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i am making wine with a friend who has made wine for years but we have not made wine together.
I was sanitizing carboys using Star San (about one oz per 5 gallons of water). Mixed sanitizer in one carboy, swishing around, then pouring into the next.
My friend saw the sudsy remnants of the Star San in the carboys and said he wasn’t comfortable leaving it in the carboy, so rinsed it out with water from the garden hose.
A few questions:
What is the chance that water from the hose or tap water in general would introduce harmful contaminants into the carboys?
Is there any concern with leaving residue from the sanitizer in the carboy? Is there a need to rinse the sanitizer out? Any health concerns?
I was sanitizing carboys using Star San (about one oz per 5 gallons of water). Mixed sanitizer in one carboy, swishing around, then pouring into the next.
My friend saw the sudsy remnants of the Star San in the carboys and said he wasn’t comfortable leaving it in the carboy, so rinsed it out with water from the garden hose.
A few questions:
What is the chance that water from the hose or tap water in general would introduce harmful contaminants into the carboys?
Is there any concern with leaving residue from the sanitizer in the carboy? Is there a need to rinse the sanitizer out? Any health concerns?