solardollars
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I am impressed by all the good responses I have received just this morning. Thanks to all of you with your answers about wort chilling and my FG problems. Looks like I picked the right site for beer questions.
One more. The local beer shop charges arms and legs for this sanitizer which I believe is just kind of de-hydrated hydrogen peroxide. I think it is called One Step. She says it is no rinse and that is why it is preferable to bleach.
I HATE the idea of bleach in my beer, so I thought "Why not just buy hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol at Wal-Mart?" I have tested this theory on several batches with about 2 gallons of water, 1 quart of hydro peroxide (a buck), a quart of rubbing alcohol (another buck), and I re-use it on all 4 of my fermenters and use it yet AGAIN to clean my siphoning and bottling tubes. I just keep it in a bucket until I need to sanitize and bottle.
I have yet to get a rotten batch or any indication of contamination. We shall see.
I am open to any ideas. I know isopropyl alcohol is poisonous, but I rinse my buckets well with hot tap water and everything is clean as a whistle. I know some are fanatics about cleanliness, but I don't seem to have much problem. You would think by now I would have made a disasterous batch of beer.
One more. The local beer shop charges arms and legs for this sanitizer which I believe is just kind of de-hydrated hydrogen peroxide. I think it is called One Step. She says it is no rinse and that is why it is preferable to bleach.
I HATE the idea of bleach in my beer, so I thought "Why not just buy hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol at Wal-Mart?" I have tested this theory on several batches with about 2 gallons of water, 1 quart of hydro peroxide (a buck), a quart of rubbing alcohol (another buck), and I re-use it on all 4 of my fermenters and use it yet AGAIN to clean my siphoning and bottling tubes. I just keep it in a bucket until I need to sanitize and bottle.
I have yet to get a rotten batch or any indication of contamination. We shall see.
I am open to any ideas. I know isopropyl alcohol is poisonous, but I rinse my buckets well with hot tap water and everything is clean as a whistle. I know some are fanatics about cleanliness, but I don't seem to have much problem. You would think by now I would have made a disasterous batch of beer.