Carbonation Levels

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  • March 20, 2019 at 4:45 pm #2544
    Laura Bertoldi
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    About start finally fermenting cider. What level are you all carbonating to? Thanks for info.

    March 21, 2019 at 11:28 pm #2547
    Marcus Robert
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    Laura,
    It depends on the product. Anything not defined as “Hard Cider” as per 27 CFR § 24.331 is carbonated under 3.92g/l CO2. Actual “Hard Cider” has a limit of 6.4g/l but that is usually too much for foaming. You would be best to try out some carbonation levels on draft as see how far you can go before it foams.
    Marcus

    May 10, 2019 at 2:10 pm #2754
    Renee Kolleth-Thomas
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    Laura,

    Marcus is right. It depends on the product. If it is just Hard cider with no added ingredients you are allow to go as high as 6.4g/L, but that is normally way too high. At the company that I work for we carb everything to 1.95ATM (~3.8g/L) just to keep everything easy.

    Cheers,
    Renee’

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