Home brew supplies in central London?

[bicster]

Hi everyone,

So I'm relatively new to this home-brew malarkey and after a successful batch last year I'm wanting to get my Christmas brew going for the festive season. :

I normally get all my supplies from a little shop in Leyland, Lancashire although living south of Manchester means I don't get there very often. I visited today and like an idiot I completely forgot about steriliser - and mine has gone out of date! :cry:

So, as I'm off to London tomorrow can anyone recommend any good home brew shops in central London where I'll be able to pick some steriliser up from?

Failing that, are there any good places in the south Manchester area?

Thanks!

Chris

 

[prolix]

sorry mate there are none, south london and southend in essex are the closest. If it is just sterilizer then shop own brand thin bleach with no perfumes is great and cheap, just make sure you rinse thoroughly or add some metabisulphate at the end to get rid of the bleach completely.

 

[bicster]

None at all??? That surprises me!

What about Brum? I might be able to get off the train and then get on a later one?

 

[Moley]

If it is just sterilizer then shop own brand thin bleach with no perfumes is great and cheap, just make sure you rinse thoroughly or add some metabisulphate at the end to get rid of the bleach completely.

Sorry to take off topic, but please explain ???

 

[bicster]

Ok, so the girlfriend just brought back some Milton 'maximum protection' sterilising tablets - designed to sterilise babies' bottles and the like.

Will this work for homebrew sterilisation or do I need proper homebrew sterilier?

Chris

 

[Moley]

Milton works fine, supermarkets' Own Brands do the same job for a fraction of the price.

Don't exceed the minimum contact time (usually 20-30 mins) or you might find the smell tends to cling. This is why I try to only use it on glassware and not plastics, and why I'd be interested to hear what prolix means about killing it with metabisulphite.

 

[Aleman]

Basically the bisulphite and Chlorine react and neutralise it . . . personally I prefer to use an acidified solution . . . to neutralise any bleach