Sweetners

[derrabe]

I am wondering what back sweeteners most people use. I have been using splenda and it works ok but leaves an after taste (kind of like Diet Coke). It gets worse the more sweetening a batch needs. I am not a fan of dry ciders so from I am have read I am not in the norm around here. I like a sweet cider with a solid taste. So I am just curious what other options people use to back sweeten with out using a fermentable sugar.

 

[CMcPherson]

I am way too new to this to be giving advice but as a chef, I can tell you that artificial sweeteners should not be used in any recipe.

 

[Maylar]

Nobody hates diet sodas more than I do, trust me on that.

I use Xylitol, which is an organic sugar alcohol made from birch trees. Tastes just like sugar and leaves no aftertaste. I get the small packet branded under Xylo-Sweet in health food stores. Some supermarkets carry it too. Kinda expensive, but worth it in the long run.

Pick some up and try it in your coffee.

 

[Dartfrog]

Nobody hates diet sodas more than I do, trust me on that.

I use Xylitol, which is an organic sugar alcohol made from birch trees. Tastes just like sugar and leaves no aftertaste. I get the small packet branded under Xylo-Sweet in health food stores. Some supermarkets carry it too. Kinda expensive, but worth it in the long run.

Pick some up and try it in your coffee.

And if you don't know if you've ever had it before make sure you have a bathroom nearby for the next little while! Some people are very sensitive to it...... (i'm one of those people)

 

[ThomasPaine]

Without using a ferment able sugar huh? Plus one on the Xylitol, and stevia works. What I would do since I don't care for any of the sugar alternatives is back sweeten at the time of consumption with a jumex
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Jumex-Apple-Nectar-11.3-oz-Pack-of-24/17194303

 

[derrabe]

Nobody hates diet sodas more than I do, trust me on that.

I use Xylitol, which is an organic sugar alcohol made from birch trees. Tastes just like sugar and leaves no aftertaste. I get the small packet branded under Xylo-Sweet in health food stores. Some supermarkets carry it too. Kinda expensive, but worth it in the long run.

Pick some up and try it in your coffee.

If it is an organic sugar doesn't that mean it is fermentable.

 

[mredge73]

For a back sweeted cider I cold crash, transfer off of yeast, and add potassium sorbate.
Let set for a day or two; then add 1 can of cheap apple juice concentrate per gallon of cider.
I then force carbonate to get that woodchuck sweet cider taste.

The idea here is to remove as much yeast as possible then knock down what is left with the potassium sorbate.
After that you can use whatever sweetener you like; concentrate is my favorite.

 

[Maylar]

If it is an organic sugar doesn't that mean it is fermentable.

No, it's most definitely not fermentable.

 

[MarkKF]

If it is an organic sugar doesn't that mean it is fermentable.

It's not a sugar it's a sugar alcohol. Whatever that is. It's neither sugar nor alcohol.

 

[ThomasPaine]

It's deadly to dogs as well