so anyone else keep an old FV full of dilute thin bleach for sterilising bottles?
how often do you change your bleach?
how long does bleach stay "bleachy"?
or is this a mad thing to do for some reason?
cheers!
ian
old FV as bleach bath
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trucker5774
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Re: old FV as bleach bath
I do half of your idea. After a fermentation I clean the FV and fill with bleach solution. It stays like that till I need it for the next brew. During that time I chuck everything in the FV and leave it to sanitise. I then run off the solution into bottles which I use a week later for the finished brew. The whole method may be 3 weeks between brews..........no problems yet. I have heard that the solution has a life span, but I can't help with what the time is 
John
Drinking/Already drunk........ Trucker's Anti-Freeze (Turbo Cider), Truckers Delight, Night Trucker, Rose wine, Truckers Hitch, Truckers Revenge, Trucker's Lay-by, Trucker's Trailer, Flower Truck, Trucker's Gearshift, Trucker's Horn, Truck Crash, Fixby Gold!
Conditioning... Doing what? Get it down your neck! ........
FV 1............
FV 2............
FV 3............
Next Brews..... Trucker's Jack Knife
Drinking/Already drunk........ Trucker's Anti-Freeze (Turbo Cider), Truckers Delight, Night Trucker, Rose wine, Truckers Hitch, Truckers Revenge, Trucker's Lay-by, Trucker's Trailer, Flower Truck, Trucker's Gearshift, Trucker's Horn, Truck Crash, Fixby Gold!
Conditioning... Doing what? Get it down your neck! ........
FV 1............
FV 2............
FV 3............
Next Brews..... Trucker's Jack Knife
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rhodian
Re: old FV as bleach bath
sounds like a good system to me!! think i'll copy you!
cheers
ian
cheers
ian