TonyF
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Hi folks!
Finally decided to go purchase a Morgan's home brew kit from the LHBS during the week and very excited to be popping my cherry this weekend!
When at the LHBS, I decided to pick up some sanitiser for cleaning out the gear/bottles etc and an extra can (Morgan's Golden Sheaf Wheat) for a second batch. The guy suggested that using a no-rinse sanitiser could, although unlikely, affect the final taste of the beer so decided to go with a rinse sanitiser.
After doing a fair bit of reading and viewing of videos I'm now concerned that what I've been sold is actually a "cleaner" and not a sanitiser (even though the product has the word "Steri" in and it's even sold on their website as a STERILISER). The product says that it contains trisodium phosphate which seems to only be a SANITISER if it is CTSP (chlorinated trisodium phosphate). I do have the no-rinse sanitiser from the kit, though I was going to user that for spraying the hydrometer and tap each time after testing the SG.
Some questions I have:
1) Would any of you wise folks know if this TSP is good for sanitising or is it simply a cleaner and I need to get some more sanitiser?
2) Will I be fine if I sanitise my bottles at the same time leave them on the drying tree, capping them after they dry and then using them when bottling time comes?
3) I have a pot in which I can boil the 2L required to mix up the liquid malt extract and another 7L pot (usually used for spag bog sauce) in which I can boil water the night before and leave to cool to add to the fermenter the next day. Does anybody know if the water in the southern suburbs of Perth is ok to add directly to the fementer (I live around the Canning Vale area)? To me it does taste quite chlorinated so I'm guessing no.
4) How do people in Perth go with making beer at this time of year? I've been holding off with the spate of 40+C degree days we've been having. I read throwing a wet towel around the fermenter is enough to keep the fermenting temperature down. Does this sound ok?
Thanks in advance for any help/advice given!
Cheers,
Tony
Finally decided to go purchase a Morgan's home brew kit from the LHBS during the week and very excited to be popping my cherry this weekend!
When at the LHBS, I decided to pick up some sanitiser for cleaning out the gear/bottles etc and an extra can (Morgan's Golden Sheaf Wheat) for a second batch. The guy suggested that using a no-rinse sanitiser could, although unlikely, affect the final taste of the beer so decided to go with a rinse sanitiser.
After doing a fair bit of reading and viewing of videos I'm now concerned that what I've been sold is actually a "cleaner" and not a sanitiser (even though the product has the word "Steri" in and it's even sold on their website as a STERILISER). The product says that it contains trisodium phosphate which seems to only be a SANITISER if it is CTSP (chlorinated trisodium phosphate). I do have the no-rinse sanitiser from the kit, though I was going to user that for spraying the hydrometer and tap each time after testing the SG.
Some questions I have:
1) Would any of you wise folks know if this TSP is good for sanitising or is it simply a cleaner and I need to get some more sanitiser?
2) Will I be fine if I sanitise my bottles at the same time leave them on the drying tree, capping them after they dry and then using them when bottling time comes?
3) I have a pot in which I can boil the 2L required to mix up the liquid malt extract and another 7L pot (usually used for spag bog sauce) in which I can boil water the night before and leave to cool to add to the fermenter the next day. Does anybody know if the water in the southern suburbs of Perth is ok to add directly to the fementer (I live around the Canning Vale area)? To me it does taste quite chlorinated so I'm guessing no.
4) How do people in Perth go with making beer at this time of year? I've been holding off with the spate of 40+C degree days we've been having. I read throwing a wet towel around the fermenter is enough to keep the fermenting temperature down. Does this sound ok?
Thanks in advance for any help/advice given!
Cheers,
Tony