How can I sweeten wort

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Permalink Reply by JR on May 29, 2011 at 3:05pm

You could age it for a few months - when the hops start to drop off it will seem sweeter then.  Other than that Im not sure what you could do, lactose?

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Permalink Reply by Ralph on May 29, 2011 at 4:33pm

Artificial sweetener such as nutrisweet? Anything that cannot be fermented would work.

 

Could try for xylitol from Annies?? http://www.annies.co.nz/products/group/15/page/1/style/21

 

Xylitol does not have the chemical taste that many of the high intensity artificial sweeteners do and would be used in much the same way as sugar, but it simply wont ferment. It tastes a bit different to sugar, but is pleasant. 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by David Wood on June 3, 2011 at 10:38am

Lactose is an unfermentable milk sugar which you could sweeten it with.

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Permalink Reply by JoKing on June 3, 2011 at 10:57am

Yeah - maltodextrin is quite widely available, and is the standard sweetner for beer. It comes from malt.

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Permalink Reply by Reviled on June 3, 2011 at 12:07pm

Feel like posting up the recipe so we know what you're dealing with here?

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Permalink Reply by MrC on June 3, 2011 at 12:12pm

You could add some steeped crystal malt juice (boiled for sterilisation) to the beer, leave it for a week to allow for any additional fermentable sugars to ferment and then bottle it.  Just an idea, never tried it.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Chris Mills on June 5, 2011 at 1:06pm

Stevia might be something to look into as well. Not sure what sort of aftertastes you might get, but for a plant-based sweetener it is far sweeter than sugar and should not be fermentable. I'd look for the actual herb from a health food store rather than a processed product.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia

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