Carbonating Apfelwein in Sanke Keg

coppertop4646 said:

Normally, I just bottle my beers and carbonate them with a little priming sugar, but after reading about how to carbonate Apfelwein, it seems like bottle bombs can be a lot more common. I got to thinking if there was a safer way to carbonate the cider. I have access to 50L Sanke kegs and was wondering if these would be a safer, easier alternative to carbonating the cider (keep in mind I can have a keg but not the whole CO2 setup). Basically I was thinking I would just transfer the cider from the carboy to the keg, add the priming sugar, and seal the keg back up (this would be safer since kegs can handle a lot more pressure than glass bottles). Is this plausible? And if it is, how much sugar would you add for a 5 gallon batch? (a 5 gallon batch inside a 50L keg is going to leave a lot of air space)

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coppertop4646 said:

Keg Pump? Or once its carbonated, transfer it to bottling bucket then bottle and cap it?

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coppertop4646 said:

Ok so what's the safest way to go about carbonating it in bottles? Add priming sugar, bottle, open test bottles every so often until the carbonation is right then pasteurize? Also, could I use twist off bottles with Apfelwein or will the caps just blow off? (I'm using Ed Wort's recipe and have a super agata capper)

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