chemist308
Well-Known Member
When I bought my home brewing kit, it came with a few packets of some cleaner and sanitizer I'd never heard of before I became interested in brewing. Since then I've done 3 extract batches and my first ag batch is bubbling happily in the fermenter--at least I hope that's the yeast working...
Anyway I've still yet to open the packets that came with my kit. When I washed dishes in foodservice about 15 years ago we used a 3 sink system (wash, rinse then sanitize). The sanitizers of choice: bleach and some Sysco product depending on the place. I use a similar set-up in my kitchen sink, with a brew bucket or wort pot serving as the sanitizer rinse, with 1 tbs of bleach per gallon of water. The bucket itself is sanitized by being filled to the brim with another mix of th same solution. I gotta ask, am I at risk here?
Anyway I've still yet to open the packets that came with my kit. When I washed dishes in foodservice about 15 years ago we used a 3 sink system (wash, rinse then sanitize). The sanitizers of choice: bleach and some Sysco product depending on the place. I use a similar set-up in my kitchen sink, with a brew bucket or wort pot serving as the sanitizer rinse, with 1 tbs of bleach per gallon of water. The bucket itself is sanitized by being filled to the brim with another mix of th same solution. I gotta ask, am I at risk here?