Hello,
I'm just starting to look into making hard cider. I'm trying to avoid crushing the apples etc and would prefer to buy the apple juice. The orchards farmers tell me they are required by law to only sell pasteurized juice. Will I be able to use pasteurized juice to make hard cider? If pasteurized juice will work what else could they put in the juice to harm the fermentation process that I need to be aware of?
I'm just starting to look into making hard cider. I'm trying to avoid crushing the apples etc and would prefer to buy the apple juice. The orchards farmers tell me they are required by law to only sell pasteurized juice. Will I be able to use pasteurized juice to make hard cider? If pasteurized juice will work what else could they put in the juice to harm the fermentation process that I need to be aware of?