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Backsweetening cider sounds simple — just add sweetness, right?

Well… not quite.

In this video, we dive into how to backsweeten cider safely using apple juice concentrate — without accidentally creating over-carbonation or bottle bombs. I test three different sweetness levels (0, 10, and 20 g/L), compare dry vs sweetened versions, and show you the easiest and safest way to dial in balance at home.

We also look at what happens when you boost original gravity with concentrate and ferment with highly attenuative yeast strains — which is how I accidentally ended up with a 7.5% cider instead of the 5.5% I was aiming for. Lesson learned.

This episode is kindly sponsored by Angel Yeast. I’ve been testing their brewing strains in several cider experiments, including BV818 cider yeast and CS31 Saison yeast, Ao1 American Ale Yeast, along with their BrewNutri-Z yeast nutrient.

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Chapters:

00:00 The comment: “You used concentrate wrong”
01:07 Apple concentrate: all the ways to use it (and today’s focus)
02:09 Two ciders + sponsor shout-out (Angel Yeast)
03:30 Backstory + the ABV mistake (how I hit 7.5%)
06:03 Two super-dry ciders… so let’s backsweeten
07:19 The experiment setup: 0 / 10 / 20 g/L
08:09 Syringe dosing + conversions (how much to add)
11:18 Tasting the control + comparing the sweetened samples
15:11 The winner + the amount to use
15:39 Backsweeten like the pros: stabilize / filter / pasteurize + cold storage
18:43 Final battle: winner vs Saison + wrap-up

Videos Mentioned in This Video

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