In a pinch will cherry vodka still sanatize

[benzski]

Out of starsan will cherry vodka still be okay?

 

[stevo4361]

Water would be fine too. Think cherry vodka would be fine too.
EDIT. NO. I thought you meant in your airlock for some reason.

 

[SpikeBrewing]

I doubt cherry vodka would sanitize. It's only 30-40% alcohol and is very sugary so you'd have a huge mess. Look up threads about using very low concentrations of bleach.

 

[benzski]

Yea I just went to the store and bought a few big bottles of junk vodka

 

[RachmaelBenApplebaum]

Bleach in low concentrations, oxiclean from the store, or, yes, cheap flavorless vodka.

 

[Lost]

ethanol (vodka) and isopropanol (rubbing alcohol) sanitize best at 60 to 70 percent (120 to to 140 proof). Too strong a concentration like the 90 percent rubbing alcohol well evaporate too quickly. Concentrations less than 60 percent are too weak to do much.

So the short answer to your question is no. I agree, a correctly diluted bleach bleach solution is an effective no rinse sanitize that will leave no off taste. Just be sure to dilute it correctly.

 

[Yooper]

Yea I just went to the store and bought a few big bottles of junk vodka

Drink the vodka. Use a diluted bleach for sanitizing, and rinse well!

 

[benzski]

How much bleach like ounce per gallon?

 

[Lost]

How much bleach like ounce per gallon?

John Palmer recommends "1 tablespoon of bleach to 1 gallon of water (4 ml per liter)"

see http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter2-2-3.html

You don't have to rinse at this concentration, supposedly, but like others I would be tempted to rinse. IF you do rinse, USE BOILED WATER. Tap water is not sterile or necessarily sanitary for that matter.. it's sanitary enough to not get you sick but more than likely is not sanitary enough to not get your beer sick... wait that's a double negative. What I mean is unboiled tap water could give your beer an infection so if you choose to rinse after sanitizing with the no rinse bleach sanitizer then use water that has been boiled or else you are defeating the purpose of sanitizing in the first place.

Edited to add: John Palmer recommends a 20 minute soak in this bleach solution.. so a quick dip evidently won't do it.. nor will a spray bottle.