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Landlord.
That's very interesting, as while I have a good sanitary regime when making beer, there's not much you can do with apples apart from wash the mud off with a garden hose and send them to the scratter and ultimately the press. I, too, have never had a batch of cider go off.If I have spent a lot of time or money I use sterilising solutions, as I don't want it to go to waste. But if all I have done is pulped a load of apples for a quick cider, all I tend to do is rinse with boiling water and crack on. Hardly had a spoiled batch in 37 years of brewing at home.
Cheers TC
I wonder what the big cider-makers do. Not much more, I think. I once tried pasteurising a batch of juice- the cider tasted like stewed apples.