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Default Betadine discontinued: UK replacement for sanitizing brewingequipment?

On 09/05/2014 12:19, Jethro_uk wrote:
> On Fri, 09 May 2014 10:56:30 +0100, Tim Watts wrote:
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>
> It's not "no rinse". Because I bottle my beer, trying to sanitise 45
> bottles, and then rinse them is a PITA. Then I read in a forum about no-
> rinsing, and a bottle-washing pump. You fill the pumps bowl with 500ml of
> no-rinse sanitiser (StarSan), and press the bottle down onto a spout
> which sprays the inside. Leave to dry, bottle. Been doing this for over a
> year now, and it's perfect.
>

If you are leaving bottles to drip drain & dry, then Milton or Sodium
Metabisulphite would work just the same.

Hell in m y wine I add metabisulphite to stabilise ... the minuscule
amount left after drying won't harm your beer.

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