the_bird said:It's the difference between "all-dead" and "mostly-dead"
"Sterilize" means that all the nasties are killed, something that realistically homebrewers cannot achieve. "Sanitize" means that most of the nasties are killed, but not all of them. There are always a few resident bacterial, wild yeast, etc. around, but not enough for it to be a problem (they will generally be overwhelmed by the "good" yeast).
the_bird said:It's the difference between "all-dead" and "mostly-dead"
"Sterilize" means that all the nasties are killed, something that realistically homebrewers cannot achieve. "Sanitize" means that most of the nasties are killed, but not all of them. There are always a few resident bacterial, wild yeast, etc. around, but not enough for it to be a problem (they will generally be overwhelmed by the "good" yeast).
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