Potassium Metabisulphite or is Starsan OK?

[kh54s10]

My first wine kit. A Winexpert Chardonnay. The directions call for sanitizing with a metabisulphite solution. I assume that I can just use my Starsan that I already have from my beer brewing. Correct? or is the metabisulphite better?

 

[dralarms]

If you are sanitizing your equipment then star San should be fine. But if you are adding to your wine then don't do it unless someone else says its OK.

 

[TonyP]

Both are good but different. Star San sanitizes on contact while k-meta does so by fumes. There's an article on cleaning and santitizing on this website you may want to review.

 

[kh54s10]

Both are good but different. Star San sanitizes on contact while k-meta does so by fumes. There's an article on cleaning and santitizing on this website you may want to review.

Thanks, I have been brewing beer for a while and this is my first foray into wine. I just recently started perusing this site so I will certainly be reading much more in the near future.

 

[Brew and Wine Supply]

Starsan is more beer friendly where K-Meta is more wine friendly.

 

[s0615353]

For wine, does everyone use k-meta for sanitizing everything, including hoses, carboys, bottles, etc. Or is k-meta good for some applications, but not all?

 

[TonyP]

For wine, does everyone use k-meta for sanitizing everything, including hoses, carboys, bottles, etc. Or is k-meta good for some applications, but not all?

The short answer is always sometimes and never always. I keep spray bottles of k-meta and Star San handy and use them both, but sometimes for different things. K-meta kills by SO2 fumes so is handy for certain things like corks. Star San kills on contact, making it easy to use with a spritz. Personally, I don't like Star San in bottles because of the bubbling.

There's an article in this website on cleaning and sanitizing.