Back Carbonating Working??

[Bh750]

Hi all,

Just finishing up my first batch of cider. Two weeks ago I bottled and did my "back carbonating". I also added some sweetener too. But not sure if the carbonation is really working. I added 1/8 tsp of dextrose for the carbonation. How long should it take? should I add more dextrose? dont want any bottle bombs

 

[bernardsmith]

How many grams of sugar is in 1/8 t? You want to add something like 20 -25 g for each gallon of cider or about 1/2 t per beer bottle. If you cannot add the dissolved sugar to your bottling bucket I would try to get hold of carbonation drops from your LHBS and drop them into each bottle according to directions

 

[Bh750]

How many grams of sugar is in 1/8 t? You want to add something like 20 -25 g for each gallon of cider or about 1/2 t per beer bottle. If you cannot add the dissolved sugar to your bottling bucket I would try to get hold of carbonation drops from your LHBS and drop them into each bottle according to directions

So just looked at my bag of Dextrose. It says 2.5 tsp = 8 grams. So according to that sounds like I'm definitely underdosing. According to my calculations I should be at about 1/3 teaspoon per bottle, or 1/2 as you say. Darn. Been sitting there for two weeks like this.

Ok will try. How long, say what another week, before I get some good bubbles? PS - using Dextrose b/c I heard it gives nice tiny effervescent bubbles.