Fermenter

[Agentgonzo]

As i have already discussed Chemsan here I will ask this in the thread -

When you have mixed your 10ml in 5 litre of water do you use gloves or is it safe for you to put your hands in the Chemsan to lift your stuff out?

It's "safe" in that it won't give you chemical burns or anything like that. But it's still a pH 3 mild acid that's designed to kill stuff, so it'll do a little bit of damage to your hand, and if you have and cuts it'll sting like a bitch.

If I need to put my hands in my in the beer, I'll spray them down down starsan, do the thing then wash them. But I try to avoid contact if possible

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Thanks i will make sure wash it off.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Bottling day today and everything went to plan (well nearly), the bottle washer and bottle drainer (below) and chemsan made sanitising the bottles much faster and pouring chemsan down the little bottler and tube using a small funnel was also a time saver,

Another big plus using the conical which i had hoped for was the sediment had settled below the top tap so the wine was crystal clear from the first bottle onwards, the only balls up was i forgot to take the Bung an airlock out of the fermenter lid so i will be drinking a few ml of already diluted chemsan watered down in another 750ml of wine in my first couple of bottles, i am sure we will be fine.