Bottling & how much sugar/sweetener

[electronurd]

Hi Everyone,

I was just looking at a youtube video where someone opened a bottle of their strawberry cider and it went everywhere and was clearly over carbonated. The person in the video said it was becuase he didn't take a gravity reading before bottling.

My question then is if you take a gravity reading then how do you know how much sugar to use for priming for a good cider carbonation assuming using 500ml bottles?

 

[DavieC]

He probably meant that it hadn't finished fermenting before he bottled it ,because he didnt take any gravity readings he wouldn't have realised, and so it carried on in a sealed bottle and became overcarbonated.I used 1 teaspoon suger per 500ml bottle for sparkling cider.

 

[Richie_asg1]

I've used the priming calculator on here and batch prime aiming for the low side of carbonation to err on the safe side. Still new at this.
https://www.brewersfriend.com/beer-priming-calculator/

 

[electronurd]

Ah right ok. Thanks guys