Does sorbitol dissolve in ethanol?
Sorbitol's solubility in ethanol seems to be very temperature dependent according to the Merck Index$^{[1]}$


  Freely sol in water (up to 83%); sol in methanol, isopropanol, butanol, cyclohexanol, phenol, acetone, acetic acid, dimethylformamide, pyridine, acetamide solutions; practically insoluble in most other org solvents; quite soluble in hot alcohol, sparingly soluble in cold alcohol  


1) O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 2006., p. 1498