Carbing and bottling

[Ludesbrews]

All,

My cider has been in primary for 5 days and appears to be done fermenting. I plan on measuring gravity tomorrow.

I usually backsweeten with unfermentable sugars but it never tastes quite right.

This time I plan on getting it to my liking using FAJC, letting those sugars carb the bottles and pasteurizing when I feel it is carbonated enough. Has anyone used the screw top coke bottle method to test carb level before?

Anyone have advice for amount of FAJC for sweetening a 5 gallon batch?


Thanks

 

[JimRausch]

Every batch I bottle- beer, graf or cider, I do one in a plastic soda bottle, squeeze out the excess headspace air and cap. When it is turgid, then the rest of the batch is carbed. Do a search on this section of the forum for 'cooler pasteurization'. Easiest method and it works! I usually use 1 can FAJC per 5G batch, but I've read others who use 2. Guess it depends on how sweet you want it.