Bioguy1975
Active Member
Rather than hijack the already-robust thread on general bottle sanitization, I'd like to open up a new one for swing-cap bottle sanitization specifically.
Revvy, I am stealing your quote here on the vinator ... it seems to me that, with the swing caps, there are, in addition to the bottle as a liquid contact point, the white ceramic swing cap and the red gasket is also a contact point. This would make the sanitization a bit more complicated, in my opinion.
My thought is, to modify your procedure slightly, half-fill the bottles with sanitizer, close off the swing top with the gasket, then invert and/or shake while closed to assure full contact.
I can also see pre-soaking the gaskets with sanitizer, but I would think that the gaskets would act like a sponge and store minute amounts of sanitizer?
Ha, I just don't know. What do you all think?
I can't recommend enough that you NOT forgoe the vinator, get it immediately, and roll it into your bottling process, and use the tips that I outlined in my Bottling tips thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/revvys-tips-bottler-first-time-otherwise-94812/
Revvy, I am stealing your quote here on the vinator ... it seems to me that, with the swing caps, there are, in addition to the bottle as a liquid contact point, the white ceramic swing cap and the red gasket is also a contact point. This would make the sanitization a bit more complicated, in my opinion.
My thought is, to modify your procedure slightly, half-fill the bottles with sanitizer, close off the swing top with the gasket, then invert and/or shake while closed to assure full contact.
I can also see pre-soaking the gaskets with sanitizer, but I would think that the gaskets would act like a sponge and store minute amounts of sanitizer?
Ha, I just don't know. What do you all think?