About to bottle my first batch. To sanitize everything on brew day I used Bruclens , filled up a 25L bucket, chucked everything in for 20mins, took stuff out as and when I needed it and gave it a very good rinse.
I could do something similar with the bottles, caps, etc. But I am wondering if this would also be OK:
* clean bottles thoroughly in preparation
* on bottling day, spray iodophor from a spraygun into each bottle
* leave each bottle for a few minutes
* rinse with clean water.
Also - how about sanitizing the bottling bucket, is spraying with iodophor OK there too? What about the tap on the bucket?
Sorry for the multiple questions. Just want to get this first batch right
Cheers!
[ps: I'm in the UK, StarSan is not easy to get over here]
I could do something similar with the bottles, caps, etc. But I am wondering if this would also be OK:
* clean bottles thoroughly in preparation
* on bottling day, spray iodophor from a spraygun into each bottle
* leave each bottle for a few minutes
* rinse with clean water.
Also - how about sanitizing the bottling bucket, is spraying with iodophor OK there too? What about the tap on the bucket?
Sorry for the multiple questions. Just want to get this first batch right
Cheers!
[ps: I'm in the UK, StarSan is not easy to get over here]