One-Step Sanitizer

Brew_Meister · 05-15-2006, 09:47 AM

Ok so I bottled my SNPA clone yesterday. I used One-Step sanitizer for the first time yesterday and have a couple questions about it. I mixed it as per the directions on the package, I think 1tbsp per 5 gallons water. Anyways, I started to siphon my beer into the bottles and as I was finishing, the bottles were completely dry on the outside. I noticed a white film or powder all over the outside of the bottles from the sanitizer. Is this normal when using one-step, and I am assuming that since it was on the outside of the bottle that it is also on the inside. Will this affect my beer? Thanks in advance.

bikebryan · 05-15-2006, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Brew_Meister

Ok so I bottled my SNPA clone yesterday. I used One-Step sanitizer for the first time yesterday and have a couple questions about it. I mixed it as per the directions on the package, I think 1tbsp per 5 gallons water. Anyways, I started to siphon my beer into the bottles and as I was finishing, the bottles were completely dry on the outside. I noticed a white film or powder all over the outside of the bottles from the sanitizer. Is this normal when using one-step, and I am assuming that since it was on the outside of the bottle that it is also on the inside. Will this affect my beer? Thanks in advance.

One-step, IIRC, is not a sanitizer but a cleaner. You'll probably be OK though.

sonvolt · 05-15-2006, 02:04 PM

Yeah . . . one-step will not sanitize. I used to use it that way, however, and I never once had an infection. You'll be okay as long as the remainder of your bottling process is quite clean.

Lounge Lizard · 05-15-2006, 02:08 PM

Just take a damp dish towel and wipe the white film off. The film is normal. One Step is all I have ever used. It shouldn't affect the taste of the beer.

One tablespoon per gallon is the recommendation.

Read about the sanitzier vs. cleanser (and flavor) issue here:

http://www.undergrounddigital.com/cleanserinfo.htm

Brew_Meister · 05-15-2006, 04:19 PM

Thanks for the input... I have also heard that One-Step is just a cleanser. I have been ordering from Midwest supplies, and I thought they sold it as a sanitizer, not a cleanser. I used Easy Clean on my first few batches with no problems, but Midwest does not carry Easy Clean. I hope that I will be okay with this batch. The powder on everything just made me nervous. In the future to be on the safe side I think that I will have to get my hands on some Idophor or maybe Star San. I am leaning on the Idophor because I dont like the idea of all the foam with the star san. But on the other hand, I am not sure that I like the idea of Idophor staining everything. Maybe I should just stick with Easy Clean.

Beer Snob · 05-15-2006, 06:26 PM

I'm in a little bit of a disagreement here. I have only started using other stuff then One Step from hearing about them from the forum. I had thought that One Step was a sanitizer and light cleaner (hence "One Step") In the past I had just used One Step cause I had always been pretty quick at cleaning so I dont have a lot of elbow grease to use.

From Palmer's book, pg. 22

Percarbonates
" One Step is labeled as a light cleaner and final rinse agent, and produces hydrogen peroxide in solution. Hydrogen perozide will effectely sanitize surfaces and containers which are already clean."

**kornkob** · 05-15-2006, 06:42 PM

It is notable that in the US in order to call something a 'sanitizer' there's a process you have to go through (and pay for) to meet FDA (I think it's the FDA-- could be wrong) standards for sanitizers.

This means that while everything that is called a 'sanitizer' will sanitize, the opposite is NOT true. Many things that are not labled 'sanitizer' will, in fact, sanitize.