Are homebrewrs getting hosed?

[mcfarlandp]

When I first started researching sanatizers I read somewhere that Iodophor was originally used in the dairy industry, so I looked at Fleet Farm and found this product http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?id=23893. I think it was a gallon jug for about $7.00 a heck of a lot cheaper than the $5.00 I spent for 4.0 oz. Has anybody else seen this or tried it?

I have no chemical background, but isn't iodine iodine? Granted this stuff probably isn't as concentrated as Iodophor but it can't be that much different. Are homebrewers getting hosed?

 

[Revvy]

Uh, yeah, what's your beef? We've had information on using it from tracto supply store on here for about 5 years. I've been talking about it in this thread since '08 https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/sanitizer-question-54932/

And here's a few more...about 1/3 of what I know about.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/sanitizing-solution-210603/?highlight=tractor

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/other-sanitizers-145469/?highlight=tractor

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/iodophor-stores-128055/?highlight=tractor

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/starsan-vs-iodophor-89927/?highlight=tractor

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/alternative-starsan-100089/?highlight=tractor

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/sub-iodine-98763/?highlight=tractor

There was even a thread asking about it on Friday.

Noone's been getting hosed, the info's out there for everyone to stumble upon and learn from.

 

[weirdboy]

If you ask me the real rip-off is "priming sugar".

 

[jmo88]

Dipping your teats in foamy star san is much more fun!

 

[Revvy]

If you ask me the real rip-off is "priming sugar".

How so my friend? I've never stumbled up corn sugar anywhere else. Yeah you can use white sugar, but I've never seen corn sugar outside of my LHBS.

Now don't get me started on "Belgian Candi Sugar." That's the one where the Belgians laugh at us silly homebrewers. LOL.

 

[dannedry]

How so my friend? I've never stumbled up corn sugar anywhere else. Yeah you can use white sugar, but I've never seen corn sugar outside of my LHBS.

Now don't get me started on "Belgian Candi Sugar." That's the one where the Belgians laugh at us silly homebrewers. LOL.

Check your local hippie health food store... Corn sugar, AKA Dextrose... I get a 4 pound bag of it for about $4.

 

[redm18]

I can get a 4 pound bag of priming sugar at midwest supplies for about 5 bucks seems a little high but not exactly what I would call geting hosed.

 

[brewyourown4life]

I've been buying dextrose from a meninite store a few hours from my house for about 85 cents a pound, works great

 

[Revvy]

So why DO mennonites and hippies use dextrse anyway? Sounds like a joke. Lol.

 

[rocketman768]

So why DO mennonites and hippies use dextrse anyway? Sounds like a joke. Lol.

It has different properties than sucrose that people take advantage of when baking and cooking. For example, sucrose starts to caramelize BEFORE its melting temperature (which is why you have to tend it so closely when making caramel), whereas dextrose caramelizes only after its melting temperature...and, due to the fact that dextrose usually comes in monohydrate form, will actually dissolve without the need to add water before it reaches its melting point. It's really just an easy sugar to deal with all around.

 

[Revvy]

It has different properties than sucrose that people take advantage of when baking and cooking. For example, sucrose starts to caramelize BEFORE its melting temperature (which is why you have to tend it so closely when making caramel), whereas dextrose caramelizes only after its melting temperature...and, due to the fact that dextrose usually comes in monohydrate form, will actually dissolve without the need to add water before it reaches its melting point. It's really just an easy sugar to deal with all around.

Oh cool. You learn something new everyday. I'm going to have to do some digging since I love to cook. Thanks.

 

[bob1852]

Granted this stuff probably isn't as concentrated as Iodophor but it can't be that much different.

Do check the titratable amount of iodine and adjust for what "homebrew" iodophor labels recommends....

 

[LakewoodBrew]

It has different properties than sucrose that people take advantage of when baking and cooking. For example, sucrose starts to caramelize BEFORE its melting temperature (which is why you have to tend it so closely when making caramel), whereas dextrose caramelizes only after its melting temperature...and, due to the fact that dextrose usually comes in monohydrate form, will actually dissolve without the need to add water before it reaches its melting point. It's really just an easy sugar to deal with all around.

Really interesting. Never knew (or even thought about it) before. Thanks!

 

[BrewThruYou]

How so my friend? I've never stumbled up corn sugar anywhere else. Yeah you can use white sugar, but I've never seen corn sugar outside of my LHBS.

Most decent bodybuilding/fitness supplement shops should have it too. I make post-workout shakes with maltodextrin and dextrose. I would buy 10lb tubs of dextrose way before I got into homebrewing.

But honestly, the price for dextrose at my LHBS was better. Bodybuilding.com has 10lbs of dextrose for $22.99. I think I paid $7 for 6lbs at my LHBS.