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it depends on the amount of sugars still in the cider, if you crashed it at 1.03 then that should be plenty of sugars left to make carbonation; and you probably can still carb with lower gravity, I'd imagine anything over 1.005 would be fine, but I don't have a lot of experience, just info from...

thanks tennesseen, ill play it safe and wont wait till its too carb'd. i dont mind a lightly sparkling cider. after pasturization, will the taste still improve over time?

sorry to bump an old thread but its got a lot of useful information. So if I want a carbonation like a regular 7up bottle, Id fill the cider to the same level the 7up was at originally, then to the best of my ability try and match the firmness of my plastic sample to a regular factory sealed...

Thanks for the reply MrPhillips! after about 24 hours the batch is going nice and well, have bubbles coming out every second! So what I was thinking about doing is waiting till it stops burping/bubbling and then rack to a carboy. I have read elsewhere that it should sit in the primary for at...

How long should a 5 gallon batch be exposed to open air? I'm currently doing a similar recipe with 2 pounds of sugar, a cup of honey, and %100 percent organic store bought apple juice, and champagne yeast. I did put in some yeast nutrient because I read somewhere that there was not much...