scottyg354
Plant Based Homebrewer
Ok guys, I had some dry Safale-05 and some brown sugar lying around so I figured I would make a 2 gallon batch of cider. Anywho, I bought 2 gallons of pastureized cider, added the brown sugar and sprinkled half of the safale package on top of the mixture. 3 days later no fermentation. I am going to give it until friday and check gravity and taste. If it's not good I am going to dump this batch and head to the local orchard and pick up some unpastureized cider.
I've heard that there are chances that some wild yeast, lacto and pedio(not sure what this is) can be in unpastureized cider. Would a quick boil kill these off or would the boil harm the flavor of the cider? Just curious. Are there any other ways around killing the wild yeast/potential bacteria.
I've heard that there are chances that some wild yeast, lacto and pedio(not sure what this is) can be in unpastureized cider. Would a quick boil kill these off or would the boil harm the flavor of the cider? Just curious. Are there any other ways around killing the wild yeast/potential bacteria.