One of the greatest dangers facing home winemaking and ensuring failure of successfully making good wines is proper cleaning and sanitizing. We are fortunate here on the forum in having the expertise of many good wine makers and that coupled with Georges expertise, honesty and helpfulness can ensure success every time. IF WE WILL PAY ATTENTION and if in doubt...ASK as I recently did. Long story shortened, there are chemicals being sold out there, purported to be sanitizers when in fact they are not. I found an auction on e-bay that was actually selling B-Brite and C-Brite as sanitizers. I googled both and amazingly I found several Web sites that was selling C-Brite as a sanitizer. A couple of which I will share here.
http://www.homebrewingsupplies.org/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=717
http://www.wineartindy.com/cbritecleaner.html
http://www.crosby-baker.com/products.php?cat=108
A couple of e-mails later with George and his referral to me of an article he did in his newsletter in AprilI decided it was worth posting here on the forum, especially for newbies as a word of caution about ensuring that you are cleaning and sanitizing your equipment properly. If you have not read Georges April article I would strongly recommend you do so. Just click on the "April" link above. Edited by: Waldo
http://www.homebrewingsupplies.org/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=717
http://www.wineartindy.com/cbritecleaner.html
http://www.crosby-baker.com/products.php?cat=108
A couple of e-mails later with George and his referral to me of an article he did in his newsletter in AprilI decided it was worth posting here on the forum, especially for newbies as a word of caution about ensuring that you are cleaning and sanitizing your equipment properly. If you have not read Georges April article I would strongly recommend you do so. Just click on the "April" link above. Edited by: Waldo