I’ve been using vinegar to sanitize my hummingbird feeder and extra wash container and it has been extremely effective. The first time I set up the feeder I used StarSan because I had been brewing that day. It had a little mold when I refilled it after a couple weeks. Temps averaging in the mid sixties. I didn’t think that was too bad considering the feeder is open to air and the birds bring bacteria themselves, the second time I filled it, I again used StarSan to sanitize and after a week found the very beginnings of mold. The last three times I have used vinegar (full strength) and don’t see any mold at all at refill. After getting good contact on all surfaces, I rinse thoroughly and then fill and hang my feeder.
This anecdotal unscientific experience makes me think that vinegar could be an effective sanitizer. The big con for me being, even if the vinegar is rinsed all away, the idea of it might make me taste vinegar in the finished beer even if it didn’t exist and the pro being how effective and available it would be especially post apocalyptically. I mean with corona virus and all you never know if society might break down.
Is there anyone who low key uses vinegar as a sanitizer and just never says so for fear of ridicule? Could this be the next wave of sanitation without representation?
This anecdotal unscientific experience makes me think that vinegar could be an effective sanitizer. The big con for me being, even if the vinegar is rinsed all away, the idea of it might make me taste vinegar in the finished beer even if it didn’t exist and the pro being how effective and available it would be especially post apocalyptically. I mean with corona virus and all you never know if society might break down.
Is there anyone who low key uses vinegar as a sanitizer and just never says so for fear of ridicule? Could this be the next wave of sanitation without representation?