[S. cerevisiae]

At that concentration, do you still rinse?   I like the idea of using bleach but worry about having to boil a bunch of water to rinse with. 

I used to rinse with hop tap water; however, it's probably not necessary at a dilution ratio of 1 tablespoon to 5-gallons of water (~39ppm when using 5% sodium hypochlorite ).  I ran my water heater at 130F in those days.

For reference, while I may be wrong, I believe that public water supplies chlorinate water to 1ppm.  That's equivalent to mixing approximately one pint of the 39ppm sanitizing solution into 38 pints of chlorine-free wort.

[hopfenundmalz]

I will throw this out, as I read it a long time back, rinse with the cheapest Americam Lager. It is clean and free from chloramines. Overkill, but not so expensive if you have doubts.

[69franx]

I love that quote! But I'm not running out for any cheap American lager just for sanitizer


Sent from Franx Brew Works using Tapatalk

[klickitat jim]

Chimay would be overkill

[hopfenundmalz]

Chimay would be overkill

It is also not filtered and pasteurized like the cheap American Lagers.

[HoosierBrew]

I'd nominate something insipid and undrinkable like the last couple of Schaefer's or Weidemann's I had, but the residue of that might be worse than the chlorophenols.   

[theDarkSide]

It is great stuff. I love 5Star Chemical...now I just wish they would get that 5.2 crap off the market!

LOL!!!

I too have fallen victim to the cloudy starsan=bad starsan statement.  I now use my cheapo ph meter to check it before using it.

[pete b]

I don't use bleach solution to sanitize before brewing because I'm afraid of any leftover chlorine. I do sometimes however use it to sanitize equipment AFTER brewing so I'm putting it away with absolutely no population of critters on it. I especially like to do this to my racking cane and bottling wand. I use 1 step for everything else because its what I always use and it seems like the only thing that will clean a carboy or bottle that is stained from a dark melomel.