Interesting podcast around sanitation

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norb1969
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Interesting podcast around sanitation

Post by norb1969 » Sat Feb 14, 2015 8:02 am

Here's a really interesting podcast around sanitation from Basic Brewing.

http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrew ... -29-07.mp3

It's with Charlie Tally the guy behind Star San. He even suggests at one point a DIY no rinse sanitiser using 5 gallons of water and adding 1oz of bleach and 1oz of white vinegar (added to the water separately to avoid gassing yourself with chlorine!). I've been using this tip with great results (and no bad beer) when bottling.

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Re: Interesting podcast around sanitation

Post by Kev888 » Sat Feb 14, 2015 11:31 am

Yes, he seems to know his stuff.

As well as the gassing you mention, also take care with bleach quantities; some types are 'considerably' more watered down than others, so its not necessarily easy to judge how much is safe (or effective) by weight/quantity alone.

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