Splittinghairs said:

CaptainTrips420 said:

Shoot I think the instapot only does about 10PSI on high setting. I thought it might be good because I don't have to watch it. Im not sure how I used so much water and it almost ran out but I think I can get away with the instapot method I know lots of people have used them with success.

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Instapots work more than fine. They get up to 12psi.

Of all my failures, it has not been from the instapot.  And the one I use, the silicone mats for my jars have them sit in water 

Just run it for 185 minutes

Make sure you do the 10 minute bleed before you close the valve.

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I heard about people using steam baths with some degree of success. It seems so much more easy just load press cook and collect in the morning. I will do the 185 minutes.

CaptainTrips420 said:

Splittinghairs said:

CaptainTrips420 said:

Shoot I think the instapot only does about 10PSI on high setting. I thought it might be good because I don't have to watch it. Im not sure how I used so much water and it almost ran out but I think I can get away with the instapot method I know lots of people have used them with success.

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Instapots work more than fine. They get up to 12psi.

Of all my failures, it has not been from the instapot.  And the one I use, the silicone mats for my jars have them sit in water 

Just run it for 185 minutes

Make sure you do the 10 minute bleed before you close the valve.

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I heard about people using steam baths with some degree of success. It seems so much more easy just load press cook and collect in the morning. I will do the 185 minutes.

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tryptkaloids said:

Im making cider.

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Splittinghairs said:

Just run it for 185 minutes

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Oh man, I did 90 minutes...  Guess I gotta bump my rookie numbers up!

andymc said:

I'm trying this for the first time too.  I got tired of burying hundreds and hundreds of perfectly good apples every year.  (I have a single, very enthusiastic tree.)

I have a bucket with an airlock.  It does build up pressure in there, and if I gently push down on it I can make the airlock bubble, but I've never seen any evidence of the fermentation itself making anything happen with the airlock.

I've been avoiding peeking, but after ~6 weeks maybe it's time?

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tryptkaloids said:

Id definitely give it a taste andy

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andymc said:

Tastes ... ok.  Not sweet anymore (the juice was very sweet) and tastes kind of alcoholic, but also watery.  There's a pasty whitish film on the surface I'm not sure whether I should worry about.

Suppose I should do something like rack it this weekend and see how it goes from there.

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SuburbanHerbin said:

Splittinghairs said:

Just run it for 185 minutes

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Oh man, I did 90 minutes...  Guess I gotta bump my rookie numbers up!

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divineverdance said:

Wat if instead of venthole on jar wat if i just cracc it open evry few dayz?

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RoscoeReturns said:

CaptainTrips420 said:

What PSI are you running? 4 quarts had maybe 200ml left after 1 hour 20 minutes going in between 15-16 PSI in a 24 quart pressure cooker for me.

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17 psi in my Presto, 15 psi in my T-Fal. If you’re using that much water during your PC run you’re running it a little hot. You don’t want a loud, spitting, hissing, rocking weight or relief valve. Dial back the heat just a little bit and maintain pressure without losing all that steam.

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I don't know we've all been over this in regards to my pc.



I'm running between 16 and 17 PSI 3 quarts at 2 hours and 30 minutes. one time I almost ran dry.

I cleaned it and checked everything and changed how the level of heat

Then  I put some vegetable oil on my gasket. And after that. 


I'm not losing as much. I can comfortably do a two to two and a half hour run without having to worry.



But I probably left with only a quart or so which means I really couldn't go any longer.



The Presto's pretty much brand new. I mean it did this when it was brand new. Now it's almost 2 years old.

I run it on my gas flame Stove Top and it is on as low as the flame can possibly go.



Also three quarters taped to the Jiggler so it's very quiet barely hissing or anything.


All the venting(10min) and heating process is done on medium heat and then takin down to low once it's come up to pressure. all the water is put in cold.

I have done the full routine for checking for leaks and everything.


I haven't actually measured how much water is left over when I'm done but if looks like I'm losing half if not more.

Ps.  This was just to give some detail to the people that responded.

So  don't worry about giving me the run-through of advice and what to look for and what I should or should try to change it.

As said when I started this post. I've already been through it with everybody here a few months back. and I don't want to take up the threads space again LOL