Seeking homebrew guidance...

awsmith4 · 10-09-2010, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackDog

But having said that, brewing is pretty forgiving. I've made some sort of mistake on a number of batches (dropped a piece of the air lock into the wort, forgot to check the original gravity, pitched yeast too hot, etc.) and I've only had one bad batch, when I used bleach to sanitize my bottles and didn't rinse them well enough. Bleach flavored IPA isn't very tasty.

Clorox the Elder?

kugie · 10-09-2010, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by awsmith4

Clorox the Elder?

Sanitize, Sanitize, Sanitize and when you are done with those sanitize again

BlackDog · 10-09-2010, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by awsmith4

Clorox the Elder?

Yeah, pretty much. I was going for an IPA with a big hop bite, but I got an IPA with a big bleach bite. Yuck.

Use Star-San for your sanitizer.