Finally, I have a use for my sous vide machine

This was super helpful -- thank you!

Generally people recommend to put an uncapped “temperature test” bottle in with a temperature probe to tell when the bottle contents reach your target temp. Then just dump out the warm water and fill with near room temperature water again for the next batch.

im just getting started and this video helps clear a lot up for me. thank you :)

I never thought of sous vide for pasteurizing. The last time I made hard cider (over 10 years ago), I had several bottles explode on the stovetop. I'd pasteurized 5 gallon batches of cider several times before without incident, but this scared the hell out of me. Let's just say that after 10 years, we were still finding chunks of glass in the kitchen. I haven't made cider since, but I think I'll pick up a sous vide and give it another go...outdoors.

Thanks for The demonstration. My husband is eager to buy a sous vide gadget and I have just taken up home cider making. I worry about my bottles exploding. This could be a win win for both of us.

shelly5224 (two comments down) is right. When the immersion heater indicates that the immersion water has reached 140 degrees, that's pretty much it. It has certainly begun to heat the bottle glass, but since glass is a good insulator and takes a while to heat, AND because your setup is open to the air (thus losing a lot of heat to evaporation), the brew in the bottles may still have been almost entirely unaffected. You need an open test bottle (probably room temp water) with a thermometer inside. Only when the test-bottle water has reached 140 degrees F should you start the 10 to 20 minute timer.

@Vagueperson

6 ай бұрын

This makes some sense to me, but it has a lot of time at elevated heat before it reaches 140, so some others have suggested it's already ready the moment it hits 140. That makes some sense to me, too. All I can say is this method hasn't failed me.

How do you know the liquid in the bottle is at 140 as well?. Doesn't it usually take longer you get to the temp of the water?

@theghostofsw6276

11 ай бұрын

That's what I think too. You could probably sacrifice a bottle, and heat it uncapped with a thermometer in it.

@pootinhammer

11 ай бұрын

​@theghostofsw6276 that's exactly what I do, a bottle of water uncapped with thermometer.

@Vagueperson

6 ай бұрын

This is a good idea. But as I mentioned in another comment, this might actually be overkill because of how long the bottles are being heated before they reach 140. Experience tells me this works.

do yourself a favor and get a bottling wand....

@Vagueperson

Ай бұрын

I have a couple bottling wands, and I don't like them. Way too slow.

R u orthodox Christian bro?☦️

@Vagueperson

6 ай бұрын

Yes, indeed