I have read online and book after book how important sanitation is for wine and beer making. Is rinsing everything in extremely hot water adequate or do I need to use a wash made for sanitizing?
"Extremely hot water" is very likely to cause damage to glass carboys and hydrometers.
Steve
Large temperature changes will often cause a carboy to crack. The original poster said "extremely hot water". I'm pretty sure that will be a large temp change. It may not crack the carboy every time, but sooner rather than later, I suspect.Steve, I am always eager to learn. How can very extremely water harm a glass carboy? What do you define as "extremely hot water?"
There are really two steps to protecting your wine from dirt and "bugs," cleaning and sanitizing. Cleaning removes visible dirt whereas sanitizing removes other and invisible organisms that can spoil your wine. Cleaning is done with hot water and detergent (many of us use OxyClean or equivalent) and sanitizing is done with a Postasium Metabisulfite solution.
Thanks everybody! So what is the best spray on, rinse, wipe off sanitizer I can use?
StarSan. It is a contact sanitizer and not a sanitize-by-fumes, like Kmeta.
It works great for spraying on anything, including your hands.
Uffda I can't get all this straight. Kmetta with acid is a contact sanitizer though...RIGHT?????
Yeah, I saw the question. I've been using One Step which is in my spray bottle right now. I was going to replace it with the kmetta/acid solution....maybe I'll hold off on that Idea <grin>
Giovannino, when I say OxyClean, I am talking about the powder shown in the "Around the House" box. If you have Walmart stores in Canada, they sell an equivalent generic product for much less than the brand.
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