Pasteurizing cider?

I'm pressing apples tomorrow and I was going to use my HLT to pasteurize the cider. My HLT has a heating element in it so my question is would there be any ill affects from using the vessel? Last year I just did it on a stove top but this year I'll have more to heat up.

 

Why not just add a little bit of sulfites instead of going thru all the work of lugging it around and waiting for it to be finished and lugging it back? WVMJ

 

That's a fair point. However, I'm planning on canning half of what I make for the kids. I guess I left that part out. My HLT is 120V so can move it anywhere I would need it.

 

Sorry, more of a winemaker, can you put your bottled cider in that and fill it with water and then pasteurize like that? WVMJ

 

I ended up with 9gal. 4gal I put in the HLT with a heating element and set the stc-1000 to 160* then put the remaining 5gal in a carboy with five campden tablets. I'll be using US05 yeast in a fermentation fridge at 65*+/-.
Once the 4gal sat a 160* for fifteen minutes I poured it into quart mason jars. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1440969073.610263.jpg View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1440969095.493041.jpg View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1440969115.839903.jpg View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1440969129.207059.jpg View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1440969140.807515.jpg

 

Thanks but I skip the canning process. Just filling the jars with 160* temp and laying them on their sides the jars will seal. Either way works.