sanitizer

bustagb · Feb 21, 2010

I am currently in the process of brewing a belgian dubbel. I put the grains in and have the water at 150 degrees and realized I used up all my sanitizer from my last batch. It is late and nothing is open. Is there anything I could substitute for the one step sanitizer at this time now that I already started. Please let me know recommendations! Thanks

malc · Feb 21, 2010

You can use bleach, unscented. 1 tsp per gallon for sanitizing. It does have to be rinsed, though. Don't use it on metal, though

bustagb · Feb 21, 2010

As long as you rinse it well it is safe to use bleach? Has there ever been health problems with this?

Bassman · Feb 21, 2010

People used bleach as a homebrewing sanitizer for years. That was the old school way.

malc · Feb 21, 2010

It is just chlorinated water. I wouldn't drink the solution, but as long as you rinse you won"t have any problems.

PT Ray · Feb 21, 2010

Think if I was in a pinch would use just a very small amount of bleach in some water. I've seen the dilution ratios out there but really feel if you start with well cleaned equipment it shouldn't take but a few milliliters of bleach in a gallon of water to sanitize the equipment and not have to rinse it.

JiveTurkey · Feb 21, 2010

In the middle of brewing my first batch I realized the LHBS forgot to add the Iodophor in the starter equipment kit. Used bleach for the primary fermenter. Didn't even rinse (later realized I should have) and the beer turned out great.

Marsdude · Feb 22, 2010

malc said:
You can use bleach, unscented. 1 tsp per gallon for sanitizing. It does have to be rinsed, though. Don't use it on metal, though

Bleach in the concentration mentioned above is just fine. In fact, the Health Dept. requires us to use a bleach based sanitizer on all food prep surfaces in our commercial kitchen.

You actually can use this solution on stainless steel without any problems. We do it all the time.

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