Does anyone bottle carb 100% dry cider?

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Headley_Lamarr

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I'm probably a week or 2 away from bottling my first 3 gallon batch of cider. I tried a really good French cider from 2008 (Etienne Dupont). It was only 5% abv and was unpasteurized. Since it was unpasteurized and a low abv, I'm assuming they let it fully ferment out all sugars and bottle carbed it. So, my question is, does anyone carb up a fully dry cider? Any tips? It seems like aging my play a big role in it turning out well.
 
I have. If it's a low-moderate ABV then it will bottle carb as usual. It should also carb very quickly (in a few days).

Just because it's unpasteurized doesn't mean it was bottle carbonated. It could still be filled with counterpressure filling and no priming sugar. It could have been filtered and/or stabilized with sulfites before being filled. However, it is probably bottled carbonated with priming sugar additions.
 
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