Wyeast Sweet Mead V4184 - residual sweetness?

[welly2]

Haven't made a cider in a bit but I was thinking of having another go using Wyeast V4184 Sweet Mead yeast to keep some residual sweetness as the couple of ciders I have made have been dry without a hint of sweetness. I ended up sweetening the cider with a splash of apple juice which was fine but I'd rather not have to resort to that!

 

[troopa]

With a starting gravity around 1.050 it will still ferment dry with a little perceived sweetness maybe.
Its still able to achieve around 12% alc so you will need to either get your sugars up to stall the yeast out (In my mind 12%+ for a cider is too strong) or use the usual suspects for killing / stalling yeast early with some sugar left. Like sulphates, multiple racking, possibly crash chilling.
The last 2 choices are really only suitable if your kegging though.