I'd second that. I have a large trash can of bleach water (1-2 ounces per 5 gallons) that I use to sanitize beer bottles before filling. Some just let them dry, but I rinse with hot water after sanitizing. All traces of chlorine smell/taste are removed. Takes about 20-30 minutes to get a decent sanitizing effect, so maybe run the water pump and fill the lines with the mix, then run lots of hot water through afterwards and let dry. tx, bmc :) Ben McCafferty ben@volkscafe.com Volks Cafe 1823 Soquel Avenue Santa Cruz, CA 95062 831-426-1244 http://www.volkscafe.com
> As a home brewer I can add this: > > Bleach kills! Good or bad, bacteria or pathogens, it kills them all. It > should disinfect quite well, and in small concentrations shouldn't harm > people. How many people do you know that have been killed by swallowing pool > water? Not many I assure you. The only problem we encounter as home brewers > with using bleach is that if you don't rinse it thoroughly you will kill > your "good" yeast that make the beer. As an alternative to bleach, we use |
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