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Default Betadine discontinued: UK replacement for sanitizing brewingequipment?

On 09/05/14 18:56, Bart Goddard wrote:
> Tim Watts > wrote in news:318v3b-bo3.ln1
> @squidward.local.dionic.net:
>
>> On 09/05/14 15:31, Fredxxx wrote:
>>> On 09/05/2014 14:51, Adam Funk wrote:
>>>> On 2014-05-09, Jethro_uk wrote:
>>>>

>>
>>> I think mine might just take 45 x 500ml bottles, certainly in 2

> batches!
>>>

>>
>> Oven bake at a bit over 100C? Slow heat and slow cool to avoid cracking
>> the glass.
>>
>> OK it's not fast, but it's low hassle.
>>

>
> I have heard that repeated baking will stress the glass.
> It's low hassle until all your bottles explode under low
> pressure.
>
> Back to the original question: StarSan is a good,
> no rinse sanitizer. I don't know how hard it is
> to get in the UK.
>


I would not have thought that slow cycling to 100+bit C would have done
a lot (the emphasis being on slow) - but fair enough. Works for jam
jars, but I guess they are not under pressure in use.

So what about the various products that come up if you google "no rinse
sanitiser brewing"? There seem to be a number of different compounds.