(accidentally posted this in the cider recipes forum as well)
Well, it’s a difficult day folks. It’s the day that I have to own up to my arrogance and naivety.
Today I had to dump the rest of my sweetened, carbonated and bottle pasteurized experimental berry cider from last winter that I never really cared for anyway. Something went wrong, sanitation, pasteurization temperatures, something.
I thought they were shelf stable. We’d been slowly drinking them, one or two each weekend, because they weren’t all that good, for months. The weather has warmed up recently and we noticed the other day that they’ve become gushers. Terrible. I knew what had to be done. I put on my “safety” sunglasses and grill gloves at midnight tonight and popped the top on the last 18 bottles. The explosive force behind some of the caps was ridiculous. I’m glad nobody got hurt. Live and learn. Until I get kegging ability someday, it looks like I’ll be drinking things still or unsweetened and carbed.
Well, it’s a difficult day folks. It’s the day that I have to own up to my arrogance and naivety.
Today I had to dump the rest of my sweetened, carbonated and bottle pasteurized experimental berry cider from last winter that I never really cared for anyway. Something went wrong, sanitation, pasteurization temperatures, something.
I thought they were shelf stable. We’d been slowly drinking them, one or two each weekend, because they weren’t all that good, for months. The weather has warmed up recently and we noticed the other day that they’ve become gushers. Terrible. I knew what had to be done. I put on my “safety” sunglasses and grill gloves at midnight tonight and popped the top on the last 18 bottles. The explosive force behind some of the caps was ridiculous. I’m glad nobody got hurt. Live and learn. Until I get kegging ability someday, it looks like I’ll be drinking things still or unsweetened and carbed.
