Recent content by Jaypkk

If you are force carbonating, refer to a chart, like the one posted below, and carbonate to your preferred volume. 1.95 volumes of CO2 (3.8 grams/liter) produces a bright bubbly cider. It is slightly more complicated than just temp and pressure, but this is a good place to start.

I too read Lea's and Jolicoeur's books and remember the 50 PU reference, but there have long been voices for lower numbers; see for example, this beer pasteurization study. I make cider professionally on a nano scale and use a small commercial pasteurizer bath for those ciders that need to be...

Agreed. Great post. I'll add a link if I can to some interesting research out of WSU that suggests that a mere 1 PU is enough with other appropriate microbial controls to destroy two regularly used yeast strains. Below is the abstract. "Abstract--A Preliminary Evaluation to Establish Bath...