Cider Digest #0042

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Subject: Cider Digest #42 Fri Oct 4 11:00:05 EDT 1991 
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 91 11:00:06 EDT 
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Cider Digest #42          Fri Oct 4 11:00:05 EDT 1991 
Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues 
Jay Hersh, Digest Coordinator 
                              
Contents: 
  pasturize (Russ Gelinas) 
                              
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Date:    Fri, 4 Oct 1991 9:19:28 -0400 (EDT) 
From: R_GELINAS@unhh.unh.edu (Russ Gelinas) 
Subject: pasturize 

  Pasturizing cider (or beer or whatever) *is* a good way to stop all 
growth, but it is also a very good way to get hurt, especially if you're 
dealing with a carbonated beverage.  I've had many bottles explode in the 
pasturization process.  It's not really a problem if you have a heavy cover 
on the pot, you just get cider/beer/whatver and glass mixed in with the 
heated water.  But, the bottles do EXPLODE, in capital letters!  I've heard 
a BOOM from the cellar, and gone down to find the ceramic-on-steel cover 
blown across the brew-room, and shards of glass (and beer) all over.  I'm 
glad I wasn't checking the water temperature!  I'm now also reluctant to 
pasturize, but when I do, it's at a lower temp (~140) but for a longer time 
(~45 min.), and I'm *extremely* cautious. 

  The point is, use a heavy cover on the pot when you pasturize, use the lid 
as a shield when you want to see what's happening in the pot, and let the 
the bottles cool quite a bit before you take them out.  Don't get hurt. 

Russ 

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