technically becomes a apple wine

but, that's the only way I've done cider/apple wine - adding a 1/2 pound of brown sugar per gallon

I think it's gosh darn tasty

the last batch I backed off on the brown sugar and substituted the rest with dextrose. no reason, just didn't have enough brown sugar available