T turner03 Member Joined Oct 16, 2013 Messages 12 Reaction score 0 Oct 19, 2013 #1 Can someone tell me if I should wait at all after dosing with Camden before back sweetening with honey?
Can someone tell me if I should wait at all after dosing with Camden before back sweetening with honey?
Yooper Ale's What Cures You! Staff member Admin Mod HBT Supporter Joined Jun 4, 2006 Messages 75,117 Reaction score 13,268 Location UP/Snowbird in Florida Oct 19, 2013 #2 turner03 said: Can someone tell me if I should wait at all after dosing with Camden before back sweetening with honey? Click to expand... Campden is an antioxidant, and is used all the time by winemakers. It won't kill (or even slow) yeast, so if you're not using sorbate other otherwise stabilizing the cider before sweetening, your bottles will blow up when the honey ferments out.
turner03 said: Can someone tell me if I should wait at all after dosing with Camden before back sweetening with honey? Click to expand... Campden is an antioxidant, and is used all the time by winemakers. It won't kill (or even slow) yeast, so if you're not using sorbate other otherwise stabilizing the cider before sweetening, your bottles will blow up when the honey ferments out.