Need some help

[Firehawk69]

I have a hard cherry cider in secondary right now and I'm a little concerned about carbonation. The last time I tried to carbonate a cider with conditioning tablets, it failed miserably, and this particular one needed carbonation to taste right. I was wondering if there was a way I could force-carbonate the cider after I bottle it. I really want this one to turn out right, I have been wanting to make this for a long time. I would consider kegging it, but I don't have a tap or the room to store the keg once filled.

 

[Yooper]

I can't think of a way to force carbonate once bottled, unless you bottle it in 2L plastic soda bottles and then use a "carbonator cap" to carb it up. That's what I do for things I want carbed that aren't in a keg (like ginger ale or flat beer).

 

[Fearmunky]

I heated up some Apple juice, added 3/4 cup priming sugar then stirred it in to my 5 gallons just prior to bottling and it carbonated it fairly well.

 

[Firehawk69]

Cool, thanks for the tips! Any other advice will help greatly!