VApatriot
Well-Known Member
I have a question about bottling cider. My wife bought a couple CHS kits and wants us (me) to make them. I have made lots of home brew and do not keg.
In Yooper's 'Cider for Beginners' sticky she mentions having to pasteurize bottles. When bottling home brew I always soak my caps and rinse my bottles (thoroughly washed w/ Oxyclean then dried) in Starsan solution and bottle while they are still wet. To date (knock on wood), I have not had any bottle bombs or infections in any of my beers. Would this same process work for cider or not? And if not, why not? Thanks in advance for any and all responses.
In Yooper's 'Cider for Beginners' sticky she mentions having to pasteurize bottles. When bottling home brew I always soak my caps and rinse my bottles (thoroughly washed w/ Oxyclean then dried) in Starsan solution and bottle while they are still wet. To date (knock on wood), I have not had any bottle bombs or infections in any of my beers. Would this same process work for cider or not? And if not, why not? Thanks in advance for any and all responses.