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Hulud

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Sorry if this has been answered but the search function on the app is terrible.

About how much sugar do you use for a 5 gal batch of cider. I don't want bottle bombs with all the sugar from the apples.

Or should I just keg and force carb with co2 in a keg?
 
~5-6oz of sugar primes cider pretty well, IMO ciders typiclly have a higher carbonation level than most beers. For a dry cider you can just prime and bottle like normal.

Things get a bit more complicated when it comes to sweet ciders. Kegging, as you mentioned is a safe bet. Many of here will backsweeten, prime on top of than, bottle like normal, and finally pasteurize the bottles once the desired carbonation level have been reached. Check out the sticky at the top of the cider section for a great tutorial by pappers.
 
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