Hey All - With Spring semester starting I procrastinated on pasteurizing my first "real" (did a couple quickie batches in between) batch of cider...I finally got around to it today, but when I decided to crack one open while I worked I saw that I over-carbed a bit...I'm not at bottle-bomb stage yet but it was too much to drink out of the bottle without being obnoxious (tasted amazing poured into a glass on the rocks tho!) I decided pasteurizing was probably a bad idea and crammed all the bottles in the freezer to crash them asap.
So now I'm wondering what my best course of action is from here? Do I bite the bullet and put them in the garage (no room in the fridge but its pretty cold out of course), hoping the cold is enough to keep them from becoming bombs until I finish them? Or would it be feasible (or necessary?) to open them, let off a bit of pressure, and then put new caps on and pasteurize? Or something else I haven't thought of? Any suggestions would be appreciated; thanx.
So now I'm wondering what my best course of action is from here? Do I bite the bullet and put them in the garage (no room in the fridge but its pretty cold out of course), hoping the cold is enough to keep them from becoming bombs until I finish them? Or would it be feasible (or necessary?) to open them, let off a bit of pressure, and then put new caps on and pasteurize? Or something else I haven't thought of? Any suggestions would be appreciated; thanx.