Sanitizing with Iodophor

[tomek322]

Bottle does not mention having to rinse. Is this true or is rinsing required?

 

[TheJadedDog]

Iodophor is a no rinse sanitizer. I would recommend letting it air dry though.

 

[Orfy]

That is correct in the corect dilution only.

 

[tomek322]

That is correct in the corect dilution only.

Oy vey, one more thing to worry about. Well I sanitized dried and bottled, so hopefully i will be safe.

On a side bar, I just bottled my first brew. Spent two and a half weeks in the secondary, as I was short on bottles... Oh what a shame I had to drink extra beer... Tasted like flat beer, in all honesty didn't taste like anything special but hey it's mine.

 

[Beerrific]

On a recent Basic Brewing Podcast, he interviewed a guy from B-T-F, the makers of Iodophor. He made the following points that are important:

--It is rated as a sanitizer at 12.5 ppm. That is 0.5 oz per 5 gallons (0.1oz/gallon; 3ml/gallon).
--It sanitizes with one minute contact time. That does not have to be soaking time, just wet for one minute. For example, he said a quart or two in a 5 gallon carboy given a few shakes flipped upside down will sanitize. He said some people have had success with spray bottles.
--No rinse sanitizer doesn't mean it has to air dry. If it is still wet, it is fine there will be no off flavors.
--It will stain in the concentrated form.

Hope this helps.

 

[c.n.budz]

you don't need to rinse or dry, just make sure you shake off/drain any excess liquid, no need to add more of it to your brew than is necessary