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18 years 8 months ago #7

hendrixcat Offline Posts: 1915	So it seems that the bleach and vinegar no rinse sanitiser has gained the ICB imprimatur. I'll have to give a go so, instead of using costly Starsan.

18 years 8 months ago #8

barry m Topic Author Offline Posts: 4307	Funnily enough, we used StarSan for the first time when doing that bottling run pictured above. The amount of foam/bubbles was a bit worrying, but apparently normal and safe. The Bleach/vinegar is certainly cheaper, and does seem to work well. We should get an item up on cleaning and sanitising to highlight some of the cheaper alternatives using household products.

18 years 8 months ago #9

hendrixcat Offline Posts: 1915	It sure does foam, but I haven't had any problems with it yet except for an unpleasant sulfur smell that is generated when I soak beer caps in it for bottling.

18 years 8 months ago #10

xabimacguinness Offline Posts: 200	Thanks a lot lads, very informative indeed. I´m actually brewing today so it came very handy. Good job...

18 years 8 months ago #11

sbillings Offline Posts: 3582	Very good article Barry. I can see the simple steps, with pictures, making the whole process more accessible to first time extract-with-grain brewers.

18 years 8 months ago #12

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&quot;Hendrixcat&quot;:3lfszbz0 wrote: So it seems that the bleach and vinegar no rinse sanitiser has gained the ICB imprimatur. I'll have to give a go so, instead of using costly Starsan.[/quote:3lfszbz0]

Do you use the same solution of bleach and vinegar for cleaning/sanitizing the bottles?

It´d be great to be able to skip the "three times" rinse or so of each bottle every time you add the milton stuff...

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