Question on priming naturally fermented cider

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BadWolfOregon

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A friend gave me 10 gallons of naturally fermented cider that I need to go ahead and bottle up. This is my very first time doing anything with cider, so I really don't know how much corn sugar I should use to prime it.

It's dry, and been fermenting under pressure for 3 years, so it's well aged and very definitely done fermenting. ;-)

Advice?
 
if you want to keep it dry, just calculate it like you would with beer. Maybe as much as a wheat or hef. You'll get nicely sparkling dry cider. Always worked well for my dry ciders.

If you want it sweet, then you're looking at more of a pain with back sweetening / stabilizing / pasteurizing.
 
I use frozen AJC. Just add two containers of AJC to the ten gallons. The bottled cider will carb up nicely.
 
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