mpetty
Well-Known Member
Hey guys -
I use bleach for cleanliness in my carboys. I use iodophor for sanitation in all points of my brewing technique (I am not kegging, and I haven't had to use acid cleaners yet). I went to the local homebrew club meeting, and I said I used bleach for cleanliness. I was bombarded by all of the respected members telling me that bleach is NOT a cleaner and that I will be screwing my beer up by using bleach. This flies in the face of everything I have ever read: bleach is one of the best cleaners around! My experience bears this out, and all of my beers have been fine and the fermentation has always started within 12 hours.
Why did they tell me this? Of course, being the young upstart that I am, I just told them that their statements weren't true, and we agreed to disagree. I know that bleach will hurt my beer, but after three rinses (suitable for analytical chemistry!), there is less than 1 ppb of chlorine compounds left, then I have fourth rinse with iodophor, so I have always been in the clear.
They really took me by surprise last night.
I use bleach for cleanliness in my carboys. I use iodophor for sanitation in all points of my brewing technique (I am not kegging, and I haven't had to use acid cleaners yet). I went to the local homebrew club meeting, and I said I used bleach for cleanliness. I was bombarded by all of the respected members telling me that bleach is NOT a cleaner and that I will be screwing my beer up by using bleach. This flies in the face of everything I have ever read: bleach is one of the best cleaners around! My experience bears this out, and all of my beers have been fine and the fermentation has always started within 12 hours.
Why did they tell me this? Of course, being the young upstart that I am, I just told them that their statements weren't true, and we agreed to disagree. I know that bleach will hurt my beer, but after three rinses (suitable for analytical chemistry!), there is less than 1 ppb of chlorine compounds left, then I have fourth rinse with iodophor, so I have always been in the clear.
They really took me by surprise last night.