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Comment on Sanitizing for Home Brewing by saturn16

saturn16 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:28 +0000

I cant believe you …
I cant believe you got back to me that quick! Love your vids mate! I am quite new to brewing. I have just done a white wine(bottled) and tasted really good!
Got some red on the go! and a lager and cider also! They are all ‘youngs’ kits. I have watched quite a few vids on the brewing subject but i like the way you do things!
All the best!

Comment on Sanitizing for Home Brewing by CraigTube

CraigTube — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:28 +0000

You’re really going …
You’re really going to love the red. Make sure when you drink it, you let it sit in the glass for a few minutes and take it right to the back and sides of your tongue to get the full pallet. Enjoy!

Comment on Sanitizing for Home Brewing by mccoymatty

mccoymatty — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:28 +0000

do you use any soap …
do you use any soap to clean your stuff? i having alot of trouble with my beer being flat tasting and with poor head retention? it kinda ends up tasting like apple juice. my first batch was awesome but since then 3 other batches have been flawed. they arnt skunky and taste like beer minus the carbonation when i bottle but they never seem to be staying fizzy

Comment on Sanitizing for Home Brewing by CraigTube

CraigTube — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:27 +0000

Never, ever use any …
Never, ever use any kind of soap on your equipment or drinking glasses. That will kill your fizz.

Comment on Sanitizing for Home Brewing by soadj28

soadj28 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:27 +0000

You use bisulfate …
You use bisulfate to sanitize? Not starsan or iodine? Starsan is some pretty nice stuff too, keeps for a long time in solution (and is reusable). Same for idophor. A neat little trick with starsan is to fill a spray bottle with the solution for “spot sanitizing”.

Comment on Sanitizing for Home Brewing by CraigTube

CraigTube — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:26 +0000

Sodium …
Sodium Metabisulphite (sp) kills immediately upon contact. I would like to try StarSan but my supplier uses the sulphite and that’s what they carry. It’s all good.

Comment on Sanitizing for Home Brewing by casualtiesofpunk

casualtiesofpunk — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:26 +0000

hey craig remember …
hey craig remember me? I asked about using brown sugar in home brew beer. well today i was at my local brew shop and i asked about it. turns out it is usable in beer! but only in a ratio with a typical fermenting sugar such as dextrose or normal sugar. And infact it does have more sweetening per weight ratio.

Just thought you would like to know..
Cheerz n’ beerz

Comment on Sanitizing for Home Brewing by pdxjules

pdxjules — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:25 +0000

I prefer StarSan or …
I prefer StarSan or Sani San…so one does not have to rinse. Cooties may be in that rinse water!

Comment on Sanitizing for Home Brewing by pdxjules

pdxjules — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:25 +0000

2 things…
1) Head …
2 things…
1) Head retention: never use a rinse aid if using a dishwasher for beer glases. Also, be sure to use priming sugar at bottling time (assuming your Fg is 1.014 or below) – allow at least 2 weeks to carbonate before refrigerating. Consider adding a Wheat adjunct to grains, or KreamyX as the Priming sugar.

2) Skunky beer may be light-struck. Oils in hops turn bad if exposed to sun or florescent light. Protect Hops, wort, Beer from light!

Comment on Sanitizing for Home Brewing by CraigTube

CraigTube — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:25 +0000

It never makes …
It never makes sense to me when people say that the rinse water will contaminate the equipment. You’re pouring 4 gallons of it in your fermenter when you make your brew. If it’s got germs in it, They’re already in your brew. The thing I like about this sanitizer is that it is a contact sanitizer. It kills everything as soon as it touches it, and you can reuse it for weeks.