Cider snobs will poo-poo the heat pasteurization thing, and promote Campden/sulfites and sorbate. My cider turns out great every single time using heat pasteurization instead of Campden. And it can be overused if you add it both up front and at the tail end, making the flavor issues more prominent. Well, I’m not convinced that it does this very well.Īlso Campden/sulfites cause an odd bitter salty kind of taste in the cider. Then at the end of the fermentation, it’s supposed to prevent re-fermentation in the bottle or keg. The Campden doesn’t just magically go away after a day or two, most of it stays in there as far as I can tell. Something just doesn’t seem right about this. Throw in Campden, wait a day or two, then throw in your yeast, and fermentation takes off. The reason I don’t use it is that it doesn’t really seem to work. I’ve had occasional sulfur, both with and without Campden, and it’s been several years since I’ve actually used Campden at all, so I’m not positive whether it makes the sulfur worse or more prominent. But for clean ciders, I’ve had good results with this. There is the risk of acetobacter, so minimizing air contact is critical. I haven’t tried pasteurizing and don’t know if it affects flavor, but I’ve had good luck with just pitching a large, healthy amount of yeast in the raw cider and letting it out-compete the natural yeast and bacteria. ![]() Without the sulfites, I haven’t noticed significant sulfur odors during fermentation. ![]() If you’ve run into the “rhino farts” threads out there, I believe Campden is a major contributor to this. I suppose it depends on your taste threshold, but I can taste it even after being aged for a long time. ![]() It’s not as bad with wine yeast, as they’re a little more tolerant of sulfites, but with an ale yeast the end result can be just awful. Even giving it a good 48 hours to dissipate, some of the worst ciders I’ve made had horrible sulfur-based off flavors. I don’t know Dave’s experience, but I’ve run into issues of the sulfites affecting yeast health negatively and throwing ridiculous amounts of sulfur.
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