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branman · 03-21-2013, 06:28 PM

^^^ that's not cool... I got 32 bottles carbinating now how long did you wait to pasturize? How carb'd is to much? I really don't want a glass bomb to go off in my face! :scared:

Ostomo517 · 03-21-2013, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by branman

^^^ that's not cool... I got 32 bottles carbinating now how long did you wait to pasturize? How carb'd is to much? I really don't want a glass bomb to go off in my face! :scared:

It seems time to carb can differ greatly. Which makes the plastic bottle critical in my brewlab!

**BadgerBrigade** · 03-21-2013, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by branman

^^^ that's not cool... I got 32 bottles carbinating now how long did you wait to pasturize? How carb'd is to much? I really don't want a glass bomb to go off in my face! :scared:

If it's really sweet I would start checking it after four days of initial bottling and then every day or every two days after that, but yeah the glasses bombs are a little freaky if you don't have gear on...
And as the dude below your post said the plastic bottle is a great trick

**Pappers_** · 03-21-2013, 10:11 PM

I've recommended this method a few times, but thought it was worth doing so again http://www.howtomakehardcider.com/

branman · 03-22-2013, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Ostomo517

It seems time to carb can differ greatly. Which makes the plastic bottle critical in my brewlab!

Wish I would thought of that 2 days ago myself

**BadgerBrigade** · 03-22-2013, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by branman

Wish I would thought of that 2 days ago myself

Ya, I have done that trick once before & this last week I bottled 6 different batches and didnt do it with a single batch, now I'm kicking myself for it! It would have made life much easier to have a plastic bottle at front of each of my bottled batches....
I will definitely do this from now on...

**fizgig** · 03-26-2013, 11:38 PM

Doing a batch right now, it's freaky how much the headspace shrinks and liquid level goes up.

**BadgerBrigade** · 03-27-2013, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by fizgig

Doing a batch right now, it's freaky how much the headspace shrinks and liquid level goes up.

I had all bottle bombs. Maybe you can send me a PM or something and let me know how your pasteurization work out...

**fizgig** · 03-27-2013, 03:24 AM

Bottle bombs while pasteurizing or afterwards?

Here's my process, first time, I hope yours weren't after...

I went from 1.071 to 1.027 over 4 days using a variant of the sweet country cider recipe here, I modified it with 2 gallons of apple juice (it was 1.044 out of the jug) and half a dozen fresh juiced granny smith apples and about 20oz of brown sugar, some pectic enzyme, some yeast nutrient, yeast energizer and rehydrated nottingham.
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/5-day-sweet-country-cider-265986/

1.040 seemed too sweet so I let it go longer (I think all that tasting screwed up my stomach, ugh.), still seemed a tad too sweet at 1.027 but it was getting too boozy to let it go longer. I cold crashed it overnight on my screened in back porch at about 35 degrees. I bottled last night around 7:00pm from the cold crash, then immediately stored in the basement to carb at 60 degrees. I made 1 bottle a 20oz plastic pop bottle I squeezed a bit as I capped it to keep it slack. I checked it this morning and the 20oz felt about half carbed, I checked it after dinner and it felt like a new pop bottle and was stiff, so I pasteurized them all exactly according to the directions in this thread, 190 degrees for 10 minutes, the temp only went down to 170 in my pot, the bottles according to my laser thermometer stayed at 150+ for quite some time after.

Pics attached, all of the bottles have pretty much the same normal headspace but the hot bottles on the cutting board have all different levels depending on when I pulled them out, I used a filling wand.

**BadgerBrigade** · 03-27-2013, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by fizgig

Bottle bombs while pasteurizing or afterwards?

Here's my process, first time, I hope yours weren't after...

I went from 1.071 to 1.027 over 4 days using a variant of the sweet country cider recipe here, I modified it with 2 gallons of apple juice (it was 1.044 out of the jug) and half a dozen fresh juiced granny smith apples and about 20oz of brown sugar, some pectic enzyme, some yeast nutrient, yeast energizer and rehydrated nottingham.
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/5-day-sweet-country-cider-265986/

1.040 seemed too sweet so I let it go longer (I think all that tasting screwed up my stomach, ugh.), still seemed a tad too sweet at 1.027 but it was getting too boozy to let it go longer. I cold crashed it overnight on my screened in back porch at about 35 degrees. I bottled last night around 7:00pm from the cold crash, then immediately stored in the basement to carb at 60 degrees. I made 1 bottle a 20oz plastic pop bottle I squeezed a bit as I capped it to keep it slack. I checked it this morning and the 20oz felt about half carbed, I checked it after dinner and it felt like a new pop bottle and was stiff, so I pasteurized them all exactly according to the directions in this thread, 190 degrees for 10 minutes, the temp only went down to 170 in my pot, the bottles according to my laser thermometer stayed at 150+ for quite some time after.

Pics attached, all of the bottles have pretty much the same normal headspace but the hot bottles on the cutting board have all different levels depending on when I pulled them out, I used a filling wand.

No, during... But I think I was over carbed