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This might be better in the Beginners section, but anyway:
I currently have my first beer in primary, so I am a rank beginner, and I'm struggling with trying to figure out how sanitary is good enough. I have read that you should wash sanitizing solution (dilute bleach in my case) out of bottles, tubes, etc with hot tap water. This seems to say that hot tap water is "good enough" to come in contact with my brew. I have also read that you should boil and cool water to place in the carboy to dilute/cool my two gallon wort boil. This seems to say that hot tap water is not "good enough." What gives?
Also, I have heard that baking at 340 degrees for 60 min will sterilize, and I'm tempted to do this with my bottles before bottling. If I bring the bottles up to 340 over 30-45 min, keep them there for an hour and then cool overnight without opening the oven door, will this work to give me good, acceptably sanitized bottles the next day with a low risk of thermal shock/bottle breakage?
Thanks
I currently have my first beer in primary, so I am a rank beginner, and I'm struggling with trying to figure out how sanitary is good enough. I have read that you should wash sanitizing solution (dilute bleach in my case) out of bottles, tubes, etc with hot tap water. This seems to say that hot tap water is "good enough" to come in contact with my brew. I have also read that you should boil and cool water to place in the carboy to dilute/cool my two gallon wort boil. This seems to say that hot tap water is not "good enough." What gives?
Also, I have heard that baking at 340 degrees for 60 min will sterilize, and I'm tempted to do this with my bottles before bottling. If I bring the bottles up to 340 over 30-45 min, keep them there for an hour and then cool overnight without opening the oven door, will this work to give me good, acceptably sanitized bottles the next day with a low risk of thermal shock/bottle breakage?
Thanks