What is the right amount of Potassium Metabisulphite to use in 1 Gal. of water to make a good sanitizer?
Thanks
3 tbs per gallon
And when using some add at the same ratio some citric acid as it makes the SO2 come out of suspension better not to mention making everything a highly acidic area where microbes would have a very hard time living in it.
+1 on the citric. I use 2tsp citric per gallon though ...
I thought there could be some slight amounts of fermentables in citric acid, and that after the wine is stabilized, that is the reason one should increase acidity of the batch of wine only with tartaric acid and not with acid blend.
I don't use sanitizing solution for regular sulfite additions. I consider the already small amount of citric negligible for sanitizing tools and bottles.
I also use tartaric for acid adjustments, but have read others that use and recommend citric for some wines.
Oops! I was not thinking. You are only talking about a sanitizing solution aren't you.
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