Hi all,
I'm in the final stages of putting together an 82l system, due to demand far outweighing my ability to supply!
But I still want to bottle - just makes drinking the stuff so much more flexible, plus I like to give it to friends etc. I have one of those excellent vinatore bottle rinsers, but here's my problem. My water is too hard for starsan (goes cloudy almost instantly), and in the UK DI water really isn't an option like it is in the states.
I've looked into bleach as a no rinse sanitizer, and like what I see (https://beerliever.com/bleach-no-rinse-sanitiser-home-brewing-beer/), but I'm not sure if this would work in a bottle rinser, or would require fully filling the bottles and leaving them for 30 seconds, which is obviously time consuming if you've gotta do 160+.
Any suggestions would be extremely welcome - what methods to 1bbl nanobreweries use, for instance?
Thanks a lot,
Iz
I'm in the final stages of putting together an 82l system, due to demand far outweighing my ability to supply!
But I still want to bottle - just makes drinking the stuff so much more flexible, plus I like to give it to friends etc. I have one of those excellent vinatore bottle rinsers, but here's my problem. My water is too hard for starsan (goes cloudy almost instantly), and in the UK DI water really isn't an option like it is in the states.
I've looked into bleach as a no rinse sanitizer, and like what I see (https://beerliever.com/bleach-no-rinse-sanitiser-home-brewing-beer/), but I'm not sure if this would work in a bottle rinser, or would require fully filling the bottles and leaving them for 30 seconds, which is obviously time consuming if you've gotta do 160+.
Any suggestions would be extremely welcome - what methods to 1bbl nanobreweries use, for instance?
Thanks a lot,
Iz