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billb
 
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Default sweetening cider

I was
> thinking of adding apple juice (maybe a gallon) - but I don't want the

yeast
> to eat the sugars in it -



better idea, skip the preservatives, and add some apple juice at the time of
drinking to kill the sour taste.
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> My recipe for hard cider is this:
> 5 -6 gallons of apple cider
> 5 pounds of brown sugar
> a little bit of honey
> champagne yeast.
>
> It fermeted for about 2 weeks, and has been clearing nicely for about
> another 2 weeks, but it's still sour. I'd like to sweeten it up. so I

was thinking of getting some w/ preservatives
> in it. Will this cause the yeast not to eat it? I also want to make it
> sparkling. I was going to add priming sugar before bottling. Will the
> yeast eat the priming sugar w/ preserved apple juice in there?
>
> -Lars
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