Sterilisation of kit

[user 44889]

It's actually the acidity of the chemsan that does the sanitisation, so if you rinse the acidity off with tap water you have wasted your money on the chemsan or starsan.
If you get into all grain brewing you may have to adjust acidity depending on what you're brewing.
So the minute traces of starsan or chemsan will have no ill effect on anything you make ! If anything it will act positively as a yeast nutrient.

It's just the amount of foam it makes when i pour it into a Demijohn and then give it a shake..... foam everywhere... aaaahhhhhh lol
I understand what your saying so i will try without rinsing on the next batch of wine i do and see what happens. My wife is a nurse and she has always said rinsing with tap water defeats the object of sanitising.

 

[user 44889]

Just bear in mind that the temperature is important in the contact time, if you store the made up solution outside or in a cold garage , the contact time required will be longer.

Yes thats very true, think it has to be at room temp.

 

[user 44889]

There was a time when beer and wine were considered a healthy alternative to water

Now that sounds like a good idea

 

[Agentgonzo]

Water is ok

Look up Dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid

You know the water companies put chlorine in the water you use to rinse.

Go look up chlorine

 

[Cheshire Cat]

You know the water companies put chlorine in the water you use to rinse.

Go look up chlorine

Brewing myth number 425

 

[Davegase]

Brewing myth number 425

Is that a cryptic clue? What are you actually saying?

 

[Empty bottle]

VWP: A cleaning/sanitisation product. Available from most/all homebrew suppliers
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Hello Gonzo i am also the proud owner of a large nose but my question is related to the above product. I am new to this hobby and i see on you tube videos of people sanitising everything with a spray bottle before use like bottle tops. yeast packets etc etc It was just to ask can you use this product to do just that as i have a tub of this which i use to steep my equipment in so would it be possible to use this mixed up with water in a spray bottle? cheers

 

[Davegase]

Hello Gonzo i am also the proud owner of a large nose but my question is related to the above product. I am new to this hobby and i see on you tube videos of people sanitising everything with a spray bottle before use like bottle tops. yeast packets etc etc It was just to ask can you use this product to do just that as i have a tub of this which i use to steep my equipment in so would it be possible to use this mixed up with water in a spray bottle? cheers

No you would need to rinse after use then you could use a sanitiser like star san or chemsan in a spray bottle.
I also have a large nose

 

[Empty bottle]

No you would need to rinse after use then you could use a sanitiser like star san or chemsan in a spray bottle.
I also have a large nose

Ok thanks mate i shall have a wee look for those 2 products. cheers

 

[Agentgonzo]

As mentioned above, you will need to rinse VWP after use. VWP is a chlorine-based sanitised. Chlorine reacts with the phenols in beer to produce TCP, which tastes vile.

Secondly,I don't think that VWP sanitises stuff in a minute like starsan etc so. It needs longer contact time - so not that great in a spray bottle.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I still use VWP as my main sanitiser for my equipment. For bottles I use a no rinse product. I leave the VWP for 20+ minutes and then rinse. I use an oxi cleaner on stained plastic fermenter and tubing.

 

[Empty bottle]

As mentioned above, you will need to rinse VWP after use. VWP is a chlorine-based sanitised. Chlorine reacts with the phenols in beer to produce TCP, which tastes vile.

Secondly,I don't think that VWP sanitises stuff in a minute like starsan etc so. It needs longer contact time - so not that great in a spray bottle.

Cool i have ordered a wee bottle of starsan so that should last me about 250 years as you only need a very small amount to dilute it. cheers