[BobE]

Snowy, can we have pics later. Please.

[Auntiemogs]

Excellent.  Hygine is critical, same as in jam making, you can use baby bottle sterelisation tablets to get you going.  Boiling water at a push.  Rinse out the fermentaion bucked with boiling water to get it sterile to start with.  Get the brew up and running.  Good luck and enjoy it.

Just out of curiosity Bob, is it possible to pour the sterile solution out of a 5 gallon bin and leave it in a pressure barrel for a couple of weeks until the barrel is needed?  I really don't like pouring chemicals down the drain (so like to reuse at least the once) but don't want it to 'leech' into the plastic, causing a problem with fermentation. 

[BobE]

Excellent.  Hygine is critical, same as in jam making, you can use baby bottle sterelisation tablets to get you going.  Boiling water at a push.  Rinse out the fermentaion bucked with boiling water to get it sterile to start with.  Get the brew up and running.  Good luck and enjoy it.

Just out of curiosity Bob, is it possible to pour the sterile solution out of a 5 gallon bin and leave it in a pressure barrel for a couple of weeks until the barrel is needed?  I really don't like pouring chemicals down the drain (so like to reuse at least the once) but don't want it to 'leech' into the plastic, causing a problem with fermentation.

If its food grade or PET plastic then yes.  I keep a 4 pint milk bottle (plastic) with a prepared sterelizer mix in it.  It will keep for ages like that.  Just a shake when needed. 


Milton.. Ive just remembered,  That is safe for babies and can be kept until needed.  My wine kit supplier will chuck in a pot of steralising powder for orderes over a few quid.

[Auntiemogs]

Thanks Bob. It will certainly save me having to lug it about.    Excellent tip about the milk container solution too!

[snowdrops]

Are you sure about Milton? As I remember from my milk kitchen days you have to make fresh solution every 24 hours

[BobE]

I keep a made up soloution of brewing sterelising soloution.  The Milton was just me suggesting a quick fix for Snowy to get her started.  I assume she wouldn't have sterelisation stuff.  I do have a pack of Milton in the cupboard but I don't normally use it.  But if it can sterelise a baby bottle then it should work on brewing kit.  As for storage of it, Ive never looked.  When I said "Kept until needed" I keep it in its tabled form and only use it if I run out of the wine version.  (Its more expensive than the one my supplier sells anyway).