... wrote: The other key when using bleach is using HOT water. The rinse time and effectiveness is much faster when using hot water instead of cold water. ...
My big problem with using bleach is that it stains/ruins almost everything it touches. I am much too sloppy and am always sloshing everything around. ...
Adam, Then you might try Star San. It doesn't stain like Idophor or Bleach and it is "no rinse", so you don't have to worry about proper rinsing. Just remember...
Indeed I have to wear elbop length rubber gloves to bucket-wash bottles in star san Yodar ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!?...
Because I'm cheap and don't like paying for one-step cleaner, I've been using oxi-clean (bought in bulk at Sam's Club) for cleaning lately. Seems to do a...
I have also started using oxi-clean from sams. First batches coming up soon. Will post if there are any bad things to say, otherwise assume no more posts means...
I have been using Oxy-Clean for quite sometime. I don't even rinse it after. I use a plastic fermenter (a la HDPE) from Hobby Brewing. I have never had a ...
... longer ... within a ... problem. Oxidation is half the issue, the other half is filling a bottle without losing carbonation. Counterflow does this with...
Any of the "no-rinse" cleaners are the same components of Oxy-Clean and PBW. ALL CLEANERS MUST BE RINSED, even those with chlorine in them. Cleaners are...
No rinsing, really? Do you use the kind with the little blue crystals? I think I've read that the little blue crystals are detergent and that causes some...
Well, I have my first official 100% contaminated batch. A nice stout that apparently has some lactobacillus contamination, major foaming when opening, small...
Sorry for your loss. Mine was even worse. I took a taste of a batch at the earliest allowable interval after bottling. Tasted great, had another a few days...
We used percarbonates to sanitize our lab ware for pure culture work, tho we did run out petri dishes thru the autoclave. The SUN brand at the Dollar stores is...
Your analogy is faulty. read my earlier post. It has the background of a chemist my Father who started me in brewing) and a microbiolgy lab (mine) for proof....
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Beer acts as an awesome leavening agent when used in cooking. It would probably make an awesome sourdough starter - perhaps for sourdough rye or pumpernickel....
I have a bad batch of beer that I use to cook with and it works fine for that (beer brats are awesome by the way). The batch isn't terribly spoiled but it has...
I was in the same situation as the original poster....I read this post and thought....no way this would work. Well, I tried it last night. It worked...
When I first tasted my Belgian Wheat a week ago, it was pure heaven. Two days ago I noticed that it wasn't quite as good. Today...the taste has degraded to...
I am brewing a porter and I'm about to bottle. I want to try a little raspberry flavor in a bout a 6-12 pack. How much of the fruit extract should I use? ...
I would suggest after you bottle the stuff you don't want to flavor, then add the extract to taste. Can't give a better suggestion, cause I don't know how...
Chip, Five gallons of One Step should be more than enough unless the bottles were extremely dirty. If that is the case, I would suggest scrubbing the bottles...
Oh, Yodar, you are DA man! Stopped at the "Family Dollar" store on the way home Friday after work, picked up a ½ gallon or so sized container of "Sun" brand...
Why is it that contaminated homebrew can't make you sick, while bad home canning can kill you? I understand that botulism and other nasties can grow in...
Do you use START SAN? I found similar specks on the neck and it was precipitated mineral scum from the star san. I think the phosphoric acid reacted with the ...
So just to confirm...you guys feel secure using "Sun Oxygen Cleaner" as a no-rinse sanitizer? (It's the generic oxyclean w/out the blue crystals...Ingredients:...
Good question that I have a good answer(s) to.. Several reasons..the main one being that the bacteria that normally spoil beer are actually (in most cases)...
Yes, alcohol kills virtually anything that could be lethal itself or that could produce lethal toxins. I'm sure there's something out there that will pass...
