Still or Carbed?

[stu4stew]

What is everyones preference?

 

[ROLLTIDE]

Carbed, hands down. I like my ice water and milk still, that's it

 

[hallerobin]

Carbed for me, too!

 

[BGBC]

How many volumes CO2 do people usually target for carbed?

 

[wdenton]

Still for me. but ill drink both

 

[ROLLTIDE]

How many volumes CO2 do people usually target for carbed?

I don't know about all that volumes yet so let me say that I try to get my ciders a little more carbd than beer but not soda high.

 

[Con-Rad]

still! back in the early days of cider they didn't have kegs and compressed CO2, so i like to recreate what was drank "back in the day"...

conrad

 

[Yooper]

I like few things carbonated- not wine, not cider, not mead for sure!

I like still dry cider.

I like beer carbonated. I do not drink soda or other sugary drinks, so the only thing I drink carbonated is beer- the rest is still.

 

[blakelyc]

Depends in the final product. I tend to like sweeter ciders carbed, and drier ciders still (or petillant).

 

[nofx2312000]

Carbed, hands down. I like my ice water and milk still, that's it

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I'm with you. Done a few still ciders and always regret that I dud not carb

 

[kstone803]

Carbed all the way. Although the GF prefers still.

 

[rocketsan]

Carved hands down

 

[Albionwood]

"petillant" - very slightly carbed, just over saturation - is perfect for cider IMHO. Usually though I carb it up in a keg, to 10 psi or so, and just let it fizz out in the glass. I find it tastes better as it goes flat; the complex flavors from the cider fruit are masked by the carbonation.

This also works great for bottling out of the keg - I can just fill from the tap and it will be "petillant" in the bottle. The foam displaces air from the bottle so the cider doesn't oxidize much.

 

[MarkKF]

Still for me. but ill drink both

I agree. If there is plenty of fruit flavor left still is great. Less flavor I prefer carbed.